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| 3rd at the Yorkshire regional championships | March 2008 | ||||||||||||
The band gained a very credible 3rd position at the Yorkshire championships in the 1st section. This is the first competition in the 1st section since being promoted a year ago. As expected the band are pretty pleased to be playing at their top form and obviously enjoying the quality that Norman brings to the bandroom. One place higher and the band would again have been booking its place at the national finals in Harrogate in September to represent Yorkshire. Despite that confidence is high so roll on next year! Check out the comments of 4barsrest.com. |
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| 1st position, 2nd section at the Pontins championships | October 2007 | ||||||||||||
Following the success at Harrogate the band went to Pontins feeling confident we could do well. We are again pleased with our performance and first place in the second section which the adjudicators called outstanding. The band has a shiny new trophy to add to the cabinet and further confidence for our move to the first section in March 2008. |
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| 4th at the UK national finals! | September 2007 | ||||||||||||
The band is proud to announce a very respectable 4th place at the UK national championships in Harrogate. The band, along with Kippax, represented the Yorkshire region after winning the Yorkshire region contest at Bradford in March of this year. The test piece was Introduction, Elergy and Scherzo by Darrol Barry, and the adjudicators praised the sound of the band, and the style of the interpretation.Our win at Bradford in the regional 'semifinal' means that next year we will compete in the first section at Bradford. The band extends its thanks to the MD, Normal Law, for the hard work he put in to the contest in the weeks leading up to the big day. Norman, who conducted without a score, seemed to enjoy the occasion! |
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| New MD appointed | July 2007 | ||||||||||||
After the departure of Russel Grey, the band is excited to announce that Normal Law will be taking us to Harrogate for the national finals. Norman is co-conductor with Phillip McCann at Sellers international brass band and has agreed to take us to the national finals. Russel Gray was with the band for 2 years, and took us to victory earlier this year at Bradford. The band expresses its thanks for all the hard work Russel has put in over these 2 years, and wishes him well in all his future endeavors. We're all looking forward to working with Norman, and trying to match Sellers record on the contest stage. |
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| National finals at Harrogate | June 2007 | ||||||||||||
Following our second section win at the Yorkshire regional championships earlier this year, the band have started preparing for the national finals. The contest will be held at Harrogate international conference centre on September the 30th. The selected test piece is Toccata, Elergy and Scherzo by Darrol Barry. Along with Kippax band, we will be representing Yorkshire against 21 other bands from around the country. Read a review of the test piece at www.4barsrest.com |
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