scaba Autumn contest 2012

[Accidental]

The scaba Autumn contest will be at its new home in Crawley next Sunday.
Full line up of bands on the scaba website, should be a great day!

 

[Accidental]

whoops, meant to post this in the Adjudicator's comments bit - could a kindly mod do the honours please??

 

[bumper-euph]

I think it's a week on Sunday.......30th ??

 

[Accidental]

yep - next Sunday, as opposed to this Sunday

 

[Daisy Duck]

Looking forward to it!

 

[Will the Sec]

yep - next Sunday, as opposed to this Sunday

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
It's thanks to people who take this incorrect stance that I ended up at the Albert Hall a week early to find Ronan Keating on the bill instead of NYBB of Great Britain. Grrr.

 

[bumper-euph]

As I said , a week on Sunday.....THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER..........

 

[Will the Sec]

:tup for unequivocal use of English language and dates, B-E. Unfortunately, I can't be there, as my wife and I are away for our wedding anniversary!

 

[Am I ME?]

Shanklin town will be there in the 2nd section even though we have been missed on the scaba page. And of course our youth band is THE youth section

 

[Bungle]

Shanklin town will be there in the 2nd section even though we have been missed on the scaba page. And of course our youth band is THE youth section

And Cranbrook are on there even though we have withdrawn. We were going to do a day transfer of a percusionist from the first section, but didn't think it was fair for them to be hanging around for most of the day with the second section having been moved to first on.

 

[scaba Media]

Oops - but they are there now!

 

[scaba Media]

The first results of the day are on the scaba website.

We will add to them as the day progresses and then place them all on here.

 

[Accidental]

Top Section:

1. Wantage - On the Shoulders of Giants
2. Friary - Music of the Spheres
3. Regent - Year of the Dragon
4. East London - Vitae Aeterna Variations
5. Sandhurst - Comedy Overture
6. Kortrijk - The Promised Land
7. Ipswich & Norwich - Land of the Long White Cloud
8. Willebroek - Energy

best soloist - Tetsu Okamura, Trombone, Regent
best euph - Frederik Leroy, Kortrijk
best basses - Regent
best percussion - Wantage

fab to see such a strong section at this contest again, well done to all the prizewinners :clap:

 

[Accidental]

and best conductor was Phil Bailey, Wantage


First Section:

1. Northfleet
2. Horsham
3. Fairlop
4. BAE
5. Battle

best Instrumentalist - Chris Line, Soprano, Horsham
best Euphonium - Maurice Bowers, Northfleet
best basses - Horsham
best conductor - Melvin White, Northfleet
Highest placed scaba Member Band - Horsham Borough

well done Northfleet, Horsham and Toffter!


full results are on the scaba website and brassbandresults brassbandresults now (thanks Sally and Rich)

 

[cockaigne]

Does anyone know what the test pieces played in the first section were? I only heard Battle (Force of Destiny) and Horsham (Symphony of Thanksgiving).

Second section was, as I understand it:

Olney Town - Variations on 'Laudate Dominum' (Gregson)
Battle Town - Dimensions
Medway Concert - Music for a Festival
Epsom & Ewell Silver - Diversions (Variations on a Swiss Folk Song - Sparke)
Regent Community - Variations on 'Laudate Dominum'
LGB - Purcell Variations
Wantage 'B' - Dimensions (?)
Cold Ash - Variations on 'Laudate Dominum'
Shanklin Town - Dark Side of the Moon
Snowdown Colliery - Variations on 'Laudate Dominum'

 

[MoominDave]

BBR have Northfleet playing 'Renaissance', but are still missing pieces for Fairlop and BAE Systems. Thanks for the others you've listed - now added. I will check on the Wantage B piece - my father plays for them. I don't suppose you know whether any of those Laudate Dominums were the original or the revised version?

Incidentally I spot that we have identical placings and draw in the 1st section of 5 bands - this seems a bit suspect - did all 5 bands really place in draw order?

 

[MoominDave]

Apparently it wasn't Dimensions...

 

[Accidental]

BBR have Northfleet playing 'Renaissance', but are still missing pieces for Fairlop and BAE Systems. Thanks for the others you've listed - now added. I will check on the Wantage B piece - my father plays for them. I don't suppose you know whether any of those Laudate Dominums were the original or the revised version?

Incidentally I spot that we have identical placings and draw in the 1st section of 5 bands - this seems a bit suspect - did all 5 bands really place in draw order?

AFAIK Regent played the revised Laudate and the other 3 did the original.
At one point yesterday I knew all the pieces in every section, but I've played, had beer and slept since then (sorry!) if I remember any I'll add them.

And yes, the draw no. and placings all matched in that section - don't think I've ever seen that before.

 

[MoominDave]

I've seen it for up to 3 bands before - never for as many as 5! I will add a note specifying that this is actually correct, because it does look quite like a mistake on the part of the person entering the data...

 

[cockaigne]

I heard there had been one revised Laudate; I didn't hear it unfortunately, apparently it's quite a marked difference. I do love the original though (it's a good concert item, too).

There was one section at the Scottish Area a few years back where the six bands were placed in draw order*... I wonder what the record for this is?

*Can't justify trawling through the archives to check which, sorry.