Cory wins BIC 2018
Following a terrific inaugural Youth Brass in Concert Championships on Saturday, where Wardle High School under the direction of Lee Rigg were awarded the top honours by adjudicators Helen Harrelson and Richard Evans, the ‘main event’ on Sunday was another top quality and hotly contested affair.
Cory was unanimously judged by the Music Quality of Performance adjudicators to have produced the very best of the day with Terry Carter also awarding them top marks for entertainment. Second placings from Jeremy Wise and Programme Content adjudicator Chris King sealed the band’s resounding 16 point margin of victory over runners-up Carlton Main Frickley Colliery. Cory also picked up a brace of other awards including best flugel (Helen Williams), and the Don Lusher Trombone Award (Christopher Thomas) for their superb individual contributions.
Complete results are below with a full review of the weekend appearing in the next issue of BBW.
Results:
Music/Music/Content/Entertainment = Total
Grace/van der Velde /King/Wise/Carter= Total
1. Cory (Phillip Harper): 60/60/38/19/20: 197
2. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Paul Holland): 57/54/36/18/16:181
3. Brighouse & Rastrick (Dr David Thornton): 48/57/40/13/18:176
4. Manger Musikklag (Martin Philip Winter): 54/51/34/16/19:174
5. Fountain City (Dr Joseph Parisi): 51/45/26/20/17:159
6. Foden's (Michael Fowles): 45/48/32/17/15:157
7. Flowers (Lee Skipsey): 42/39/28/15/14:138
8. Whitburn (Leigh Baker): 36/42/30/14/13:135
9. Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths): 39/36/24/12/10:121
10. Reg Vardy (Russell Gray): 30/33/22/11/11:107
11. Atlantic Brass Band (Salvatore Scarpa): 33/30/20/10/12:105
Other Prizes:
Don Lusher Trombone Award: Chris Thomas (Cory)
Harry Mortimer Best Principal Cornet Award: Kirsty Abbotts (Carlton Main Frickley Colliery)
The Fesa Trophy for Best Flugel Award: Helen Williams (Cory)
The Gateshead MBC Trophy for Best Soprano Award: Ryan Sharp (Fountain City)
The Louis and Colin Johnson Trophy for Best Percussion Section: Fountain City
Best Euphonium: Gary Curtin (Foden's)
Best Baritone: Paul Haigh (Carlton Main Frickley Colliery)
Best Horn: Emily Evans (Flowers)
John Fletcher Best Basses Award: Flowers
Best Entertainment and Presentation: Cory
Audience Entertainment Prize: Cory
Best Programme Content: Brighouse and Rastrick
Quality of Performance: Cory
Best Soloist: Paul Richards (soprano) Flowers
New Composition/Arrangement Award : Jacob Vilhelm Larsen
Winning MD: Philip Harper
Youngest Player: Keir Evans Brown (Hammonds) aged 17
Youth Brass in Concert:
1. Wardle Academy Youth (Lee Rigg) — 198
2. Elland Silver Youth (Samantha Harrison) — 197
3. Rochdale Borough Youth (Ben Dixon) — 190
4. Youth Brass 2000 (Chris Jeans) — 185
5. Houghton Area Youth (Brian Adams) — 180
Soloist: Adam Halford-Ward (soprano) — Elland Silver Youth
Most Entertaining Band: Elland Silver Youth
