issue no. 5637 – 30 october 2010 · full score & parts £24.95 each a christmas fantasia...

www.britishbandsman.com

Issue no. 5637 – 30 October 2010

Price £1.25

BB meets the man spearheading the BFBB’s plans for the future of banding

BRITISH BANDSMAN PAGE 2

Army of GodCairo Red Shield

DalaröExeter Temple

GoldcrestHeroes of the Combat

IndomitableMinneapolis IV

MotondoSpirit of Joy

Spirit of PraiseThe Flag of Freedom

The LiberatorThe Redcliffe MarchThe Wellingtonian

The Roll CallTo Regions Fair

Victors Acclaimed

FULL SCORE & PARTS £24.95 EACH

A Christmas Fantasia (Full Set £34.99)A brand new work featuring the carols ‘Noël Nouvelet’,

‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’, ‘A Great and Mighty Wonder’, ‘The Infant King’, ‘Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day’

and ‘Of the Father’s Heart Begotten’.

Carol of the Bells (Full Set £24.99)An attractive arrangement of the carol otherwise known as

‘Ukranian Bell Carol’.

Spanish Dance (Full Set £24.99)Based on the traditional Spanish carol ‘Ríu Ríu Chíu’, this

exciting foot-tapping item was premièred at Butlins Mineworkers Championships in 2010. Recorded on Virtuosi GUS Band’s CD

‘A Mingled Chime’, it has since proved to be a popular concert item.

A French Dance (Full Set £24.99)A festive arrangement of the song ‘La bas dans le limousin’ from

Canteloube’s ‘Songs of the Auvergne’.

To purchase or for midi samples contact [email protected] or 07793 081 352www.andrewwainwright.webeden.co.uk

Postage £1.50 per order, items sent out 1st class next day(on receipt of payment)

Young BrassSoloist Award 2011

Are you a brass player, under 21, Grade 8 or equivalent standard? Then, you could be the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist 2011.

Grand Final: 19th February 2011

Application forms and all details

are at: bbc.co.uk/radio2/events

Closing date for entries is: Saturday 11th December 2010


NEWS

John Wallace to lead defending champion at Brass in Concert Festival

The defending Brass in Concert Champion,

Foden’s Band, has announced that the

internationally renowned trumpet soloist and

educator, Professor John Wallace OBE, will lead

its challenge at this year’s event, to be held in

association with Yamaha and British Bandsman

at The Sage Gateshead on 21 November. He will

also conduct and perform with Foden’s at World

of Brass in Concert on the previous evening,

in a programme that will begin with Peter

Meechan’s arrangement of Innuendo (Freddie

Mercury). John Wallace will feature as soloist in

the Finale from Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto. The

band also includes Colas Breugnon (Kabelevsky

arr. Malcolm Bennett), Be My Love (Brodsky arr.

Ray Farr - euphonium soloist: Glyn Williams),

Hunting Wabbits (Gordon Goodwin arr. Robin

Dewhurst), Big Red (Andy Scott), Mambo to Go

(Dewhurst) and Fugue from Graduation Day

(Philip Sparke).

Speaking to British Bandsman from his office

at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and

Drama, where he became Principal in 2002,

John Wallace commented: “I almost fell off my

chair when I was approached by Foden’s. I am

flattered and honoured to be asked to conduct

such a great and enthusiastic band at one of

the biggest events on the banding calendar.”

John Wallace last conducted at a band contest

in the 1980s, when he led Kirkintilloch to

second place at the Edinburgh Festival Contest,

and commenting on his reasons for returning

to the fold, he added: “I’ve been reluctant to

conduct in recent years because, as well as

being so busy personally, there are so many

other good conductors around, but it’s also

great to be able to get the chance to play the

trumpet again with a band, so it will hopefully

be great fun for us all.” Looking ahead to the

contest, John Wallace concluded: “Brass bands

are about virtuosity as well as musicality, so the

programme that we put together will hopefully

be impressive, but it will be one that the band

is comfortable with, as I believe that people

perform better under these circumstances.”

Commenting on behalf of the Brass in Concert

organising team, Trevor Caffull added: “We are

delighted that Foden’s has been successful

in engaging one of the world’s leading brass

musicians to lead its contribution to the Brass

in Concert Festival, which this year promises to

be more exciting than ever with seven of the

world’s current top ten bands in the contest

line-up. John Wallace’s presence, both as a

conductor and a trumpet soloist, will provide

added prestige to an already successful event

and I’m sure the large audience both at The

Sage Gateshead and watching at home on the

British Bandsman website will be eager to find

out what musical treats he and Foden’s have in

store for us as the band defends its title of Brass

in Concert Champion.”

The second half of Saturday evening’s World

of Brass in Concert will again feature Black

Dyke Band and its Principal Conductor, Dr.

Nicholas Childs. The band this week revealed

a varied programme for the event that will

comprise Home of Legends (Paul Lovatt-Cooper),

Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov), Donegal

Bay (Lovatt-Cooper - baritone soloist: Gareth

Brindle), Golden Swing of Black Dyke - Opus

One (arr. Geldard), I Only Have Eyes for You

(Harry Warren and Al Dubin arr. Alan Fernie -

euphonium soloist: John French, bass trombone

soloist: Adrian Hirst), Mack the Knife (Kurt Weil

arr. Goff Richards); Klezmorim (Sandy Smith -

tuba soloist: Joseph Cook), Giants (from On the

Shoulders of Giants) (Peter Graham).

Also on Saturday 20 November, the successful

workshops and taster sessions will conclude

with a concert by the ‘workshop band’,

conducted by Nicholas Childs, as a prelude

to Youth Brass in Concert, which will feature

Elland Silver Youth Band, conducted by

Samantha Harrison.

Tickets for all the weekend’s events are available

from The Sage Gateshead Box Office on 0191

443 4661 or at www.thesagegateshead.org, and

live Internet coverage of the Brass in Concert

Championship is available for £7.95.

Please see the advertisement on the back page of

this issue or log onto www.britishbandsman.com

for further details.

BBC launches 2011 Young Brass Soloist Award

BBC Radio 2 is inviting applicants for its 2011 Young Brass Soloist Award, which celebrates the best

brass playing in the UK. Having been launched on 21 October, the deadline for entries is midnight

on Saturday 11 December 2010.

Just one performer will receive a trophy, an invitation to perform as guest soloist with one of the

UK’s top brass bands and a guest appearance on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night, Britain’s

longest-running live music programme.

The award, which was presented earlier this year to 18-year-old Matthew White, is open to all

brass players under the age of 21 of Grade 8, or equivalent standard, who play regularly with

a brass band, wind band or orchestra and are resident in the UK.

Matthew, from Westhoughton in Lancashire, will perform live as a soloist with the BBC Concert

Orchestra on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night on Friday 14 January next year. Talking about his

experiences since gaining the prestigious award, he said: “Playing as a featured soloist with Black

Dyke to a packed Symphony Hall in Birmingham was an amazing opportunity and I’m particularly

looking forward to playing with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Being a euphonium player, that sort of

opportunity doesn’t come round very often!”

Stage One of the event will be judged by a panel of BBC experts. Six players will be selected to take

part in Stage Two at the BBC Studios in Manchester in January next year, when they will record up

to ten minutes of music with a Championship Section brass band. Two judges will then select four

performers to go through to Stage Three – the awards final – which takes place in February at the

Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and will air on Radio 2 shortly after.

The finalists will be accompanied by Black Dyke Band and will perform in front of an audience. Bob

Shennan, Controller BBC Radio 2, said: “I’m delighted that, once again, Radio 2 is searching for the

finest young brass performers from the wealth of talent among the UK’s brass playing community.

Through this competition, Radio 2 is continuing its ongoing commitment to showcasing music at a

grass-roots level, as well as giving these gifted young musicians a platform on which to perform.”

For further information and application forms, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. Details about how to get

tickets for the final will be available on the website later this year.

Frank Renton awarded Paul Harris FellowshipLast Saturday evening (23rd) at the tenth

in a series of concerts in Yeadon given

annually by Hepworth (Cookson Homes)

Band for the Airedale Rotary Club, Frank

Renton was surprised to be awarded a Paul

Harris Fellowship. Named after the founder

of Rotary International, it is the highest

award that the organisation can give and is,

in the words of the citation, ‘In appreciation

of tangible and significant assistance given

for the furtherance of better understanding

and friendly relations among peoples of

the world.’ Readers will join us at BB in

offering Frank our congratulations on this

significant achievement.

