The line up of bands for the three Spring Festival contests have been released by the organisers.
The Grand Shield bands will compete on Edward Gregson's 2008 British Open test piece, 'Rococo Variations', whilst the Senior Cup contenders will play Philip Sparke's 'The Year of the Dragon'. The Senior Trophy bands will play 'Le Roi d'Y's'.
Grand Shield:
Opera House
Draw: 9.00am
Start: 10.00am
BTM (Tom Davoren)
Bactiguard Wire Brass (Paul Andrews)
Burry Port Town (Craig Roberts)
Flowers (Garry Cutt)
Freckleton (Paul Dalton)
Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths)
Jaguar (Coventry) Dave Lea
Kingdom Brass (Andrew Duncan)
Marsden Silver Prize (Glyn Williams)
Mount Charles (Phillip McCann)
Newstead Brass (Duncan Beckley)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Mark Bentham)
Redbridge (Jeremy Wise)
Reg Vardy (Dr Nicholas Childs)
Skelmanthorpe (John Roberts)
Sovereign Brass (tba)
Thoresby Colliery (Melvin White)
Tongwynlais Temperance (Philip Harper)
Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
Wingates (Alan Morrison)
Senior Cup:
Pavilion Theatre
Draw: 9.30am
Start: 10.30am
Ashton under Lyne (Martyn Evans)
Aveley & Newham (Nigel Taken)
Bo'ness & Carriden (Steve Sykes)
City of Sheffield (David Holling)
Co-operative Milnrow (John Ward)
Cwmaman Institute (tba)
Dalmellington (Richard Evans)
Derwent Brass (Keith Leonard)
East Yorkshire Motor Services (Stan Lippeatt)
Fishburn (Stephen Malcolm)
Kibworth (John Hudson)
Laganvale (Metal Technology) (Ernest Ruddock)
NASUWT Riverside (Ian Robinson)
Powerfuel Hatfield (Graham O’Connor)
Ratby Co-operative (Michael Fowles)
Staffordshire (Huw Thomas)
Unison Kinneil (tba)
United Co-op Crewe (Jef Sparkes)
Woodfalls (Gareth Pritchard)
Yorkshire Imperial Urqhart Travel (David Nesbitt)
Senior Trophy:
Spanish Hall
Draw: 10.00am
Start: 11.00 am
Aldbourne (David Williams)
Beaumaris (Gwyn Evans)
Blackburn & Darwen (Nick Sheppard)
Bournemouth Concert Brass (Captain Dave Barringer)
Clacton on Sea (Lyn Morgan)
Easington Colliery (Nigel Steadman)
Enderby (Jonathan Mott)
Felling (Graeme Tindall)
Friary Guildford Brass (Chris King)
Hebden Bridge (tba)
Johnstone Band (Raymond Tennant)
Knottingley Silver (Dr Owen Wedgwood)
Lindley (Neil Jowett)
Lydbrook (tba)
Northop (Thomas Wyss)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Norman Law)
Wantage Silver (Phillip Bailey)
Wrexham Brass (tba)
Yorkshire Co-op (Simon Kerwin)
Zone One (Richard Ward)
