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Results: 2008 North American Championships

Full results from the 2008 North American Brass Band Championships where Fountain City make it two in a row.

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CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Adjudicators:
Judges: Stephen Bulla, James Curnow, Curtis Metcalf

1. Fountain City Brass Band (Joseph Parisi) — 291.0 points
2. Chicago Brass Band (Colin Holman) — 282.8 points
3. Brass Band of Columbus (Tim Jameson) — 274.8 points
4. James Madison University Brass Band (Kevin Stees) -274.4 points
5. Atlantic Brass Band (Salvatore Scarpa) — 268.5 points
6. Illinois Brass Band (Ryan Nelson) — 266.9 points

HONORS SECTION

Adjudicators:
Brian Bowen, Brian Bowman, Bram Gregson

1. Georgia Brass Band (Joe Johnson) — 288.6 points
2. Central Ohio Brass Band (Jessica Sneeringer/Paul Droste) — 285.4 points
3. Princeton Brass Band (Stephen Arthur Allen) -270.2 points
4. New England Brass Band (Douglas Yeo) — 268.6 points
5. Cincinnati Brass Band (Anita Cocker Hunt) — 266.8 points
6. Prairie Brass Band (Dallas Niermeyer) — 254.8 points

CHALLENGE SECTION

Adjudicators:
Marty Erickson, Matt Tropman, Tom Walker

1. Spires Brass Band (John Slezak) — 259.6 points
2. Natural State Brass Band (Rusty Morris) — 257.0 points
3. Sunshine Brass Band (Jim Cheyne) — 245.6 points
4. Derby City Brass Band* (John R. Jones, Jr.) — 245.2 points [* 3-point penalty for not playing minimum time.]
5. Commonwealth Brass Band (J. Jerome Amend/Anita Cocker Hunt) — 220.6 points

EXPLORER SECTION

Adjudicators:
Marty Erickson, Matt Tropman, Tom Walker

1. Brass Band of the Tri-State (Gary Clarke) -220.4 points
2. Bend in the River Brass Band (Timothy Zifer) — 218.2 points

OPEN SECTION

Adjudicators:
Marty Erickson, Matt Tropman, Tom Walker

1. West Michigan Brass Band (John Aren) — 256.2 points

YOUTH SECTION

Adjudicators:
Brian Bowen, Brian Bowman, Bram Gregson

1. Cincinnati Honors Brass Band (Greg Mills) — 258.4 points

YOUTH OPEN SECTION

Adjudicators:
Brian Bowen, Brian Bowman, Bram Gregson

1. Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble* (Jon Caldwell) — 252.6 points [8-point penalty for band member volunteers who did not report for their assignments.]

2008 SOLO AND SMALL ENSEMBLE CONTEST RESULTS

ADULT HIGH BRASS TECHNICAL SOLO

1. Andy Malovance (cornet, Chicago Brass Band)
2. Matthew Thomas (cornet, Princeton Brass Band)
3. Steve Bone (cornet, Cincinnati Brass Band)

ADULT HIGH BRASS SLOW MELODY SOLO

1. Frank Gorecki (soprano cornet, Spires Brass Band)
2. Cynci Salata (cornet, Illinois Brass Band)
3. Matthew Vangjel (flugelhorn, Fountain City Brass Band)

ADULT LOW BRASS TECHNICAL SOLO

1. Kevin Elkins (euphonium, James Madison University Brass Band)
2. Lee Harrelson (euphonium, Fountain City Brass Band)
3. Brian Scott (baritone, Fountain City Brass Band)

ADULT LOW BRASS SLOW MELODY SOLO

1. Helen Tyler (baritone, Fountain City Brass Band)
2. Jamey Mitchell (tuba, Fountain City Brass Band)
3. Tom Stein (tuba, Fountain City Brass Band)

ADULT PERCUSSION SOLO

1. Mai Tadokoro (marimba, Fountain City Brass Band)
2. Joseph Hull (timpani, Fountain city Brass Band)
3.Jamieson Carr (percussion, James Madison University Brass Band)

YOUTH BRASS SOLO

1. Josh Jameson (trombone, no band affiliation)
2. Grant Jameson (euphonium, no band affilation))
3. Addison Anderson (cornet, Natural State Brass Band)

ADULT BRASS ENSEMBLE

1. White Chocolate (James Madison University Brass Band)
2. JMU Brass Quintet (James Madison University Brass Band)
3. NEBB Brass Sextet (New England Brass Band)

2007 NABBA RECORDING OF THE YEAR CONTEST WINNER (Awarded at the 2008 NABBA Championships)

New England Brass Band (Douglas Yeo), for the CD recording, Be Glad Then America

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