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Spring Festival announce contest line ups

The 88th Spring Festival has announced the line up of bands for this year's Grand Shield, Senior Cup and Senior Trophy.

Winter Gardens
 

The line up of bands for this year's 88th Spring Festival to be held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on the 10th May have been announced.

Grand Shield:
Test Piece: Vienna Nights — Philip Wilby

FIRST PRIZE: £800 and THE GRAND CHALLENGE SHIELD
SECOND PRIZE: £600 and THE MIDLAND MUSIC TROPHY
THIRD PRIZE: £400 and THE SAXBY TROPHY
FOURTH PRIZE: £300

AVELEY & NEWHAM
B T M (PHS) BAND
BURRY PORT TOWN
FRECKLETON
KIBWORTH
LEYLAND
MOUNT CHARLES
NEWSTEAD BRASS
PENNINE BRASS
REDBRIDGE
REG VARDY
SOVEREIGN BRASS
STAFFORDSHIRE
STOCKPORT BRASS
THORESBY COLLIERY
TONGWYNLAIS TEMPERANCE SILVER
TREDEGAR
Virtuosi GUS
WINGATES
YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL URQUART TRAVEL


SENIOR CUP:
Test Piece: Elgar Variations — Martin Ellerby

FIRST PRIZE: £600 and THE BELLE VUE 100 GUINEA CHALLENGE CUP
SECOND PRIZE: £400 and THE JACK FEARNLEY TROPHY
THIRD PRIZE: £300
FOURTH PRIZE: £200

ALDBOURNE
ASHTON UNDER LYNE
BACTIGUARD WIRE BRASS
BESSES O`TH BARN
BO’NESS & CARRIDEN
BOURNMOUTH CONCERT BRASS
CWMAMAN INSTITUTE SILVER (TOWER COLLIERY)
DALMELLINGTON
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES
FISHBURN
GLOSSOP OLD
JAGUAR {COVENTRY}
KINGDOM BRASS
KNOTTINGLEY SILVER
LINDLEY
PEMBERTON OLD WIGAN JJB
RATBY CO-OPERATIVE
SKELMANTHORPE
STOCKSBRIDGE
UNISON KINNEIL


SENIOR TROPHY:
Test Piece: An Epic Symphony – Percy Fletcher

FIRST PRIZE: £600 and THE SENIOR TROPHY
SECOND PRIZE: £400 and THE N.W.C.B.B.A. TROPHY
THIRD PRIZE: £300
FOURTH PRIZE: £200

BEAUMARIS
BLACKBURN AND DARWEN
CAMBORNE TOWN
CHESTER LE STREET RIVERSIDE
FRIARY GUILDFORD
LAGANVALE
MARSDEN SILVER PRIZE (OSSETT BREWERY)
MOSSLEY
NEWBRIDGE CELYNEN
NEWTONGRANGE
NORTHOP
OLD SILKSTONE
PARC & DARE
POWERFUEL HATFIELD COLLIERY
SOUTH WEST TRAINS (SWT) WOODFALLS
STAINES
UNITED CO-OP CREWE
UNITED NORWEST CO-OP MILNROW
WREXHAM BRASS
YORKSHIRE CO-OP

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Phillip Lawrence

ARCM PGRNCM MFTCL ARCM B.Mus
Composer, conductor, teacher


               

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