Has your band recently been in the news?

Let us know [email protected]


EVENT NEWS

Central Ohio Brass Band heads to Butlins

Butlins Skegness has announced that The Central Ohio Brass Band (COBB)

has confirmed its entry to the Mineworkers’ Brass Band Festival to be

held at the Skegness Resort over the weekend of 21-24 January 2011. The

band won first prize in the 1st Division of the North American Brass Band

Association (NABBA) Championships held earlier this year in Rayleigh,

North Carolina and has taken up its invitation to compete in the 1st Sec-

tion of the Butlins contest in January.

COBB was formed in 1989 as the Ohio Collegiate Brass Band and today is

a non-profit organisation whose members represent a diverse cross-sec-

tion of the Central Ohio community and a multitude of careers. The band

competes regularly at NABBA and also enjoys a busy concert schedule.

In addition, it frequently plays with school groups to promote life-long

learning and to foster the brass band tradition in the United States.

Butlins are extremely thrilled that the COBB was able to take up its invita-

tion to Skegness. The friendship between Butlins and NABBA dates back

to 2007, when former NABBA Board Member, Douglas Yeo, the interna-

tionally-renowned trombonist, first visited the Festival. Since then, both

he and NABBA President, Rusty Morris, have been regular guests. “We

have had a close bond with NABBA for a number of years now and this is

the culmination of that friendship”, said Festival Director, Steve Walker.

“We are extremely proud that COBB is coming to Skegness. It can look for-

ward to a very warm welcome not only from everyone here at Butlins, but

also from the British brass band community”, he added.

In addition to competing in the 1st Section contest, the band is also look-

ing forward to giving a concert on the Saturday evening to the usual large

and appreciative Butlins audience. “I have no doubt that the band will be

on top form not only for the contest but also for the gala concert,” said

Rusty Morris, concluding: “I will be very excited and proud to be in the

audience to see and hear COBB in action.”

As the Butlins Festival continues to go from strength to strength and with

another bumper entry, all bands and guests are reminded to book their

accommodation without delay.

Butlins Open National Mineworkers Championships 2011

See live performances from:The World Famous Brighouse and Rastrick BandCarol Jarvis’ Trombone ExpressBritish Philharmonic Big Band 2010 Butlins Champion Band The Desford Colliery Band

*Price is per person per break based on 4 sharing a Silver self-catering Apartment on the date & break shown. All prices include VAT & apply to new bookings only. Offers are subject to promotional availability & can be withdrawn at anytime. All entertainment line-up is subject to change, please call or check online when booking. For full terms and conditions please refer to the current Butlins brochure or visit butlins.com/terms. The maximum call charge is 2p per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary. Butlins Skyline Limited, 1 Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4YL. Registered in England No. 04011665.

3 nightsfrom only

£69*was £74

Friday 21 – Monday 24 January 2011

Butlins Skegness Accommodation

Splash around in our Waterworld

Enjoy great atmosphere in Bar Rosso

0845 070 4750Open from 9am, 7 days a week

butlins.com/brassbandor visit your ABTA Travel Agent

QUOTEBBN10

0845 070 4747Groups of 20+ save an extra 5%


NEWS

Simon Dobson receives British Composer Award nomination

Torsion, the latest and most ambitious work that Simon Dobson has composed for Leyland Band during

his period as Composer-in-Residence, has been nominated for a 2010 British Composer Award in the

Wind and Brass Band category. Composed for brass band with sampled sounds, Torsion was premièred

at the 2010 Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Festival of Brass. Described on BBC Radio 3’s In

Tune programme as ‘a great new voice’ in the world of music, Simon Dobson joins a list of some of the

country’s finest composers who are included in the various categories.

The dictionary defines torsion as ‘the state of being twisted’. This is how Dobson sees Torsion: ‘The three

movements deal with “the imagined ‘dis’torsions’ and ‘con’torsions’ of time, light and sound. We’ve all

been part of a glorious moment that was gone too soon or a dull day that lasted forever, seen things as

more beautiful when we are in a good mood and heard things that maybe weren’t there.”

The other nominations in the Wind and Brass Band category are Doubles for symphonic wind band

by RNCM senior composition tutor, Gary Carpenter, and Cloud Atlas for symphonic wind ensemble

by Philip Grange, Professor of Music at Manchester University. Torsion is Simon Dobson’s second

British Composer Award nomination. His evocative work, Penlee, was shortlisted in 2009. His most

recent work, ‘...and when the river told...’ receives its first performance at the Scottish Open Brass Band

Championships in Perth on 20 November.

The British Composer Awards, presented by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and

Authors (BASCA) and sponsored by PRS for Music in association with BBC Radio 3, are the most

prestigious annual awards for established and emerging composers in the country. BASCA Chairman,

Sarah Rodgers, says: “This is possibly the most dynamic and inspirational shortlist the British Composer

Awards judging panels have come up with. The awards continue to play a crucial role in identifying

new voices and emerging talent and truly reflect a community of creative artists.”

The Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 30 November, at Stationer’s Hall, London. The

winning works will, in part, be broadcast on Wednesday 1 December in BBC Radio 3’s Performance on 3.

Civic reception for

National ChampionMembers of Brighouse and Rastrick Band have been honoured at a Civic

Reception in Halifax Town Hall. The Reception, hosted by Deputy Mayor, Cllr.

Keith Watson, on Saturday 23 October was to recognise and celebrate the

band’s recent achievement at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where it won the

title of Champion Band of Great Britain.

This is the eighth time in the band’s history that the prize has been brought

back to B&R’s West Riding headquarters, and the Challenge Trophy was proudly

on display while band members and officials toasted their success.

Band President, Paul Beaumont, commented: “The band and conductor, David

King, have been working tremendously hard for this moment. Since Professor

King’s arrival, the standard of playing has improved both on the contest and

concert platform, and we look forward to achieving further success.”

Paul Beaumont continued: “We are proud to represent the Borough of

Calderdale when performing at events both in the UK and abroad, and would

like to thank Councillor Keith Watson and his staff for taking the time and

trouble to host this reception for the band.”

Saturday turned out to be a busy day for the band members. No sooner had

they finished the reception than they were on their way to prepare for a

massed band concert at Huddersfield Town Hall.

Whitburn reveals new sponsorWhitburn Band has announced that it has reached an agreement with Exchange Communications, a Kirkintilloch-based telecommunications supplier,

to sponsor the band for an initial two-year period. From 1 November, the band will be known as Exchange Communications Whitburn Band. Band

President, David Kinross, commented to BB: “Finding a sponsor was one of the key objectives we set out as part of our recent restructure. Apart from the

obvious financial benefit, we are delighted to become associated with a rapidly-growing organisation at a time when we ourselves have ambitious plans

to drive forward.” As part of the deal, Exchange Communications’ Operations Director, Michael McMillan, will join Whitburn’s advisory board to assist

with the development of the band’s activities. David Kinross continued: “Mike McMillan has been a real driving force in the expansion of the Exchange

Communications business and we look forward to benefiting from his experience and enthusiasm. We will continue to add to our advisory team with

people who have specific skills and experiences to help us achieve our goals.”

A spokesperson for Exchange Communications added: “Whitburn Band is a leader in its field, having performed at many high-profile events across the UK

and Europe. Thanks to the hard work and commitment of its members, it has successfully represented Scotland on an international scale and has been

ranked among the finest in Scotland for many years. Exchange Communications is also a leader in its sector and we are pleased to be able to support

another organisation that shares our values and constantly strives to be the best. Through this partnership we hope to build on the band’s success and

work with the team as it grows. As a Scottish company, we are proud to be associated with a group that has such a rich history and promising future.”

The band’s first outing under its new title will be at the Scotland v New Zealand rugby international at Murrayfield on 13 November.


