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Results: 2015 scaba solo & duet competition

A great turn out provides plenty of fine music making in Burgess Hill.

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There was a fine turn out of paying talent at the scaba annual solo competition at St Paul's College in Burgess Hill on the weekend, with plenty of excellent performances to compare and contrast for adjudicator, John Winterflood.

Results:

Junior Slow Melody:
1. Madisyn Cave (Tilbury)
2. Braedyn Cave (Tilbury)
3. Sam Horsbrough (LGB)
4. Stanley Aitken (Tilbury)

Junior Duet:
1. Braedyn & Madisyn Cave (Tilbury)
2. Seb Carpenter & Charis Goode (LGB)

Youth Slow Melody:
1. Jack Aitken (Tilbury)
2. Madisyn Cave (Tilbury)
3. Braedyn Cave (Tilbury)

Youth Solo:(air varie)
1. Nick Hadland (Lingfield)
2. Kieran Johnstone (Lingfield)

Senior Slow Melody:
1. Dave Relf (Oxted)
2. Chris Yate (Lingfield)
3. Adam Kearley (LGB)

Senior Solo:(air varie)
1. Adam Kearley (LGB)

Senior Duet:
1. George O’Mara & Stephanie Scholes (Cobham)

Open Slow Melody:
1. Richard Straker (Friary Guildford)
2. Lorna Nicol (East London Brass)
3. Kevin Webb (East London Brass)
4= David Carter (ELB)
4= Dave Relf (Oxted)

Open Solo: (air varie)
1. Richard Straker (Friary Guildford)
2. Chris Straker (Friary Guildford)
3. David Carter (East London Brass)
4= Jack Aitken (Tilbury)
4= Colin Leggett (ELB)
4= Craig Rickards (Friary Guildford)

Open Duet:
1. Lauren & Richard Straker (Friary Guildford)
2. Matthew Harland & Lorna Nicol (East London Brass)
3. Kay Clarke & Gill English (Horsham Borough)
4. Chris Line & Sharon Williams (Horsham Borough)

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