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Blaenavon Town Band Treorchy Contest |
Second Section Winners in Treorchy
Saturday 15th November 2008
It
was a triple celebration for the Band today. First Place in the Second
Section at the Treorchy Contest, Champion Band of Wales (Second Section) and the
Soloist award for Euphonium player Evan Smith.
Playing Dimensions by Peter Graham the band was drawn 6th out of 7 bands. Adjudicator Stan Lyppeatt had not been a big fan of Blaenavon Town Band in previous encounters placing us last but one on our last two encounters. However, he made up for this today.
The result in Treorchy means that the Band also won the Second Section Champion Band of Wales in a very close contest between Crosskeys, GCG, Ynyshir and ourselves.
This also means that we are now promoted to First Section (locally) for the first time in the bands history. This will be a huge challenge for the band and MD Lyndon Price but a challenge that MD and Band will relish.
The Fred Western Soloist Award has given to Euphonium Player Evan Smith who was ably assisted by Steve Nicholas.
A big thank you has to go to MD Lyndon Price who only had 4 rehearsals to get the test piece into shape. Lyndon has been with the band for nearly a year now and has demonstrated his enthusiasm and musical expertise in spades.
Adjudicators Remarks
Dimensions
Good controlled (Dynamically) start, I did find the tempo up a shade, but yes the band did play clean and in good style. E could be smoother for me. Try not to overdo the accents at H. I well played euph. J Good controlled playing. K Well played solo cornets.
Trombones sticky before L. M again good euph work noted. 3 before O upper brass tuning problems. O good work flugel. P Bravo euph and tuba, nice controlled lower dynamics thank you. Q Again I found the accents a shade O.T.T. R Good clean playing. U Good balanced lines well done. Good perc work has been noted throughout the performance. Good solid ending but the last two bars did have tuning problems.
A good controlled performance.
Well done Band Soloists and
MD
Thank You
Stan Lyppeatt - 15/11/08
1st Place 186 Points
The top three in the Second Section were:
1st Blaenavon Town
2nd Ynyshir
3rd Crosskeys
There will be more pictures and reports in due course.