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Excellent stuff. Humbling to hear of one doing it so well at such a young age.

James Watson was born in 1952, so that would have been either 1963 or 1964. According to BBR, Desford don't appear to...

We (or at least I) do try to list a reason for every disqualification we run across, where known. I don't know about everybody else, but the first thought that comes to mind when I see a...

I know people have used these as housing solutions - it works out very much more cheaply than bricks and mortar. Wikipedia has an article on it:...

I've added a note to the relevant entry on brassbandresults documenting this. Does seem a strange thing to legislate against, it's true. I wonder if it was introduced in response to a specific...

I remember reading about a musical contest years ago (might have been a choral competition? Might have been in Sweden? Who knows...) where there was only one entrant. However, said entrant turned up...

I'll take that as a no then...!

D'oh... :oops:

Did Otterbourne withdraw in Section A?

I tend to agree, though not in such strong terms. Each contesting rundown of bands has a natural set of standards, and, although the sections at the Spring Festival each have a relatively low...

The problem is induction - the point of the Senior Cup is to qualify for the Grand Shield, and the point of the Senior Trophy is to qualify for the Senior Cup...
It's the same issue as people...

Couple of points -

1) I'll repeat myself (and Andy Baker) - this wouldn't happen as anything other than the occasional novelty. Read posts above for reasons why.
2) Bands and players are (much)...

They are? Or you predict that they will be? Confused.

If the former - no, they aren't.
If the latter - this is often asserted as a too-obvious-to-spell-out-the-details consequence of taking away...

To the bone?

If that's how they want/have to run their band, good luck to them. It obviously worked out yesterday. It won't always. It's not exactly 'pot-hunting' when it's a contest as prestigious as the Grand...

And B.R. Swindon before that, also a top section band in those days.

My thoughts too - good piece, but not the right place for it.

It would seem a generally sound strategy to break the back of it before the poorly-attended rehearsals of July and August kick in. Else there's only three weeks of September to pick it up in - a...

Yamaha Maestro and Willson both well worth a try.

NCBBGB in fact, in the interests of pedantry.

Incidentally, there's an illuminating interview with composer Gavin Higgins on 4BR:
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1126.asp#.UYjz27U4s-I
He says much that I agree with passionately.

A...

Definitely an interesting set, and one that many bands can learn musically from. First impressions definitely good.

That said, the Gavin Higgins piece (interesting though it is - and I have played...

If any J. Harrison results show up for Harworth Colliery at that time, we'll know who it was, thanks Keith.

Though having said that, the general conclusion does seem to be that pretty much any J....

I think that shows that we still have some way to go to achieve completion of results from that era...

Yes, it only compares where results are known.

And all done while seemingly taking bands in all corners of the country simultaneously. John Harrison must have had an amazing work ethic.

George Thompson's career had some striking similarities....

Which leaves only a couple of 1976 Lewis Merthyr results and the 1951 Mirrlees Works one. We know John conducted bands near both of those over the years amongst his many results. We also know that...

And we can also dispose of British Vita, attested at this link as Jack, i.e. John:
http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-42223.html