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Brass at the Guild Hall announce line ups

44 bands will battle for the prizes and British Open Youth title at the popular Brass at the Guild Hall event in February.

Guild Hall
 

Lancashire Contests have announced the details of the runners and riders who will take to the stage for their popular Brass at the Guild Hall and British Open Youth Championships in February.

The event has attracted 44 bands at the Guild Hall in Preston on Sunday 2nd February, with generous prize funds on offer and some great test pieces.

Championship Section:
The Guild Hall
Test Pieces: Energy (Robert Simpson) or St Magnus (Kenneth Downie)
Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt
Draw: 3.30pm
Start: 4.45pm

Blackburn & Darwen (Nick Sheppard)
Felling (Stephen Malcolm)
Foresters Brass 2000 (Peter Collins)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Stig Maersk)
Skelmanthorpe (Martin Hall)


First Section:
The Guild Hall
Test Pieces: Vitae Aeternum (Paul Lovatt – Cooper) or Cry of the Mountain (Howard Lorriman)
Adjudicator: Brett Baker
Draw: 12.45pm
Start: 1.45pm

GT Group Peterlee (Joe Cook)
Harrogate (Craig Ratcliffe)
Haydock (Mark Quinn)
Hoover Bolton (Trevor Halliwell)
Longridge (Mark Peacock)
Morecambe (Andrew Warriner)
Oldham (Lees) (John Collins)
Poulton-le-Fylde (J. Wood)
Roberts Bakery (Simon Stonehouse)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Michael Howley)


Second Section:
The Charter Theatre
Test Pieces: Kenilworth (Arthur Bliss) or Chaucer's Tunes (Michael Ball)
Adjudicator: John Doyle
Draw: 11.45pm
Start: 12.45pm

Besses Boys (James Holt)
Delph (Jonathan Davies)
Eccleston Brass (Daniel Brooks)
Farnworth & Walkden (Peter Ashley)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW ‘B’ (Peter Ashley)
Skelmanthorpe Prospect + Brass (Philip Garlick)


Third Section:
The Guild Hall
Test Pieces: Music for a Festival (Philip Sparke) or Partita for Band — Postcards from Home (Philip Wilby)
Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt
Pre Drawn
Start: 10.15am

Blackpool Brass (Tariq Ahmed)
Boarshurst Silver (David Ashworth)
Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley)
Eagley (Matthew Ryan)
Littleborough (Adrian Woodhead)
Lostock Hall Memorial (Brian Harper)
Old Hall Brass (John North)
Slaithwaite (Rob Westacott)
Trinity Girls Brass (Stuart Barton)


Fourth Section:
The Charter Theatre
Test Pieces: Three Saints (Goff Richards) or Three Spanish Impressions (Alan Fernie)
Adjudicator: Andrew Warriner
Pre-Drawn
Start: 9.30am

Blackley (Daniel Price)
Greenfield (Tom Haslam)
Huddersfield & Ripponden Brass (M. Cox)
Oughtibridge Brass (Gavin Somerset)
Pilling Jubilee Silver (Len Charnock)
Rode Hall Silver (Nigel Butler)
Sale Brass (Grenville Moore)
Skelmersdale (David Chapman)
Tarleton Brass (Gillian Bould)


The British Open Youth at the Guild Festival 2014:
The Charter Theatre
Adjudicators: John Doyle & Adam Taylor
Pre-Drawn
Start: 2.30pm

Coleshill Youth Brass (Stephen Fagg)
Lions Youth Brass (Nigel Birch)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW Youth (John Don Duncan)
Stockport Schools Brass (Tim Dines)
Youth Brass 2000 (Chris Jeans)

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