PROFILE

Paul Hindmarsh meets Terry Luddington, who

takes up a new role as Liaison Officer of the

British Federation of Brass Bands on Monday

Given his visibility on Facebook and Twitter,

you’d be forgiven for thinking that Terry

Luddington had been in post for some weeks

already. Terry’s enthusiasm for his new job

as Liaison Officer of the British Federation of

Brass Bands (BFBB) is encouraging. He seems

to be the personification of the new BFBB

interactive website, mad (Making a Difference)

for brass bands, and he commented: “Since

my appointment, I have received nothing but

voices of support from friends and colleagues

in brass banding and would like to thank them

personally for this. I am very much looking

forward to working within the sector to ‘make a

difference’ for the benefit of everyone involved

in banding.”

I caught up with Terry just before he went

off to Pontin’s to compete in the 4th Section

with the Littleborough Public Band. He’s been

involved with brass bands since his school days

in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, as he explained:

“There was no school band at my local

secondary school, so the Saturday morning

music centre band and a short summer

residential school were the only chances to

experience playing together with kids from

other schools in the area. It’s an interesting

parallel with what I still see among the young

players today. The social side is as important as

the music making!”

Terry remained with Littleport Brass Band as

a player and committee member through

the 1980s, until his job took him ‘up north’,

He continued: “At the end of the 1980s, I was

relocated with my work (professional manager

in the I.T. industry) and decided to settle in

Todmorden, on the Yorkshire/Lancashire

border, having first made sure there was a

band of a standard that I could hope to join.

Since then, I have played with Todmorden

Old Brass Band and Todmorden Community

Brass Band. More recently, I have joined

Littleborough Public Band (four miles down

the road) for contesting.

It wasn’t long before Terry was using his

professional management skills and his

The BFBB’s man with a plan


PROFILEdedication to the brass band cause to ‘make

a difference’ within in his new community, as

he recalled: “Since 1996, I have co-founded

and helped out with the local voluntary

organisation, A Touch of Brass, to promote

events with a ‘brassy’ flavour in our local

community. I have particularly enjoyed

establishing the Centre Stage Festival of Brass,

staged at the Victorian bandstand, Centre

Vale Park, Todmorden as a regular audience

destination for hundreds of visitors every

summer. During the 11 years we have been

able to run the festival, we have staged over

90 events, featuring over 60 different bands

including Kirkintilloch and CWS (Glasgow), and

most notably eight Brassworks showcase events

featuring Brighouse and Rastrick Band with

fireworks finale.”

For the past six years, Terry has served as

General Manager of the innovative performing

arts charity, Walk the Plank (WTP), which is

one of the leading producing companies of

large-scale outdoor theatre in the UK. Terry

is justifiably proud of the transformation that

WTP experienced on his ‘watch’: “The trustees

were very keen to appoint someone with real

commercial business experience to revive the

financial performance of the charity. My major

achievement since joining in November 2004

has been to transform the business ensuring

profitable delivery without compromising the

quality of artistic work delivered. In 2009, we

achieved a record turnover for the group of

£2.2m, with over £700k of income from the

trading subsidiary and total reserves now

expected to exceed £250k.”

Terry leaves WTP this week in a much

healthier state than when he started six years

ago. What, I wondered could he achieve in

two years to ‘make a difference’ as Liaison

Officer of the BFBB?

He responded: “With my work at WTP

coming to a successful conclusion, I needed

a new challenge. I am at a time of life where

I am only interested in doing things that are

worthwhile and where I believe I can make

a real lasting difference. When you go for

any new job you have a good look at your

potential new employer. What I found at BFBB

is an organisation that is clearly positioned

to represent the brass band sector nationally,

delivering much needed projects, services,

networking and advocacy from the limited

resources of its executive board (giving their

time voluntarily) and Philip Watson (in post as

part-time Development Officer). To its credit,

BFBB identified the need to address some of

its resourcing shortfall and had successfully

secured Grants for the Arts (Lottery) funding, in

a difficult climate, for my post along with some

part-time office administrative assistance for the

National Office (soon to be appointed).

“With my background in IT, and with recent

exposure to the latest social networking

technologies as a participant in Arts Council’s

Art of Digital programme, I could see immediate

opportunities for increasing the reach of the

organisation by reaching out to every brass

player in the country (well almost every brass

player, as there are still six million of the UK

population not online yet). BFBB receives

central government funding via the Arts

Council for the Development Officer post. The

great work that Philip has done at the national

level with Parliament, Lottery funders, key

stakeholders and the voluntary sector will help

to open doors for me in my liaison role at the

very highest level. This is one of the strengths of

BFBB’s current position.”

Terry describes himself s a ‘professional

manager’. It’s clear from his track record in

business and the arts that there is a dynamic

and progressive energy in his approach that

could bring a welcome visibility and increased

momentum back into the brass band movement.

He arrives at BFBB on Monday as ‘a man with

a plan’ – an ambitious 10-point plan in fact, of

which the salient ones are: the launch of the

new social networking www.mad4bb.com (Mad

for Brass Bands); the development of ‘big ideas’

(mass participation events, Cultural Olympiad

projects); the creation of project and market

opportunities for BFBB and its members; to

start sharing (best practice, key contacts,

future plans), planning (fundraising, audience

development) and promoting (e-marketing,

website, PR); and identifying opportunities

for BFBB to create new partnerships, products

and services, and enlarge its membership. But

surely, I wondered, aren’t bands themselves

already taking up the challenge in these areas?

“Well, the opportunities are out there, but

of the £25m of National Lottery funding for

good causes that has been awarded to the

music art form over the last four years, only

one percent (£250k) has been awarded to a

dozen organisations in the brass band sector.

My role is to join the dots, communicate the

opportunities, help those who want to be

helped and maximise the benefits to the sector.

It is achievable. It can be done. Such funding

is not subject to government cuts. In fact, the

proportion of funds for good causes is set

to increase over the next three years to help

mitigate against the cuts in public funding of

the arts.”

Terry is already a highly visible presence on

Facebook and Twitter. While it will be a comfort

to those who are not social networkers that he

will “use traditional communication methods to

ensure we continue to reach those in the brass

band sector who are not online”, much of his

visibility will be ‘virtual’: “If the number of users

on Facebook were taken to be the population

of a country it would be the third largest

country in the world. It cannot be ignored!

Young people communicate by Facebook (and

similar digital technologies) more readily than

by email. We have to use the right tool for the

target audience in mind. I would not be in this

post if I had not seen it advertised on Twitter via

the Brass Band Portal. I successfully used Twitter

in the summer to advertise the A Touch Of Brass

concerts to over 2,000 followers, directing them

to our website, where the four-fold increase in

hits showed a direct correlation to the Twitter

feed. Our audiences this summer were some of

the largest we have had for many years.

“I am also interested in how we make brass

banding cool and accessible to more young

people. We want everyone to get ‘MAD for

Brass Bands’ and this was our theme for

the recent launch at the National Finals in

Harrogate of our new social networking site

designed specifically for brass bands - www.

mad4bb.com. I have already successfully

started to telegraph opportunities via

Facebook and Twitter and know first-hand of

half a dozen organisations already starting to

think about working up applications.”

Terry has high ambitions for the new website: “I

would like to see it become a one-stop shop for

promoters, event organisers or local authorities

wishing to book a band. I also see it developing

as a tool for engaging new audiences and

highlighting training opportunities for players,

conductors, composers, etc.” He envisages

Mad4bb as a complementary service to bands’

own websites – an opportunity for links, sharing

of photos, embedding videos from YouTube

and as a free web presence for those bands that

do not want to host or continue to pay to host

a website: “The plan is to make www.mad4bb.

com fully indexed and searchable from Google

in the future and to include an annual events

calendar for bands to use and as a definitive

source of the most significant annual events of

the brass banding year. Our online offering uses

Web 2.0 technology from Ning.com, which has

an established worldwide presence of millions

of networks. We have chosen this platform as

it will continue to be developed and enhanced

with new social networking features that our

target audience would expect to find.”

I wondered how it was working so far:

“Although the URL has not yet been released

to Google, over 400 members have joined

from 16 countries. There are 55 bands or

associations defined on the site and it has

already demonstrated how useful it could be

for my role. An idea for a University Brass Band

Championship (UniBrass) emerged through the

site. I have identified at least half a dozen grants

for the arts opportunities to progress. We are in

dialogue with some new bands regarding the

benefits of joining BFBB.”

What then would be the measure of success

at the end of the two-year appointment?

