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50 shades of play at Siddis entertainment

50 bands will provide their very different entertainment shades of play at the impressive Stavanger Konserthaus this weekend.

Stavanger
  The impressive Stavanger Konserthaus will host the Siddis contest this year.

This weekend sees 50 Norwegian bands provide the entertainment at Stavanger's impressive Konserthuas, as they seek to claim the various Siddis titles.

The action will take place in different halls within the venue, with programmes varying in duration from 18 minutes in the Fourth Division to 24 minutes in the Elite section.

As always there will be a great deal of interest in some of the inventive approaches taken by the competitors at each level.

Ethos

The ethos of the contest is for bands to play music focussed towards entertaining an 'ordinary audience'. The bands are free to choose their repertoire which must show their breadth of musicality.

The bands get points for the musical performance and one for the content of the programme. The adjudicators should emphasize the musical performance and the content of the programme, not stage performance (show) or use of external effects.

Gala concert

Elite Division champion Eikanger Bjorsvik will defend their title against nine top class rivals, whilst after the competition has ended there will be a fantastic gala concert provided by Stavanger Band and multi-instrumentalist and singer Gunhild Carling — inspired by the theme of a 1940s jazz club.

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The completion will also be live streamed this year.

For further details go to: http://www.siddisbrass.no/

Competing bands:

Elite Division:


Adjudicators: Robert Childs, Michael Garassi, (music), Nils Christian (entertainment)
Start: 2.20pm (local time)

1. Oslo Brass Band (John Philip Hannevik)
2. Stavanger (Allan Withington)
3. Kleppe Musikklag (Magnus Brandseth)
4. Tertnes Brass (Frode Rydland)
5. Manger Musikklag (Martin Winter)
6. Jaren Hornmusikkforening (Paul Holland)
7. Krohnengen (Garry Cutt)
8. Eikanger Bjorsvik (Reid Gilje)
9. Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn (Rune Gundersen)
10. Bjorsvik Brass (Bengt Florvag)

First Division:


Adjudicators: Florent Didier, Katrina Marzella
Start: 9.00am

1. Askoy Brass Band (Svein Henrik Giske)
2. Hasle Brass (Robert Solberg Nilsen)
3. Flesland Musikklag (Eirik Gjerdevik)
4. Oster Brass (Rune Hannisdal)
5. Montebello Brass (Preben Nicolai Kragh-Riesling)
6. Oslofjord Brass (Philip Hannevik)
7. Sola Brass (Gwyn Evans)
8. Radoy Brass (Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen)
9. Rong Brass (David Morton)

Second Division:


Adjudicators: Tom Brevik, Sheona White
Start: 1.40pm

1. Alexander Brass Band (Morten E Hansen)
2. Sorum Musikklag (Ray Farr)
3. Skui Brass Band (Thor-Willy Karlsen)
4. Agder Brass (Thomas Swatland)
5. Tysnes Musikklag (Yngve Nikolaisen)
6. Folleso Musikklag (Thorgeir Thunestvedt)
7. Sagvag Musikklag (Yngve Nikolaisen)
8. Stavanger Kommunes Korps (Gwyn Evans)
9. Fjell Brass (Joseph Cook)
10. Haukas Musikklag (Thor-Arne Pedersen)

Third Division:


Adjudicators: Adam Cooke, Arthur Vanderhoeft
Start: 9.00am

1. Randaberg Musikkorps (Pal Magne Austnes-Underhaug)
2. Tysvaer Brass (Paul Hughes)
3. Stangaland Brass (Melvin White)
4. Gjesdal Brass (Jonas Skartveit Rogne)
5. Seim Musikklag (Asbjorn Hauge)
6. KOS Krohnengen Old Stars (Oyvind Raknes Nikolaisen)
7. Lindas Brass (Hilde Brevik Grytten)
8. Eidsberg Brass Band (Hans Andreas Kjolberg)
9. Laksevag Musikkforening (Fredrick Schjelderup)
10. Hetlevik Musikklag (Egil Magnussen)

Fourth Division:


Adjudicators: Elizabeth Fossan, Kenneth Crookston
Start: 9.00am

1. Sotra Brass (Ben Hirons)
2. Fitjar Musikklag (Svein Roger Koppang)
3. IMI Brass (Linda Saglien Svensen)
4. Fjordbrass Lavik (Jason Burn)
5. Skeie Brass (Nigel Fielding)
6. Norheimsund Musikklag (Patrik Randefalk)
7. Riska Brass Band (Espen Westbye)
8. Eikelandsfjorden Musikklag (Joar H. Lemme)
9. Indre Torungen Brass Ensemble (Lars-Bjornar Strengenes)
10. Langhus Brass (Tomas Austestad)
11. Egersund Brass (Stale Andreas Stendahl)

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