Results of BrassFestUK Entertainment Contest 2018
The results of the inaugural BrassFestUK Entertainment Contest have been announced. The competition took place across three unregistered sections: Development Bands - all players have been playing for less than 2 years, Youth Bands - all players under 19 years old and Training Bands - all other unregistered bands.
Following this ‘first’ event the organisers were keen to thank their sponsor, Pennine Music for their very generous prize for each section winner. Thanks also go to Alan Duguid who very kindly took on the task of adjudicating the participating bands. The organisers are also grateful to Samantha Harrison and Jayne Murrill who were both intended to be part of the initial adjudicating team, but owing to the small number of entries they stepped down and left it to Alan to look after the contest for this year.
Alan stated: “It was a real pleasure to adjudicate this contest and I applaud you for taking such a progressive and innovative approach. All the bands produced recordings that showed them off extremely well and this made the experience as a listener an extremely enjoyable one. It is a real pity that the number of entries was not larger as this format I feel has a lot to offer bands – being able to record a rehearsal or a live performance and submit it avoids the challenges of registration or getting the players together to travel for a competition. I hope that more bands decide to participate in the future.”
Results:
Development Section:
1st place and a £50 Pennine Music Voucher - Middleton Training Band
Youth Section:
1st place and a £50 Pennine Music Voucher - Youth Brass 2000
Training Band Section:
1st place and a £50 Pennine Music Voucher - Newbridge Celynen