“I want to see increased opportunity

for educational /training projects, more

instruments, more community bands, more

training bands, more youth bands, more

new music commissions, more performance

opportunities, more collaborative projects

with other art forms. I want to brass bands

to be a highly visible contributor to the

Cultural Olympiad and 2012 celebrations and

a greater proportion of the available lottery

funding (and other funding sources) coming

to the brass band sector, greater visibility and

greater recognition for the good work bands

do in their communities. If at the end of the

two years I have helped the individual bands

and organisations make a significant and

lasting difference on a local, regional, national

basis, then I will have succeeded.”


2010 PONTIN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dark clouds hung over the Prestatyn Sands

Holiday Centre, as the annual Pontin’s Brass

Band Championships opened last weekend, but

with just 57 bands competing across the fi ve

sections, it is to be hoped that even darker ones

don’t now hang over the future of the 37-year

old event itself.

The weekend opened with the 4th Section.

There was a healthy 16-band entry tackling

Alan Fernie’s A Caledonian Journey. On form

Hazel Grove, North West and National 4th

Section Champion, emerged victorious once

again under its musical director, Nigel Beasley.

Dronfi eld CMW with John Davies was the

runner-up before going on to compete again

in the 3rd Section later in the day, where it

was placed seventh. James Holt and Besses

Boys took the third prize with yet another fi ne

performance on the back of their excellent

showing at Harrogate.

There were only eight 1st Section bands

performing Darrol Barry’s new work,

Flamborough Seascapes. The Shropshire band,

Jackfi eld (Elcock Reisen), conducted by Simon

Platford, was awarded the top prize, with Staines

Band and Melvin White runner-up and Oldham

(Lees), conducted by John Collins, in third. In a

welcome move, the Association of Brass Band

Adjudicators (ABBA) used this section as training

exercise for a new ABBA member. John Doyle,

principal cornet of Leyland Band, produced

his own judgement from the back of the

adjudicator’s box. His assessment was discussed

and analysed with the offi cial judges, Brian

Buckley and Kevin Wadsworth.

The highest achieving band of the entire

weekend was arguably Uppermill Band under

Alan Widdop. The band’s fi rst place in the 3rd

Section, playing Philip Wilby’s Partita for Band

(Postcards from Home) was its fourth successive

victory at Pontin’s, having won the same section

North West bandsin lower sectio

Words and pictures

Winning conductor, Glyn Williams Glyn Williams lead’s Marsden’s winning performance of Les Preludes

Jaguar (Coventry)’s cornets in full fl ight Jaguar (Coventry) in action in the Championship Section



s feature strongly ons at Pontin’s

s by John Stirzaker

last year and the 4th Section in each of the two

previous years. Adjudicator, Roy Newsome,

commented that the band was a very clear

winner, but that the next few places were a

lot closer. In a great year for North West bands

at Pontin’s, Hawk Green (Marple) and Hoover

(Bolton) were the other prize-winners.

There was another small entry – just eight

bands – competing in Sunday’s 2nd Section. Yet

another band from the North West, Haydock

under Mark Quinn, emerged victorious playing

Bruce Broughton’s Califonia Legend. The band

seemed genuinely surprised by its achievement.

Rob Straw led Barnsley Building Society to

the runner-up spot, with David Holland and

Lancashire’s Haslingden and Helmshore taking

third place.

While some commentators thought the choice

of Franz Liszt’s Les Preludes as the test-piece for

the Harry and Margaret Mortimer Championship

was a tough ask for some of the bands, the

choice proved very popular with the audience.

The version used was the elaborate transcription

that Bram Gay made for the 2001 British Open

Championship. Veteran adjudicators, Dr. Roy

Newsome and Major Peter Parkes, proved

that 13 is lucky for some, as Marsden Band,

conducted by Glyn Williams, took top honours

playing 13th out of the 15 entries. Cornish

band, St. Dennis under Darren Hawken, was the

runner-up, playing from the dreaded number

one spot, with the last band to play, Jaguar

(Coventry), taking the third prize.

The Pontin’s weekend organisers are desperately

trying to establish why there has been a big

drop in bands entering this event this year

and why there are not more residents at the

centre. Next year’s event is pencilled in for

early November, but unless entries improve,

the long-term future of the Pontin’s Brass Band

Championships could prove to be uncertain.

Rob Straw leads BArnsley Building Society to second place in the Section 2 Mark Quinn, winning conductor in Section 2

A disappointing day for BTM and Tom Davoren



Full results from PrestatynHarry and Margaret Mortimer Championship

Test-piece: Les Preludes (Liszt trans. Bram Gay)

Adjudicators: Dr. Roy Newsome and Major Peter Parkes

1. Marsden Silver Prize (Glyn Williams) drawn 13

2. St. Dennis (Darren Hawken) 1

3. Jaguar (Coventry) (Dave Lea) 15

4. Blackburn and Darwen (Nick Sheppard) 8

5. Wakefield Metropolitan (Norman Law) 4

6. Ashton-under-Lyne (Martyn Evans) 11

7. Northop Silver (Thomas Wyss) 6

8. Staffordshire (Huw Thomas) 12

9. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Mark Bentham) 5

10. Friary Guildford Brass (Chris King) 10

11. Newstead Brass (Duncan Beckley) 7

12. GT Group Peterlee (Stephen Malcolm) 9

13. Old Silkstone (Chris Hirst) 14

14. BTM (Tom Davoren) 2

15. Norfolk Brass (David Stowell) 3

Youngest Player in the Section: James Dowrick, St. Dennis, aged 14

Best Instrumentalist: Dale Garner (Marsden Silver)

1st Section

Test-piece: Flamborough Seascapes (Darrol Barry)

Adjudicators: C. Brian Buckley and Kevin Wadsworth

1. Jackfield (Elcock Reisen) (Simon Platford) 7

2. Staines Brass (Melvin White) 3

3. Oldham Band (Lees) (John Collins) 9

4. Longridge (Mark Peacock) 5

5. Wrexham Brass (Wayne Ruston) 8

6. Barton Town (Garry Oglesby) 6

7. Lindley (Neil Jowett) 4

8. City of Sheffield (David Holling) 1

Youngest Player: Rhys Taylor, Longridge, aged 11

2nd Section

Test-piece: California Legend (Bruce Broughton)

Adjudicators: C. Brian Buckley and Kevin Wadsworth

1. Haydock (Mark Quinn) 6

2. Barnsley Building Society (Rob Straw) 4

3. Haslingden and Helmshore (David Holland) 2

4. Rainford (Graham O’Connor) 7

5. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Silver (Glyn Davies) 8

6. Leicestershire (Snibston) (Graham Jacklin) 5

7. Downshire Brass (Michael Alcorn) 1

8. Wellington (Telford) (Mark Phillips) 3

Youngest Player: Harry Handford, Wellington (Telford), aged 12

3rd Section

Test-piece: Partita for Band (Postcards from Home) (Philip Wilby)

Adjudicators: Dr. Roy Newsome and Paul Holland

1. Uppermill (Alan Widdop) 11

2. Hawk Green (Marple) (Neil Hewson) 3

3. Hoover (Bolton) (Trevor Halliwell) 6

4. Crofton Silver (Tim Sidwell) 5

5. Pemberton Old DW ‘B’ (Peter Ashley) 9

6. Trinity Girls (Stuart Barton) 4

7. Dronfield CMW (John Davies) 10

8. Shirebrook Miners Welfare (Unison) (Mark Wilcockson) 1

9. Chalgrove (Terry Brotherhood) 2

10. Ogmore Valley Silver (Miss A. Jones) 7

Youngest Player: Richard Blythe, Uppermill, aged 11

4th Section

Test-piece: A Caledonian Journey (Alan Fernie)

Adjudicators: Roy Sparkes and Major Peter Parkes

1. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley) 4

2. Dronfield CMW (John Davis) 3

3. Besses Boys (James Holt) 16

4. Onchan Silver (Paul Dunderdale) 2

5. Thurcroft Welfare (Ken Vernon) 1

6. Farnworth and Walkden (Peter Ashley) 15

7. Boarshurst Silver (David Ashworth) 6

8. Nelson Brass (Steve Brodie) 12

9. Darwen Silver (Steve Hartley) 8

10. Blackley (Adrian Smith) 13

11. Golborne (Jason Smith) 7

12. Littleborough Public (Adrian Woodhead) 5

13. Cold Ash Silver (Steve Sizeland) 11

14. Worsborough Brass (John Hopkinson) 9

15. Denton Brass (Colin Myers) 10

16. Barnton Silver (Brian Lamb) 14

Youngest Player: Gregory Halliday, Onchan Silver, aged 9

Hazel Grove’s representative in Section 4 New kid in the box - John Doyle A happy Alan Widdop of Uppermill


BRASS ROOTSNever volunteer to be a contest manager. That was the sound advice from Jane Stewart, the

Southern Counties Amateur Bands Association (scaba) Contest Manager responsible for putting

the show on the road for the annual Autumn contest at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone on Saturday

16 October. The set-up team was organised for a 7.00am meeting at the hall, only to be faced

with locked doors, which eventually opened at 7.30am - not good when the first band on stage is

scheduled for 9.15am! As there was a show in the hall the previous evening, no preparation work in

that area could take place earlier.

