Brass at the Guild line-up announced
Lancashire Contests are delighted to announce the list of competing bands and adjudicators for this year's Brass at the Guild, which will take place at The Guild Hall, Preston on Sunday 24th January.
The competing bands will have the opportunity to showcase either their set work for the forthcoming Area contests or the Butlins Mineworkers Championship, as they seek to get their hands on part of the generous £4,500 prize fund that is on offer.
The six sections will feature forty-six bands. In the Guild Hall, David Thornton will be adjudicating the Championship Section, Sandy Smith will oversee the First Section with Kevin Wadsworth presiding over the Second Section. John Doyle will be in the Charter Theatre where he will make the decisions in both the Third and Fourth Sections.
The organisers are delighted to announce that the highest placed band in the Championship Section event, who is not already invited to the British Open Spring Festival in Blackpool, will gain an automatic invitation to compete in the Senior Trophy in May.
In addition to the five sections, the The British Open Youth at the Guild Festival will once again take place in the Charter Theatre with Kevin Wadsworth making the all important decisions. The prestigious British Open Brass Band title is once again on offer with the kind permission of Karyn & Martin Mortimer, to whom Lancashire Contests are very grateful. The format of the competition is a 20 minute own choice programme of entertaining music.
Lancashire Contests are extremely pleased that R. Banks & Son (Funerals Ltd) and especially the Proprietor Brian Halliwell has agreed to support the Contest this year. We express our thanks to Brian for his help and support.
The organisers would also like to remind any band which has not confirmed their choice of test-piece in advance of the day itself to confirm it with contest administrator Frank Hodges as soon as possible.
Lancashire Contests looks forward to welcoming old and new friends to Preston on what is always an enjoyable day in the contesting year. The list of competitng bands, together with venue, test-piece, and schedule details is below:
CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
Venue: The Guild Hall
Test-pieces: Breath of Souls (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) or Cambridge Variations (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicator: David Thornton
Draw: 2.00pm
Start: 3.15pm (Approximately)
Bands:
City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey)
Hepworth (Mark Peacock)
Leicestershire Co-op (Graham Jacklin)
Newstead Brass (Duncan Beckley)
Oldham (Lees) (John Collins)
Milnrow (tbc)
Wingates (Paul Andrews)
Yorkshire Imperial Urquart Travel (Stig Maersk)
Prizes:
First Prize - The Stanley Winter Trophy + £400
Second Prize – The Bob Kerwick Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The Squire Eccles Trophy + £150
The Elizabeth and Jack Mills Trophy to the Best Soloist
The Buster Porter Trophy to the Best Basses
The Michael Brooke Trophy to the Best Euphonium
The Stuart Pullin Trophy to the Winning MD.
FIRST SECTION
Venue: The Guild Hall
Test-Pieces: A Celt in Jerusalem (Ian McElligott) or Essay (Edward Gregson)
Adjudicator: Sandy Smith
Draw: 11.45am
Start: 1.00pm (Approximately)
Bands:
Harrogate (tbc)
Haslingden & Helmshore (tbc)
Longridge (Mark Peacock)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW (tbc)
Poulton-Le-Fylde (Dave Collins)
Rainford (Gareth Brindle)
Ripon City (Martin Hall)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Prizes:
First Prize - The Carol Baker Trophy + £400
Second Prize –The Poulton W.J. Taylor Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The R. Rigby Trophy + £150
The Dorothy Southern Trophy to the Best Soloist
The Stan Cook Trophy to the Best Soprano
The Bill Singleton Trophy to the Best Basses
The Tony Brown Trophy to the Winning MD.
