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1976 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Sunday, May 9, 1976

Venue:
Belle Vue, Manchester

Test piece:
The Frogs of Aristophanes, Granville Bantock

Adjudicator(s):
James Scott

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Tredegar TownR. J. Childs-186
2Brodsworth CollieryK. R. Johnson-185
3SlaithwaiteP. Wadsworth-182
4Agnes StreetE. Rudduck--
5Bestwod WelfareB. Wilson--
6CinderfordC. L. Chappell--
7City of BirminghamP. Bridgt--
8City of Coventry 'B'R. Stuttard--
9HepworthG. Kaye--
10HoggarthsH. Bentham--
11The Knottingley BandT. Pollard--
12Laganvale BandH. Brittan--
13Leicester Forestors BandE. W. Massey--
14The Linthwaite BandR. Lennon--
15PoyntonA. L. Lawton--
16Shirland Miners WelfareD. Carlin--
17StalybridgeL. Hine--
18ThornsettB. Taylor--
19Vickers Barrow WorksB. Thompson--
20WalkdenH. Parry--

Prizes:

1st: £150
2nd: £100
3rd: £75
4th: £50 



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Martin Heartfield

GGSM, ARCM, PGCE
Conductor, Adjudicator, Educationalist


               

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