By 8.45am, Jane was dealing with the reported theft of an instrument and case from inside the hall

and by 9.00am she had received the third phone call to say that yet another band in the 3rd Section

was sitting on the M25 going nowhere, apparently due to a serious accident that had occurred

at 6.30am. The motorway was due to be closed until 3.00pm and there were only five bands in

this pre-drawn section. A brave decision was taken to delay the start of the day (very much at the

forefront of this decision was the late finish at Harrogate only three weeks earlier). With a variety of

own-choice test-pieces performed, adjudicator, Peter Roberts, commented on the complexity of the

decision-making process when the standard of playing had been so high in the 3rd Section. Nigel

Hall took over the box for the 2nd Section, which featured ten bands. He wasn’t quite so impressed

as Peter Roberts, having found that some bands made inappropriate choices of test-piece, with a

degree of over blowing in some performances.

Peter Roberts returned to the box for the 1st and Championship sections and came out enthusing

about the performances he had listened to. He firstly briefed the audience on the 14 points that

the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators suggests that adjudicators should work to. There was

much amused audience participation on that matter. He then got down to the serious business of

discussing the playing. He was pleasantly surprised by the standard of the 1st Section, where there

had been some outstanding performances, adding that he had had “a devil of a job” placing the

bands, which was also true of the Championship Section.

By the end of the event, the smile had returned to the Contest Manager’s face and all the hassle of

the morning had been worthwhile! Oh and it was still only 9.00pm!

Results:Championship Section1. Wantage Silver ‘A’ (Philip Bailey); 2. Kortrijk (Lieven Maertens); 3. Friary Guildford (Chris King); 4. Soham Comrades (Keith Schroeter).

Best Instrumentalist: Steve Chapman, cornet, Wantage Silver ‘A’; Best Percussion Section: Kortrijk; Best Euphonium: Steve Perry, Soham

Comrades; Best Bass Section: Kortrijk; Conductor’s Prize: Chris King, Friary Guildford.

1st Section1. Chichester City (Russ Young); 2. Thundersley Brass (Roland Morris); 3. BAE Systems Brass (Keith Woodger); 4. Yiewsley and West Drayton

(Christopher Cole); 5. Denham Hendon Brass (Gordon Davies); 6. Epping Forest (Denis Desmond); 7. Horsham Borough (Linda Cole); 8. Epsom and

Ewell Silver (Ted Howard); 9. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan).

Best Instrumentalist: Shaun Street, cornet, Chichester City; Best Euphonium: Geoff Penfold, Chichester City; Best Bass Section: Thundersley Brass;

Conductor’s Prize: Keith Woodger, BAE Systems Brass.

2nd Section1. Hitchin (Craig Paterson); 2. Colchester (Peter Ivey); 3. Shanklin Town Brass (Malcolm Lewis); 4. Betteshanger Colliery Band (Steve McIntyre); 5.

Oxted (Martin Beaumont); 6. Uckfield Concert Brass (Nick Morris); 7. St. Sebastian Wokingham (Lee Woodward); 8. Medway Concert Brass (Garrie

Harvey); 9. Hangleton (Richard Baker); 10. Cranbrook Town (Ian Lanceley).

Best Instrumentalist: Alice Bailey, flugel, Hitchin; Best Horn Section: Colchester; Best Horn: Isla Mason, Betteshanger Colliery Band; Best Percussion

Section: Hitchin; Conductor’s Prize: Malcolm Lewis, Shanklin Town Brass.

3rd Section1. Amersham (Paul Fisher); 2. Sussex Brass (Hastings) (Steve Hollamby); 3. Snowdown Colliery Brass (Keith Twyman); 4. Charles Church Camberley

(Robert Cherry); 5. Lingfield Silver (Roy Fuller).

Best Instrumentalist: Marion Mayhew, Amersham; Best Back Row Cornets: Amersham; Best Bass Section: Charles Church Camberley; Best

Percussion Section: Amersham; Conductor’s Prize: Steve Hollamby, Sussex Brass (Hastings).

Youth Section1. Shanklin Town Youth (Malcolm Lewis).

Best Instrumentalist, Robert Bartlett, Shanklin Town Youth; Conductor’s Prize: Malcolm Lewis; Highest Placed Member Band: Shanklin Town

Youth.

Band of the Year 2010Shanklin Town Youth

Report by Sally Coleman

Peter Roberts


BRASS ROOTS

Bolsover District Council presents

at St. Mary and St. Laurence Church, BolsoverSaturday 20th November, 7.30pm

“Big Band Spectacular”Tickets £6

Tickets are available from the Council offices in Bolsover, Clowne, Shirebrook or South Normanton and also from St. Mary and St. Laurence Church.

Ticket Hotline 01246 242424

A recent contest win at Folkestone and a 120th

birthday seem like good excuses for a party.

Amersham Band is celebrating both this week,

on the anniversary of the band’s formation

in 1890. Band member, Caroline Perkins, was

rummaging through the band archives at the

local museum recently and discovered papers

relating to its formation and a picture of the

founder members. This find sent her scurrying

down to the library where she located more

documents and newspaper articles. The band

had been inaugurated at a meeting of the

Amersham Division of the ‘Sons of Temperance’

on 27 October 1890. Keen local photographer,

cornet player and founder, George Ward, was

elected Bandmaster, Secretary and Treasurer,

with 12 members forming the initial line-up.

Within two years, however, the connection

with the Temperance movement was severed,

doubtless because continuous playing of

the larger brass instruments can generate a

mighty thirst, and the band became known

as Amersham Town Band. It flourished during the following 20 or

so years, winning several prizes, most notably at Reading, as well as

playing at many events and functions in Amersham and surrounding

districts.

After a break during the World War I, the band was re-formed under

the musical direction of Herbert Fountain, who had been a pre-war

player. The band continued, as before, to play at many local events

and functions. A day to remember from that era was the celebration

12 founder members of Amersham Band in 1891. Founder, George Ward, is on the left.

Picture: Amersham Museum

of King George V’s Silver Jubilee, for which each band member was issued

with a splendid braided uniform (tailor made at a cost of 25 shillings)

together with a peaked cap. There was a parade on that day and a

torchlight procession in the evening, led by the band. At that time, it

owned its own practise hut, which the landlord of The Swan allowed it to

erect in the orchard behind his establishment for a peppercorn rent.

The band again suffered from a break in continuity during the World War

II, which sadly resulted in the instruments and hut being sold to pay off

debts. It was not until 1976 during an Amersham Town Council meeting

that the Mayor, Jean Archer, proposed that

the band should again be re-formed. Although

there were no instruments or money, dogged

determination, local financial help and plenty

of enthusiasm saw the Band re-born, giving its

first concert as a guest of Ellesborough Silver

Band in October 1977.

Today, Amersham is a thriving 4th Section

band with an associated training band. In

recent years, the band has been making steady

progress, rising up the ranks of the fourth

section and reaching the National Finals in

Harrogate this year. As extra icing on the 120th

birthday cake, the band has just come back

from the scaba Folkestone Contest clutching

four trophies as winner of the 3rd Section,

best instrumentalist for principal cornet,

Marion Mayhew, best back row cornets and

best percussion section. Musical Director,

Paul Fisher, said: “It’s been a fantastic year of

progress for us. I set out for a high standard and

the band has risen to it, delivering a cracking

performance in Folkestone.”

Chairman, Fred Harrison, added: “It is great to

see the rewards of all the efforts from everyone

in the band, and what a great way to celebrate

our big birthday. I am sure those founder

members would have been thrilled to see what

has grown from their initiative 120 years ago.”

