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Results: Macclesfield Slow Melody

There was a great turn out of young brass talent in Macclesfield recently as young stars were strutting their stuff.

 

Macclesfield Youth Brass Band held its inaugural slow melody competition last Sunday at Morton Hall, attracting competitors from its youth, junior and beginners sections aged from 7 to 18 years.

Thanks

Special thanks went to Sarah Johnson, flugal horn player with the Vernon Building Society Poynton Band who adjudicated all ten classes.

Results:

Age 7&8:
1. Noah Brown
2. Katie Murphy
3. Alistair Ford

Age 9&10:
1. Charlotte Haigh
2. Edward Durrant
3. Ruby Allgood/John Kennerley

Age 11&12:
1. Orla Haigh
2. Emma Sykes

Age 13&14:
1. Matthew Arnold
2. Christopher Holt

Age 15&16:
1. Troy Kelly
2. Hannah Devine
3. Callum Sykes

Age 17-19:
1. Nicholas Taylor
2. Tom Gilbertson
3. David Rudall/Claire Haigh

Open U12:
1. Charlotte Haigh

Open 12-19:
1. Tom Gilbertson
2. Christopher Holt
3. Troy Kelly

Duet U12:
1. Elizabeth Taylor/Taemar Lancaster

Duet 12-19:
1. Troy Kelly/Phil Cuthbert
2. Callum Sykes/Laszlo Zorenyi
3. Claire Haigh/ Hannah Devine

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