SECOND SECTION
Venue: The Guild Hall
Test-pieces: Fire in the Blood (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) or The Mermaid of Zennor (Philip Harper)
Adjudicator: Kevin Wadsworth
Start: 10.15am (pre-drawn)
Bands:
Besses Boys (James Holt)
Dunaskin Doon (Garry Williams)
Flixton (Jason M Smith)
Frickley South Elmsall (Kyle Blake)
Haydock (Mark Quinn)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW ‘B’ (Michael Goulding)
Royal Buckley Town (Scott Lloyd)
Slaithwaite (Rob Westacott)
Uppermill (Alan Widdop)
Prizes:
First Prize - The James Ogden Trophy + £400
Second Prize – The Alan Singleton Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The Norman Wilson Trophy + £150
The Don Redfern Trophy to the Best Soloist
The George Atherton Trophy to the Winning MD.
The Peter Harrison Trophy to the Best Basses
THIRD SECTION
Venue: The Charter Theatre
Test-pieces: Platform to the Heavens (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) or A Cambrian Suite (Michael Ball)
Adjudicator: John Doyle
Start: 12.45pm (Approximately) (Pre-drawn)
Bands:
Blackpool Brass (John Pearson)
Farnworth & Walkden (Matt Shaw)
Lostock Hall Memorial Brass (Phil Edwards)
Oughtibridge Brass (Gavin Somerset)
Parr Band St Helens (John Ludden)
Pilling Jubilee (Len Charnock)
Skelmersdale (Karl Stott)
Stacksteads (Fred Bowker)
Prizes:
First Prize - The Alan Mason Trophy + £400
Second Prize – The Graham Williams Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The Tommy Lyon Trophy+ £150
The Bill Lyon Trophy to the Best Soloist
The Phil Roughley Trophy to the Best Percussion
The Sara Gardener Trophy to the Best Horn
The Tom Wall Junior Trophy to the Best Trombone
The George Heyes Trophy to the Best Basses
The Ken Lawton Trophy to the Winning MD
FOURTH SECTION
Venue: Charter Theatre
Test-pieces: The Seafarers (Bruce Fraser) or The Journal of Phileas Fogg (Peter Graham)
Adjudicator: John Doyle
Start: 10.00am (Pre-drawn)
Bands:
Audley Brass (Tom Hancock)
BMP Europe Goodshaw (Josh Hughes)
Brindle (tbc)
Cadishead Public (Craig McFarland)
Denton Brass (Matthew Bailey)
Loxley Silver (Lee Dunkley)
Rode Hall Silver (Nigel Butler)
Tarleton Brass (Gillian Bould)
Thornton - Cleveleys (Stephen Craig)
Prizes:
First Prize - The Pamela Baxendale Trophy + £400
Second Prize – The Ronnie Lindsay Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The Mike Hughes Trophy + £150
The Harold Thompson Trophy to the Best Soloist
The Rachel Holland Trophy to the Best Euphonium
The Gordon McPhee Trophy to the Best Basses
The Harry Bentham Trophy to the Winning MD
The James Ogden Scholarship to the Youngest Player
THE BRITISH OPEN YOUTH AT THE GUILD FESTIVAL 2016
Venue: Charter Theatre
Test-piece: Own Choice programme
Adjudicator: Kevin Wadsworth
Start: 3.15pm (Approximately) (Pre-drawn)
Bands:
Youth Brass 2000 (Chris Jeans)
Dobcross Youth (Richard Windle)
Stockport Schools Brass (Ian McKnight0
Wigan Youth Zone Brass (Jon Don-Duncan)
Prizes:
First Prize - The Stanley Wainwright Trophy + £400
Second Prize – The Orrell Youth Trophy + £200
Third Prize - The Crook & Heaps Trophy + £150
The Bill Sherwood Trophy to the Best Soloist
The British Open Trophy for the Best performance of the set piece.
The Arthur Gillon Trophy to the Youngest Player
The British Open Trophy to the Winning MD
The Tom Wall Senior Trophy to the secretary of the winning band.
The Squire Eccles Scholarship to the Best Tenor Horn
FURTHER DETAILS
Further enquires should be addressed to:
Frank Hodges
39, Broxton Avenue
Orrell
Wigan
WN5 8NP
Tel: 01942 212418
Email: frankhodges@btinternet.com
Further information on Lancashire Contests can be found here.
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