Further details on Amersham Band can be found

at www.amershamband.co.uk where there are

more pictures from past and present.

Fred Harrison

Amersham Band on stage at the National Finals at Harrogate last month


RANKINGS

WORLD RANKINGS

Pos 30 October 2010 TOTAL 1 Cory Wales 1,662.29 -2 Black Dyke Yorkshire 1,137.05 -3 Foden’s North West 1,055.46 -4 Tredegar Wales 858.36 -5 Brighouse and Rastrick Yorkshire 806.86 +26 Fairey (Geneva) North West 778.75 -7 Grimethorpe Colliery Yorkshire 677.11 -28 Rothwell Temperance Yorkshire 475.65 -9 Leyland North West 369.69 +110 Eikanger-Bjørsvik Norway 255.01 -111 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Yorkshire 210.18 +112 Co-operative FuneralCare Scotland 188.84 -113 Desford Colliery Midlands 185.27 -14 Reg Vardy North 171.15 -15 Virtuosi GUS Midlands 143.01 +1316 Stavanger Norway 142.86 -117 Whitburn Scotland 139.58 -118 BTM Wales 130.07 -19 Tongwynlais Temperance Wales 125.77 +120 Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Yorkshire 123.39 -121 Brass Band Oberösterreich Austria 121.68 -422 Brass Band Treize Etoiles Switzerland 112.24 -123 Flowers West 95.98 +124 Brass Band Willebroek Belgium 93.43 -225 Kirkintilloch Scotland 91.57 -226 Hammonds Saltaire Yorkshire 91.48 -27 Pemberton Old Wigan DW North West 88.61 -228 Buizingen Belgium 78.27 -129 Fountain City Brass Band USA 72.10 -30 Wingates North West 57.74 +131 Redbridge Brass London & SC 56.85 +132 Manger Musikklag Norway 53.55 -233 Mount Charles West 49.49 -34 Brisbane Excelsior Australia 45.96 +435 Kingdom Brass Scotland 42.81 +136 Brass Band Rijnmond Netherlands 41.64 -237 Northop Wales 41.32 -238 Beaumaris Wales 38.75 +139 Camborne Town West 37.64 +140 Marsden Silver Yorkshire 36.84 +741 Valaisia Brass Band Switzerland 35.86 -442 Wire Brass North West 35.60 -143 Newstead Brass Midlands 31.28 +544 Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire 30.69 +145 Burgermusik Luzern Switzerland 30.38 +1546 Burry Port Town Wales 29.66 -47 Brass Band de Wâldsang Netherlands 28.85 -548 Kew Band Melbourne Australia 28.78 +349 Brass Band Schoonhoven Netherlands 28.77 -650 Brass Band Fribourg Switzerland 27.54 -651 Woolston Brass New Zealand 26.31 -252 Friary Guildford London & SC 24.52 +6853 EYMS North 24.06 -154 Aveley & Newham London & SC 23.92 +1055 Cwmaman Institute Wales 22.90 +356 Co-operative Milnrow North West 22.11 +357 Lyngby Taarbaek Denmark 22.01 -358 Festival Brass Band Belgium 21.91 -559 Krohnengen Norway 21.46 -960 Fishburn North 21.01 -361 Gunnedah Shire Band Australia 20.96 +1962 Zone One Brass London & SC 20.85 -163 Freckleton North West 20.59 +35

64 Oslofj orde Brass Norway 19.96 -865 Ila Brass Norway 19.64 -1066 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Yorkshire 18.84 +667 Nord-Pas-de-Calais France 18.83 -568 Sovereign Brass Midlands 18.59 -569 Staff ordshire Midlands 18.27 -370 Dalmellington Scotland 18.04 -571 Ashton-under-Lyne North West 17.68 -272 Blackburn & Darwen North West 17.14 +273 Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A Switzerland 17.04 +274 Wrexham Brass Wales 16.71 +2575 Concord Denmark 16.04 -776 Bon-Accord Scotland 15.88 -977 Woodfalls West 15.84 -478 James Madison University USA 15.30 -779 Johnstone Silver Scotland 14.69 -280 Oslo Brass Band Norway 14.64 -1081 Brisbane Brass Australia 14.04 -282 Newtongrange Silver Scotland 13.53 +583 1st Old Boys Association Silver N. Ireland 13.48 +3284 Dalewool Auckland Brass New Zealand 13.38 -685 Pontardulais Wales 13.38 +686 Warringah Concert Brass Australia 12.79 -387 Molde Brass Band Norway 12.60 -1188 Tylorstown Wales 12.51 +2289 Unison Kinneil Scotland 12.30 -590 Thoresby Colliery Midlands 12.02 -191 Chicago Brass Band USA 11.86 -1092 Noord Limburgse Belgium 11.72 -1093 Windcorp Sweden 11.71 -894 St. Dennis West 11.52 +1995 Point of Ayr Wales 11.41 -796 Oldham Band (Lees) North West 11.33 -97 Powerfuel Hatfi eld Colliery Yorkshire 11.21 -298 Brass Band of Central Florida USA 10.75 -699 North Shore Brass New Zealand 10.74 -9100 Aeolus France 10.62 -14101 Laganvale (Metal Technology) N. Ireland 10.51 +25102 Newbridge Celynen Wales 10.43 -9103 Barton Town North 10.20 -104 Drogheda Brass Band Ireland 10.00 -7105 Wakefi eld Metropolitan Yorkshire 9.55 -3106 Provinciale Brassband Groningen Netherlands 9.54 -12107 Co-operative Crewe North West 8.71 -6108 NASUWT Riverside North 8.41 -8109 Jaguar (Coventry) Midlands 8.40 +16110 Ratby Co-operative Midlands 8.29 +17111 City of Cardiff (Melingriffi th) Wales 8.09 +6112 Bo’ness & Carriden Scotland 8.06 +62113 Stannington Brass Yorkshire 7.87 +5114 Murley Silver N. Ireland 7.78 +28115 Felling North 7.78 -11116 Stockholm Brass Band Sweden 7.63 -11117 Parc & Dare Wales 7.45 -8118 Bayerische Brassband Akademie (3BA) Germany 7.39 -12119 Uppermill North West 7.11 +21120 Bazuin-Oenkerk Netherlands 6.96 -12121 Metropole Brass Band Belgium 6.83 -14122 Derwent Brass Midlands 6.77 +55123 City of Holroyd Australia 6.75 +1124 Marlborough District Brass New Zealand 6.63 -12125 Markham and District Wales 6.46 -2126 Brass Band Berneroberland Switzerland 6.40 -10127 Jackfi eld Elcock Reisen Midlands 6.34 +29

Brighouse and Rastrick moves up to fi fth place in the latest World of Brass – British Bandsman Rankings following its eighth victory at the National Brass Band

Championships of Great Britain, its fi rst being in 1946. Cory Band’s second place means that the European Champion is set to remain at the top of the rankings for some time

to come, while Virtuosi GUS is among the highest climbers after its sixth place at the Royal Albert Hall.

The other contests held since the last update were: Hardraw Scar – won by Harrogate; Dronfi eld Contest – won by Stannington; National 1st Section Championship – won

by Friary Guildford; National 2nd Section Championship – won by Tylorstown; National 3rd Section Championship – won by Delph; National 4th Section Championship – won

by Hazel Grove; Wychavon Contest – won by Tredegar; Oxfordshire BBA – won by Brunel Brass; Swiss Open – won by Burgermusik Lucerne; South Australia State Championships – won

by Hawthorn; New South Wales Championships – won by Gunnedah Shire; West Wales BBA – won by BTM; Championship of Ireland – won by 1st Old Boys Association; Bolsover Contest – won

by Newstead Welfare; Fife Charities – won by Kingdom Brass; Fleetwood Contest – won by Poulton-le-Fylde; SCABA Folkestone – won by Wantage Silver ‘A’; Pontin’s – won by Marsden Silver;

Australasian Open – won by Gunnedah Shire; Australasian Entertainment Championship – won by Brisbane Excelsior. The next update will follow the Brass in Concert Championship, where

defending champion, Foden’s, will look to overtake Black Dyke in second place, but with seven top-ten bands taking part, it promises to be a cracking competition.

