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Bugle calls for 30 bands

30 bands will take to the streets and open air stage for one of the most famous banding events in the world in Cornwall later this month.

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30 bands will be taking part in one of the most famous open air brass band competitions in the world later this month, when the annual West of England Bandsman’s Festival takes place in Bugle in Cornwall.

Royal Trophy

The 90th running of the event on Saturday 21st June will also see each of the bands take part in the traditional march through the village to the contest field at 9.30am, where they will then compete for the vast haul of silverware — topped by the £1000 Championship Section first prize and prestigious 101 year old Royal Trophy.

Judges

There are seven different sections of competition for adjudicators Ian Porthouse and David Marshall, Musical Director of the Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards to enjoy, with bands from all parts of Cornwall and beyond taking part.

For further information, please visit: www.buglebandcontest.co.uk

The 90th running of the event on Saturday 21st June will also see each of the bands take part in the traditional march through the village to the contest field4BR

Competing Bands:

Championship Section:
Camborne Town (Kevin Mackenzie)
St Austell Town (Melvin White)
St Dennis (Darren Hawken)


First Section:
Pendennis Brass (Steve Thomas)
Roche Brass (Gary Cutt)
Yeovil Town (David Hayward)


Second Section:
Bodmin Town (John Maines)
Bugle Silver (Jeremy Willcock)
Forest of Dean Brass (Chris Howley)


Third Section:
Heyl Town (Shaun Marsden)
Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sadler)
Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman)


Fourth Section:
Camborne Junior Contest (Alan Pope)
Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sadler)
Lanner Brass Academy (Phillip Matthews)(pictured above)
Liskeard Silver (Anne Brown)
Lostwithiel Town (Denzil Stephens)
Newquay (Chris Wooding)
Okehampton Excelsior Silver (Richard Beardon)
Redruth Town (Sara Munns)
St Agnes Silver (David Olds)
St Newlyn East (Barry Skinner)
Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman)


Youth Section:
Mount Charles (Jane Whitehead)
St Austell (Mark Arnold)
St Dennis (Rachael Sargent)


Training Section:
Indian Queens (Barbara George)
Pendeen Junior (Christopher Hatch)
Soundhouse (Gary Thompson)
St Dennis (Rachael Sargent)
St Newlyn East (Barry Skinner)
St Stythians (Lisa Burns)

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