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Results: 2012 Macclesfield Slow Melody

There was a great turn out of playing talent in Macclesfield recently.

Macclesfield Youth
 

Macclesfield Youth Brass Band recently held its fourth Slow Melody competition at its rehearsal venue, Morton Hall.

It attracted entries from its Youth and Training sections as well as a particularly strong contingent from its Junior players.

The adjudicator was Nigel Turner.

Results:
Age 7 or 8:

1. Jess Hall
2. Hetty Hill

Age 9 or 10:
1. Ailsa Hay/Sam Wood
2. Ella Banks/Kieran Shaughnessy/Roisin Middlemass
3. Matthew Renshaw

Age 11 or 12:
1. Katie Murphy
2. Rebecca Oakes
3. Beth Whiteley

Age 15 or 16:
1. Chris Holt

Under 12:
1. Katie Murphy
2. Ella Banks / Megan Whiteley
3. Kieran Shaughnessy

Novice 12 — 19:
1. Aaron Storey

Age 12 -19:
1. Chris Holt

Duet under 12:
1. Megan Whiteley and Beth Whiteley
2. Ella Banks and Ailsa Hay
3. Matthew Renshaw and Jack Hymns

Duet 12 to 19:
1. Chris Holt and Callum Sykes

Percussion under 12:
1. William Durrant
2. Niamh Middlemass

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