WIRELESS BRASS

RICHARD PHILLIPS. Dip RCM, ARCM. Conductor, Adjudicator,

Composer, Arranger. 161 Butland Road

Oakley Vale, Corby, Northants, NN18 8FN

Tel:Tel: 01536 741447 Mob: (07905) 383645.

Email: [email protected]

STEVE PRITCHARD-JONES. FTCL LTCL DipMusEd G.Mus

LDBBA QTS. Conductor, Adjudicator, Teacher

12 Greenacre Road, Copthorne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire,

SY3 8LR. Tel: 01743 270489 07834 855064


Web: www.stevepritchardjones.com

JOHN ROBERTS. conductor, adjudicator (member of ABBA)

17 Belfry Court, Outwood, Wakefield WF1 3TY

Tel 01924 871413 Mobile 0773 672 1939


MARK SCOTT. Composing and Arranging

Telephone mobile: 07595917466


Website: www.juicybrainsmusic.co.uk

NIGEL G. SEAMAN. ARMCM, ARNCM, Conductor, Teacher and

Adjudicator. 3 Garth View, Bedwas, Caerphilly, CF83 8EW.

Tel. (02920) 851198 or Mobile. (07779) 329446.


ROY SPARKES. MISM, TECH(CEI) MIE, Conductor, Adjudicator,

NABBC and ABBA member.

76 Lear Drive, Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, CW28DS.

Tel. 01270-569290. Mobile. 07788 166777.


RAYMOND TENNANT. DRSAM, Dip.NCOS. Conductor and

Ajudicator. 1 Newark Drive, Paisley. PA2 8NU.

Tel. (0141) 589 6466 or 07860 102708 (mobile).

STEPHEN TIGHE. ARCM, MLIA (dip), FPC, LDBBA, Conductor,

Band Trainer, Adjudicator. 46 West Street, Geddington,

Kettering , Northants, NN14 1BD


07970 458079 (mobile).

BARRY THOMPSON. Conductor, Adjudicator, ABBA member

15 Hall Park Avenue, Crofton, Wakefield,

West Yorks., WF4 1LT. Tel. (01924) 863523 or 07773 950964

ROGER B. WEBSTER. 92 Bence Lane,

Darton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. S75 5DA.

Tel/Fax 01226 388806. Mobile 07973 157907

Email: [email protected].

MELVIN WHITE. GLCM, LTCL, ARCM, Conductor and

Adjudicator. 25 Sinclair Way, Darenth, Nr Dartford, Kent

DA2 7JS. Tel. (01322) 293230 (home). 07802 796630 (mobile).

DENNIS WILBY. Conductor and Adjudicator.

“Marden” 83 Lion House Park, Mill Road, Hailsham, East

Sussex, BN27 2SE. Tel/Fax. (01323) 449083.

(Mobile) 07762 889520.


DR. KEITH M. WILKINSON. 4120 Meadow Knoll Road,

Delaware, OH 43015, USA.

Tel./Fax. 00 1 740 879 3789.

www.alumcreekmusic.com


JOHN WINTERFLOOD. ARCM, LGSM, Conductor and

Adjudicator. 103 Drove Road, Swindon, Wilts. SN1 3AE

Tel. (01793) 421511.

CHRISTOPHER WORMALD. Conductor, Adjudicator,

Arranger, Horn Soloist, ‘Steinbach’ 42 Sandileigh Drive,

Sandfield Park, Bolton BL1 8UF. Tel/Fax. (01204) 307555.


BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN BANDS.

Secretary: Mike Priscott,

370 Bloomfield Rod. Bath BA2 2PD 01225 832041


THE ASSOCIATION OF BRASS BAND ADJUDICATORS.

Secretary: C. Brian Buckley,

81 Galbalfa Road, Sketty, Swansea. SA2 8ND.

Tel: 01792 205896 Website: www.abbadjudicators.org.uk

THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF BRASS BANDS.

National Office, Unit 12, Maple Estate, Stocks Lane, Barnsley,

South Yorkshire. S75 2BL. Tel. (01226) 771015.

Fax: (01226) 771482. Website: www.bfbb.co.uk

CHARLES CROSS MUSIC SCHOOL. Correspondence courses

in arranging for brass band and BA (Hons) degree foundation

course. Advanced tuition in all brass instruments. Telephone

Tony Evans on (01752) 263069 or 07966 370962.

EUROPEAN BRASS BAND ASSOCIATION.

Ulf E Rosenberg, President EBBA

Mobile 47/92 86 63 00, Tel. O 47/51 50 18 26

Øvre Strandgate 75 Fax O 47/51 89 30 05

N-4005 Stavanger, Norway


Internet: www.ebba.eu.com

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS BAND CONDUCTORS.

Secretary: David Ruel, 4 Chippendale Close, Blackwater,

Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9DS.

Tel: 01276 31074. Email: [email protected]

NATIONAL YOUTH BRASS BAND of GREAT BRITAIN.

Philip Biggs, Administrator, 2 The Coppice, Impington,

Cambridge, CB4 4PP. Tel/Fax (01223) 234090.


Website: www.bandstand.demon.co.uk

SOUTHERN COUNTIES AMATEUR BANDS ASSOCIATION.

Secretary and Contest Manager: Ian Carter, 10 Church Rd.,

West Drayton, Middx. UB7 7PT. Tel: (01895) 420007


ORGANISATIONS

We take every possible precaution to ensure the accuracy of the details

given below. However, we cannot be responsible for changes to stated

times or running order.

Thursday 4 November, 2230-2300. BBC Radio 2

Listen to the Band. Frank Renton presents Reg Vardy Band, conducted by

Ray Farr, in a session of music especially recorded for the programme.

Listen to the Band is also available all week via Radio 2’s website at

www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. Click on the playback section to hear the show, on

demand, for a week following transmission. Also available on the BBC iPlayer

by selecting Radio 2.

World of Brass Radio. John Maines introduces a weekly one-hour

programme of the best of international banding. Commencing on Fridays, the

rolling programme of the most recent two shows can be accessed 24 hours a

day, seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year on www.worldofbrass.com (then

click on the WOB Radio link) or www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio

This week’s programme includes: Black Dyke (Dr. Nicholas Childs): Under

Two Flags (Bramwell Coles); Leyland (Russell Gray): Ruler of the Spirits

(Weber arr. Moss); Consett Citadel Band of The Salvation Army (Jeff Baker):

Benedictus from The Armed Man (Karl Jenkins – euphonium solo: Christian

Marklew); International Staff Band of The Salvation Army (Bernard Adams):

The Present Age (Leslie Condon); National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

(Bramwell Tovey): A Carmen Fantasy (Frank Proto - trumpet soloist: Jens

Lindemann); International Staff Band of The Salvation Army (Dr. Stephen

Cobb): A Sunbeam (Philip Catelinet); Cory (Robert Childs): Les Preludes (Liszt

arr. Bram Gay); New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army (Ron Waiksnoris):

The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa – tuba soloist: Patrick Sheridan).

Local Radio for next weekSunday 31 October, 1905-2000. Sounds of Brass. FM frequencies: Bristol

94.9, Cornwall 95.2, Devon 103.4, Gloucestershire 104.7, Guernsey 93.2,

Jersey 88.8, Swindon 103.6, Wiltshire 104.3.

Available on the Internet at 1905 British time or at any time for seven days

after the broadcast. To hear the programme, access www.bbc.co.uk/devon

and click on Listen Live or Listen Again.

Phillip Hunt presents a programme of brass band recordings and news. In

this week’s edition, he talks to Dr. Nicholas Childs about his first ten years

as Director of Music of Black Dyke Band and includes performances of:

Queensbury (James Kaye); Where Eagles Sing (Paul Lovatt-Cooper); Yellow

Submarine (Lennon and McCartney arr. Alan Fernie); Swinging Matilda (arr.

Philip Wilby); Deep Harmony (Handel Parker arr. Alan Fernie); The Flying

Dutchman (Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman); Sounds of Brass (Kevin Ackford).

Requests and comments are welcome at e-mail: [email protected]

Monday 1 November, 2100-2200. Manx Radio

Time for Brass. Frequencies 97.2, 89 and 103.7 FM and 1368 AM and

worldwide on www.manxradio.com

Click on Listen FM or Listen AM for the programme at the time of broadcast

or on Listen Again for a week following transmission.

