Official tMP L & SC Regional 2008 thread

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London & Southern Counties Regional Championships
Championship Section
Test Piece : Festival Music, Eric Ball
Sunday 16th March
Venue : Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Adjudicator: David Horsfield

Participating Bands:

Aveley and Newham, N Taken
Bedford Town, J Berryman
Broseley Brass MK , P Fensom
Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative, R Nunnery
Haverhill Silver, M Ager
KM Medway, M White
Kidlington Concert Brass, C Underwood
Redbridge Brass, TBA
Staines Brass, TBA
Wantage Silver 'A', P Bailey
Welwyn Garden City, D Stokes
Zone One Brass, P Archibald

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London & Southern Counties Regional Championships
First Section
Test Piece : James Cook – Circumnavigator, Gilbert Vinter
Saturday 15th March
Venue : Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Adjudicator: David Horsfield

Participating Bands:

Becontree Brass, G Chambers
Cawston, C Swaep
City of Cambridge, P Bassano
Denham Hendon, G Davies
Egham, G Green
Friary Guildford, C King
Horsham Borough, K Maxwell
Ipswich and Norwich Co-op, R Norman
Jersey Premier Brass, T Pritchard
Matthews Norfolk Brass, D Stowell
Northfleet Brass, A Austin
Regent Brass, A Duguid
Sandhurst Silver, I McElligot
Soham Comrades, G Sheldon
St Albans City, D Shead

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London & Southern Counties Regional Championships
Second Section
Test Piece : Three Part Invention, Kenneth Downie
Sunday 16th March
Venue : Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones

Participating Bands :

Alder Valley Brass, R Burke
Betteshanger, T Vinall
Capital Concert Brass, T Brotherhood
Chichester City, J Williams
Chinnor Silver, D Pegram
East London Brass, J Murrill
Epping Forest, M Easener
Epsom and Ewell Silver, E Howard
Fairlop Brass, K Jordan
Grimsdyke Brass, S Broughall
Norfolk Wherry Brass, G Barber
Thundersley Brass, R Morris
Tilbury, D Lewis
Ware Brass, P Littlemore
Yiewsley and West Drayton, C Cole

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London & Southern Counties Regional Championships
Third Section
Test Piece : The Dark Side of the Moon, Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Saturday 15th March
Venue : Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones

Participating Bands :

BAE Systems, K Woodger
Brighton and Hove City Brass, M Hackett
Chalgrove, M Pegram
Croydon Brass, P Martin
E.P.B, I Mitchell
Fulham, S Jones
Great Yarmouth Brass, S Philpot
Hangleton, M Pollard
Hitchin Town, M Hurrell
Hungerford Town, T Crouter
L.G.B.. Brass, I Stewart
Littleport Brass, N Bramley
St Sebastian Wokingham, A Porter
Stantonbury Brass, A Jenkin
Uckfield Concert Brass, S McIntyre
Waterbeach Brass, J Utting
Woodbridge Excelsior, A Duguid

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London & Southern Counties Regional Championships
Fourth Section
Test Piece : Four Cities Symphony, Rodney Newton
Sunday 16th March
Venue : Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Adjudicator: Cpt. P Norley

Participating Bands:

Amersham, A Duguid
Battle Town Band, J Penton
Bletchington Silver, N Hall
Bradwell Silver, C Johnston
Broseley (MK) Development, D Johnston
Charles Church Camberley, R Cherry
Cobham Band, D Ruel
Cold Ash Brass, M Clark
Crystal Palace 'B' Band, I Whittaker
Fakenham Town, D Wakefield
Harwich R.B.L, A Sanders
Hemel Hempstead, G Weeks
Hilgay Silver, K Beckett
Jubilee Brass (Oxford), C Sadler
Kings Lynn Town, P Mole
Letchworth Garden City, T Welch
Newmarket Town Brass, L Ager
Oxford Templas Brass, J Davis
Royston Band, S Jones
Snowdown Colliery Welfare, K Twyman
Tadley Concert Brass, Chapman
Wantage Silver 'B' , D Dulforce
Watford, R Graves

Information courtesy http://www.regional-contest.org.uk/london/index.php

[2nd trom virtuoso]

I'll do the honours then...

Anyone know a cheap hotel in Stevenage?


