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Best Sop -Les Kneebone, Camborne
Best Cornet - Kayleigh Mitchell, Camborne
Best horn - Sarah Whitehead, Mount charles
Best Euph -Rob Jose, Camborne

1st Section Results

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cultured and far superior.....??? Overblowing and missed entries? Flowers are a great band but this wasnt far superior. Everyband in my opinion had moments on this piece on the day.

As everyone knows it is close to election time, what are your views on the policies of the future PM's and who would be best for the Brass Band movement?

Oops sorry! typo! Camborne came 6th!

Camborne came 4th!

We played the following :-

Enter the Galaxies
The Melody Shop
Mendelsons Horn Concerto (soloist Mark Letcher on Tenor Horn)
Family Pictures from Llowry Sketchbook
Thats a...

....No pressure!

Music of The Spheres
Vienna nights

I think the main training for quiet playing is thorughout the year when playing concert music, applying the same standards throughout the year and not just at contests will help a band to improve...

This is really sad news, have the police got anywhere with catching someone? I have practiced in Bodmin Bandroom in the past and have seen all the history contained. I hope they bounce back from this.

Saddleworth Festival Overture, A Psalm for all Nations, Haslemere suite, First suite in Eb, Othello

Will you ever be making your tunes available on itunes?

Just read a 4barsrest article talking about majoy personell changes in the top bands, anyone know of any gossip?

Well in that case its the fault of the BBBA and not the competitors as they allow the goalposts to be moved.

What people are forgetting is that it is a competition.... If people want to use tactics to aid them winning then so be it. Theres nothing to say that they cant use mutes or play another persons part...

I feel pretty hard done by! We used mutes and didnt even get a look in!

Theres nothing in the rule book to say you can't use mutes, or nothing to say you can't play another persons part. So neither Bands are of any wrongdoing by doing so. All Bands have strengths and...

I can agree with that! 4barsrest hated us this weekend along with the majority of weekends! For once we got to stick two fingers up at them :D

I bet a few principal cornets are bricking it!

Im putting my money on Camborne... Funny that :p

What did your adjudication remarks say? interesting o see how differant they are to 4barsrest

What we all must remember is the men in the box in there have all been on the contesting stage at the same level, one way or another and have had mixed results themselves, Just mention the word Blitz...

When playing in the Albert Hall to 4000 people who want to listen to you playing, then in Camborne Town Square in the pi**ing rain to disgruntled mothers fighting for the latest Barbie Doll and...

Did anyone feel Mr Fox's comments were quite harsh on the day? he seemed to have a moan about every single band in his live comments! not very positive.

It is marked 'Lunga' though. How do you define how long that is?

Hi Carine I heard your band play, I thought you played a very clean performance with some excellent soloists (Principle Cornet, Euph & Rep) Thought the tempos were abit under but by doing so it did...