The Long Eaton Silver Prize Band recently held their annual Solo & Quartet Contest, where the entrants had to impress adjudicator Lyndon Cooper.

Results:

Training Band
Beginners Solo:

1. Elliott Gilbert (cornet)
2. Madeleine Gilbert (tenor horn)
3. Ben White (cornet)

Training Band
Beginner’s Duet

1. Elliott & Dave Gilbert (cornet/flugel horn)
2. Brian & Solomon Turner (baritone/(tenor trombone)
3. Hannah Dennis & Bethany Redpath (cornets)

Training Band
Class 2 Solo

1. Matthew Micklewright (tenor horn)
2. Beth Jackson-D’Zacchaes (tenor horn)
3. Professor Pete Thomas (tenor trombone)

Training Band
Class 3 Solo

1. Natalie Colegate (cornet)
2. Ben Allen (tenor horn)
3= Sarah Measures (cornet)
3= Stuart Measures (baritone)

Training Band
Duet

1. Sue Day & Helen Driscoll (tenor trombones)
2. Adele Carter & Natalie Colegate (cornets)
3. Rob Burrows & Ben Allen (cornet and tenor horn)

Open Quartet

1. Natalie Colegate, Adele Carter, Ben Allen & Stuart Measures
2. Sue Day, Helen Driscoll, Professor Pete Thomas & Vic Henton

Open Duet

1. Lisa Balsom & Debbie Redpath (baritones)
2. Richard Mason & Charlotte Richardson (soprano/flugel)
3. James Dennis & Lewis Blackburn (cornets)

Open Slow Melody

1. Matthew Lax (soprano)
2. James Dennis (cornet)
3= Lisa Balsom (baritone)
3= Robert Stansfield (Bb bass)

Junior Solo Melody

1. Lewis Blackburn (cornet)
2. Chloe Johnson (euphonium)

Youngest player was 5 year old Hannah Dennis