And how are preperations going with everyone etc...

[Daniel Sheard]

What's happened to Alliance Brass? Have they ceased to contest?

[MoominDave]

When I helped out Staines before Christmas, they seemed to think that it was very unlikely that they were going to be able to raise a full band for the areas.

[MoominDave]

And with no Staines, no Alliance [who were demoted last year - but well spotted, Daniel, they're not listed in the 1st section, are they?], Redbridge under a new conductor, a lot of band names that are pretty fresh to the top, and an unusual piece, the championship section could finish in pretty much any order at all.

Reckon this might be ZOB's year...

[WhatSharp?]

1st sections going to be a close call too.. any one of about 5 bands could take it...

[Owen S]

Good to see two bands returning to contesting after a long time away: Roger Burke has taken over at Alder Valley, and they've been put into the second section, plus Uckfield have gone into the third.

1st sections going to be a close call too.. any one of about 5 bands could take it...

True Steve, who were you thinking of? I'd say Cambridge, Friary, Horsham, Ipswich, Regent and Sandhurst should all do well going on recent results, and many of the rest seem to be progressing well too. How are Denham's preparations going?

[Accidental]

2nd trom virtusoso - The Ibis hotel is staggering distance from the hall, twin rooms are £37 per night. You'll be sharing with half of Friary though

Daniel - Alliance are no more. Some of their players have popped up in other bands in the region.

Alder Valley had issues with numbers for a while, but they only actually missed one year and they dropped to 2nd section on points. They're doing really well with Roger now, so could have a very good day.
Uckfield is a different story - this will be their first area since 1999 and they've been on the brink of folding more than once since then. They seem to be back with a vengeance now, going for the areas and our local association

I know I'm biased, but in this time of declining numbers and bands folding, its fantastic to see both bands contesting again, and they really deserve to do well at Stevenage.

[WhatSharp?]

True Steve, who were you thinking of? I'd say Cambridge, Friary, Horsham, Ipswich, Regent and Sandhurst should all do well going on recent results, and many of the rest seem to be progressing well too. How are Denham's preparations going?

Pretty much the same ( though I think Soham could be in there too ), not sure how Regent and Horsham are doing recently but Friary, Cambridge, Ipswich and Sandhurst are showing good form at the mo.

We're doing well at the mo (certainly working hard for it ), looks like we'll have a good sized turnout this year ( though still missing a couple of seats ).

[Daisy Duck]

Reckon this might be ZOB's year...

I agree, but I have a personal bias!

This is going to be my first ever regional contest - very excited!
I really hope Uckfield do well in the 3rd section.
And of course I hope Battle don't do too badly in the 4th section...

[2nd trom virtuoso]

Reckon this might be ZOB's year...

If they have the same band and personel as last year they will ride it. Players move on etc. I know a couple of great players still there though, should be more than capable

[MoominDave]

Don't think they'll "ride it", however many great players they have...
The lack of rehearsal time they get is what always counts against them - but maybe not so much is needed on this piece; and hopefully music college students will have a decent idea about what Mozart should sound like.

It's unwise to write off either Aveley or Redbridge! After all, one or the other of them has won this contest every year since before the turn of the century.

[lauren]

If they have the same band and personel as last year they will ride it. Players move on etc. I know a couple of great players still there though, should be more than capable

If Yeovil was anything to go by though it could go either way for them on the day. They just never quite hit it off although a good result the next day at Preston showed they can do it when they put their mind to it. I have heard them on cracking form before, lets just hope they can live up to that again.

[Keith]

Yep......... its going to be very interesting in the champ section this year. ZOB are pretty much the same as last year, with one or two additions (including me!). In terms of rehearsals; as of Sunday I want have many spare evenings until after the areas. Off the top of my head I think we have 4 rehearsals in a week, 2 weeks before the comp. After that I think I blacked out, after reading that on my rehearsal schedual!!

Anyway....... good luck to all bands, especially the ones i've been hanging around with over the last few months.

[PeterBale]

Looking forward to hearing the Championship Section this year having missed it last year. Also hearing good reports of Zone One, who many thought were unlucky to miss out last year. With Rob Wiffen and Paul Archibald at the helm of Redbridge and Zone One respectively, we should be in for an interesting day