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Results: 2013 East Anglian BBBA Spring Contest

Cawston retains its Champion Band title in Norwich.

Cawston
 

There was plenty of high quality playing on show at the recent East Anglian Brass Band Association Championship in Norwich, where Cawston Band title as Champions Band of East Anglia.

The adjudicator was Foden’s euphonium star Glyn Williams.

Championship Section:
Entertainment:
1. Cawston (L. Sharpe) – 194

Hymn Tune:
1. Cawston (L. Sharpe)


Class A:
Entertainment:
1. Great Yarmouth Brass (C. Swaep) – 187
2. Fakenham (C. Brown) – 185

Hymn Tune:
1. Fakenham (C. Brown)
2. Great Yarmouth Brass (C. Swaep)


Class B:
Entertainment:
1. Wrentham (I. Bauers) – 189
2. Castleto Brass (P. Ryan) – 182
3. Dereham (A. Hampton) — 180

Hymn Tune:
1. Wrentham (I. Bauers)
2. Castleto Brass (P. Ryan)
3. Dereham (A. Hampton)

Special Awards:
Highest Aggregate Points:
1. Cawston – 194
2. Great Yarmouth Brass — 187

Class B:
1. Wrentham – 189
2. Castleton Brass – 182

Best Euphonium — Class B: R. Ryan (Castleton Brass)
Best Euphonium — Class A: A. Craze (Cawston)
Best tenor horn: Class B: P. Nicholls (Dereham)
Best tenor horn: Class A: K. Ogden (Cawston)

Best Soloist: C. Harrison (Great Yarmouth Brass)

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