Ian Cottier presents a programme of brass band music and comment.

Sunday afternoons – weekly. Live show at 1300-1500 BBC Radio Leeds

and 1300-1400 on BBC Radio York.

Yorkshire Brass. David Hoyle presents a programme of brass band

recordings and listeners’ requests.

Listen live online at www.bbc.co.uk/radioleeds or BBC Radio Leeds FM

frequencies 92.4, 95.3, or 103.9. BBC Radio York FM frequencies 95.5, 103.7

or 104.3. Also available on the BBC iPlayer.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

BRITISH BANDSMAN PAGE14

P to Z

The leading international brass band magazine Incorporating Brass

Band News, British Mouthpiece and International Bandsman

Managing Director

Trevor Caffull

Finance Director

Beverley Phillips

Editor

Kenneth Crookston

Associate Editor

Professor Philip Wilby

Features Editor

Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors and consultants

Dr. Robert Childs

Chris Helme

Pat Herak

Alan Jenkins

Lt. Col. Graham Jones MBE

Mike Kilroy

Ron Massey

Dr. Peter Meechan

Tim Mutum

Frank Renton

Robert Richardson

John Stirzaker

Roy Terry

David Thornton

Carl Woodman

Malcolm Wood

Editorial

Telephone: 01506 882985

Fax: 01506 881596


Display and classified advertising

Gregan Quick

Telephone: 01933 445474


Accounts

Hazel Foster

Telephone: 01933 445442

Subscriptions and Trade Orders

Hazel Foster

Telephone: 01933 445442

Typesetting and Artwork

GK Graphic Design VOF

Cover price: £1.25

SUBSCRIPTION RATES 12 months 6 months UK £56.00 £30.00 Europe £75.00 £45.00 Rest of the World £115.00 £60.00 (52 issues per year)

DIRECT DEBIT (only for subscribers living in the UK)

One month: £4.85 (saving nearly 10% on the cover price) 12 months: £52.00 (saving

20% on the price of a weekly copy from newsagents). Contact us for a direct debit form.

E-Bandsman - Only available to overseas readers - online edition direct to your desktop.

£52 per year or £30 for 6 months. You can subscribe to E-Bandsman with a credit or

debit card, or pay by a sterling cheque/bankdraft.

log onto www.britishbandsman.com

Please make cheques payable to British Bandsman.

Subscriptions, accounts and

general enquiries

Telephone: 01933 445442

Fax: 01933 445435



Internet: www.britishbandsman.com

Although we welcome unsolicited editorial contributions, photographs

and artwork, we can not accept responsibility for their return. The opinions

contained in the magazine are not necessarily a reflection of those held by

the publisher, its editorial advisors or consultants. Neither does the publisher

accept responsibility for claims made by those advertising in the magazine.

Material in this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form

without the Editor’s written permission.

British Bandsman is published weekly and is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd.

Address: 66 - 78 Denington Road, Wellingborough, Northants. NN8 2QH.

BandsmanBRIT

ISH

the leading international brass magazine

ALL CLASSIFIED ADVERTS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE (inc. VAT)Rate 42p per word. Bold type 44p per word after first three words. Minimum charge £7.00 per

week. 1” single column box £26.00 (inclusive of wording – Maximum 35 words). 2” single

column or 1” double column box £52.00 (maximum size). Box No. £3 extra. Receipts require

s.a.e. Advertisements with cheques (not credit cards) payable to British Bandsman should be

sent to Classified Dept., British Bandsman, 66-78 Denington Road, Wellingborough,

Northants. NN8 2QH to be received not later than first post on the Monday 12 days

before the desired publication date.

Make this space work for you by advertising in British Bandsman classified.

Telephone: 01933 445474

INSURANCE

MIDLAND CDWe hold one of the world’s largest selections of brass &

military band CDs including most BB-reviewed CDs.

Order on-line at www.ukcd.net

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: 0044 (0) 121 244 4605 or 6

Fax: 0044 (0) 121 680 9018

CDs

Brass Band Insurance Services

312 High Street, Harlington, Hayes,

Middx. UB3 5BT

Tel: 020 8759 0825. Fax: 020 8564 9063.

THE ORIGINAL SCHEMEOFTEN COPIED—NEVER BETTERED

Underwritten by Aviva

CLASSIFIED


DIARY DATESADVERTS

A list of forthcoming events that have been advertised in British Bandsman.

NOVEMBER

6 - Salford. NYBBGB auditions, University of Salford.

7 - Five Acres. Cory Band, 3:00pm, Forest Theatre.

13 - Sunderland. NYBBGB auditions, University of Sunderland.

20 - Gateshead. Foden’s and Black Dyke bands, 7.30pm, The Sage.

20 - Perth. Scottish Challenge Shield (9:00am), Scottish Open Championship (1.00pm),

Gala Concert (7.30pm), Perth Concert Hall.

21 - Perth. Scottish Youth Brass Championships, 9.30am, Perth Concert Hall.

21 - Gateshead. Brass in Concert Championship in association with Yamaha and British

Bandsman, The Sage.

28 - Cranleigh. SCABA Cornet Workshop. See www.scaba.co.uk for more details.

29 - Manchester. Les Neish (tuba) and Ruth Betteridge (soprano), 7.30pm, Bridgewater

Hall.

JANUARY 2011

22 - Cardiff. Black Dyke Band, 7.30pm, St. David’s Hall.

APRIL 2011

23 - 1 May - Montreux, Switzerland. European Brass Band Festival.

JUNE 2011

4 - London. ISB 120th anniversary. Full day event. Royal Albert Hall.

JULY 2011

31 - 6 August - Swansea. International Brass Band Summer School.

Now a present for him?

How about a BB subscription?

YES!

BandsmanBRIT

ISH

the leading international brass magazine

[email protected]

CONCERTS

VINTAGE BRASSNon-contesting, over-60s brass band requires bass, baritone and cornet players.

Rehearsals on Wednesday evenings - 7.30pm atGolcar Liberal Club, Huddersfield, HD7 4AH.

Contact Alan Wood 01484 664707 or 07871 419828

BLACK DYKE BANDat St. David’s Hall, Cardiff

Saturday 22 January 2011, 7.30pm.Tickets: £20, £18, £16 and £14Available from the Box Office

Tel:020 2087 8444In aid of local charities

Tewit Youth Band - HarrogateMusical Director required for Senior Band. First-

class facilities in three custom made sound-proofed bandrooms. 90 band members in the four groups

from age 6 to 19. Silver adjudication in ‘National’ with three firsts

and two seconds at Saddleworth this year

MUSIC WITH STYLE - BAND JACKETS FOR SALE

39 Smart, cleaned, pressed jackets - strikingly subtle in light grey, green striped edged in red.

Excellent condition, assorted sizes - reasonable offers! Contact Tony Mead

(B.C. Brass) 01376 321993.

Trombone to sell?

info@britishbandsman. com

Watch live online coverage of this year’s Brass in Concert Championship, brought to your desktop exclusively by British Bandsman and Yamaha Neo. Sign up today at www.britishbandsman.com

Catch all the thrills and spills from international banding’s most entertaining

event as the world famous Brighouse and Rastrick Band and the irrepressible

Richard Evans aim to add the Brass in Concert Championship title to the

Yorkshire and National titles the band has won in 2010.

Join us on the British Bandsman website at www.britishbandsman.com as

Yamaha artist and international percussion star, Simone Rebello, presents the

UK’s leading brass bands as they compete for the prestigious title.

For only £7.95, also watch the defending Brass in Concert Champion –

Foden’s, the British Open Champion – Tredegar and perennial Brass in

Concert favourite – Grimethorpe Colliery, as well as seven other leading

bands as they set out to claim the title in the unique surroundings of

The Sage Gateshead on Sunday 21 November.

As a special bonus, watch the 2010 Action Research Youth Entertainment

Champion, the remarkable Elland Silver Youth Band, as it gives its

performance prior to the results ceremony.

Live coverage of the Brass in Concert Championship commences at 9.25am

and is scheduled to continue uninterrupted until 7.00pm - a whole day of the

best of brass for only £7.95

Sign up today at www.britishbandsman.com

issue no. 5637 – 30 october 2010 · full score & parts £24.95 each a christmas fantasia...

Documents