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NSW East Coast Championships

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Subject: NSW East Coast Championships
From: Philip Anderton <p.anderton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:24:50 +1100
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The Hunter Regional Band Association held the Festival of the Bands and East
Coast of Australia Band Championships in the Newcastle Town Hall on Sunday
21st July 1996. This is a most enjoyable contest. Newcastle Town Hall is an
excellent venue with perfect acoustics for brass band performances. Most of
the bands are from the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area. Some (like us) make
the 100 mile journey North to compete. There are two sections to the
Championship: Section 1 is A-grade and B-grade; Section 2 is C-grade and
D-grade. Each band has to play an own-choice test piece and a march. The
lower grades in each section are given handicap points of 5 for the own
choice test and 3 for the march. In the afternoon, the "Festival of the
Bands" includes a mini-concert  where places are awarded based on program
content and entertainment value.

The Championship results were:

Section 1
Band		       Test/100  March/50  Total
Waratah Mayfield      91	 43	 134  
(Journey to Freedom/Ball)     A grade

Toronto & District      84.5     40	 124.5
 (Divertimento for Brass/Barry)     B grade

Blacktown City	   65.5     33	 98.5
(Vizcaya/ Vintner)   B grade

Warringah		  94.5     44	 138.5
(Paganini Variations/Wilby)   B grade

Section 2
Kahibah Bowling Club   72	37	 109
(The Land of the Ever Long/ Bantock)  C-grade

Cardiff Northlakes	   86.5    49	 135.5 
(The Journeyman/ Steadman-Allen)  C-grade

The MIni Concert Results were:

1st   Waratah-Mayfield
2nd Cardiff North-Lakes
3rd Warringah Concert Brass

  While  technically  we won the contest, the 8 point handicap helped a lot!
We were very pleased to be placed reasonably close to Waratah-Mayfield, a
band which has consistently competed well in the National Championships in
A-grade. It was good to finally meet Mark Corben, having known him
previously  only through this mailing list!
  The contest/concert was very well organised, and we were all very warmly
welcomed.

Philip Anderton
Warringah Concert Brass Band
Sydney, Australia.


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