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Stavanger ready for entertainment

The Siddis Entertainment Championships take place in Stavanger this weekend.

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  The Championships are taking place in Stavanger this weekend

The Siddis Entertainment Championships take place in Stavanger this weekend, when 59 bands in five sections take to the various stages at the city's imposing Concert Hall, Music Conservatory and Music School.

Invitation

Each band will perform their own-choice sets of between 18 and 24 minutes (depending on section), with the winner of the Elite Division gaining an invitation to compete at 2023 Brass in Concert Championship.

All sections are open adjudication and have been pre-drawn. The defending Elite Division champion is Manger Musikklag.

The contests are being live streamed on brasspass.tv

Elite Division:

Commence: 2.20pm (local time)
Adjudicators: Stig Nordhagen & Ben Haemhouts, Øygunn Ebenhard (entertainment)

1. Tertnes Brass (Tormod Flaten)
2. Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag (Ingar Bergby)
3. Manger Musikklag (Martin Winter)
4. Krohnengen Brass Band (Sindre Dalhaug)
5. Stavanger Brass Band (Allan Withington)

Break

6. Kleppe Musikklag (Tormod Flaten)
7. Jaren Hornmusikkforening (Adam Cooke)
8. Bjørsvik Brass (Magnus Brandseth)
9. Oslo Brass Band (David Morton)


First Division:

Commence: 9.00am
Adjudicators: Katrina Marzella & Garry Cutt

1. Hasle Brass (Robert Solberg Nilsen)
2. Flesland Musikklag (Margie Antrobus)
3. Askøy Brass Band (Svein Henrik Giske)
4. Radøy Brass (Torstein Aagard-Nilsen)
5. Tysnes Musikklag (Yngve Nikolaisen)

Break

6. Oslofjord Brass (Frode Amundsen)
7. Rong Brass (David Morton)
8. Sola Brass Band (Gwyn Evans)
9. Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn (Kjetil Djønne)


Second Division:

Commence: 9.00am
Adjudicators: Ingrid Wangsvik & Chris Jeans

1. Sørum Musikklag (Maria Molund)
2. Oster Brass (Jane Westervik)
3. Lindås Brass (Vidar Nordli)
4. Bergen Brass Band (Thor-Arne Pedersen)

Break

5. Fjell Brass (Trond Helland)
6. Alexander Brass Band (Morten E. Hansen)
7. Krohnengen Old Stars (Øyvind Raknes Nikolaisen)
8. Gjesdal Brass Band (Jonas Skartveit Rogne)

Break

9. Stavanger kommunes korps (Morten Øvrebekk)
10. Manger Old Star Brass (Patrik Randefalk)
11. Follesø Musikklag (Christian Breistein)
12. Skui Brassband (Rune Furøy Johansen)

Break

13. Agder Brass (Russell Gray)
14. Sagvåg Musikklag (Morten E Hansen)
15. Montebello Brass (Prof Preben Nicolay Kragh-Riesling)


Third Division:

Commence: 9.00am
Adjudicator: Frode Rydland & Samantha Harrison

1. Laksevåg Musikkforening (Fredrick Schjelderup)
2. Moen Musikkforening (Ole Kristian Egge)
3. Hetlevik Musikklag (Sturle Berntsen)
4. Skeie Brass (Nigel Fielding)
5. Tysvær Brass (Martin Kinn)

Break

6. Stangaland Brass (Melvin White)
7. Norheimsund Musikklag (Viljar Bjørsvik Rath)
8. Seim Musikklag (Gunleik Reini Urfjell)
9. Indre Torungen Brass Ensemble (Lars-Bjørnar Strengenes)

Break

10. Eidsberg Brassband (Sverre Caspersen)
11. Haukås Musikklag (Egil Magnussen)
12. Lyshornet Brass (Fredrick Schjelderup)
13. IMI Brass (Halvor Gaard)


Fourth Division:

Commence: 9.00am
Adjudictaor: Anne Crookston & Daniel Hall

1. Riska Brass Band (Espen Westbye)
2. Randaberg Musikkorps (PÃ¥l Magne Austnes-Underhaug)
3. Musikkorpset Heimdal (Linas Dakinevicius)
4. Tasta Brass (Morten Øvrebekk)
5. Salhus/Hordvik Musikklag (Ole-Andreas Førde)

Break

6. Fitjar Musikklag (Svein Roger Koppang)
7. Florø Hornmusikk (Torgeir Halvorsen)
8. Julebygda Brass (Erlend Sannerud)
9. Rosendal Musikklag (Yngve Nikolaisen)

Break

10. Langhus Brass (Thomas Whittington Tengelsen)
11. Bamble Brass (Kjell Arvid Polsrød)
12. Jørpeland Musikkorps (Clive Zwanswiniski)
13. Karmsund Brass (Kristian Thulin)

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