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Re: Nationals and Qaulifiers....

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Subject: Re: Nationals and Qaulifiers....
From: ANGELA TREGASKES <angela@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:44:22 +0000 (GMT)
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 D.LANCASTER@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote (in support of the 
NCC's change of rules and said:
> 
> The quality of the opposition matters.  Example: when Wingates last
> won the Nationals last time (was it in 1970 on 'Le Roi D'Ys' under Dennis
> Smith???) the top bands were not there and many regarded it as a 
> somewhat hollow victory...  There are more recent examples but that 
> one has stayed with me.
> 
> 
> [snip] .......there won't be much tension. But I have this vision, 
beginning just as the
> adjudicator (is it Bram Gay?) finishes his summing up and you get the
> results:
> 
> 4th Besses O the Barn...
> 
> 
> 3rd Marple...
> 
> 
> and all of a sudden there's an awful lot of tense folks out there.. 
> And if you still don't believe me, ask anyone else who was sitting amongst
> the Dyke players at Bradford this year when they announced: 2nd 
> place: Rothwell... 
> 
I was present in St. George's Hall (Bradford) at the Yorkhire Area 
Champs. section as the results were announced in 1997 .... and like you 
was more than a little surprised that Carlton Main also came higher up 
the frame than Dyke ..... but as far as I know the Dyke lads were all in 
the bar and not in the auditorium as you suggest .... and according to 
one source all that bothered them about the result was the daunting 
prospect of having to take part again next year!!

IMO it does ALL bands good to experience the unpredictability of the BB contest .... God it 
took my band long enough to finally get out of the 4th section ..... and 
here we are about to face (& hopefully overcome) the challenge of 
promotion to the 2nd within the space of only 3 years (and that is more 
than enough kudos for me to keep wanting to take part), but I agree it 
can be boring to listen to up to 20 slightly different performances of 
the same testpiece .... so sympathise with those people who play in 
contesting bands but would rather do something else both before & after 
they've played (you'll catch me doing likewise I'm sure!)

Cheers!

Angela


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