Camborne Town Band Wins Royal Trophy
The sun shone and shone and shone all day and there was a real “feelgood” factor at the 90th Annual [bclink id=”2380″ target=”_blank”] on Saturday, 21 June 2014. Crowds flocked to Molinnis Park in the village of Bugle and all was well with the brass band community of Cornwall and beyond as 30 bands thrilled the audience with a wonderful day of music-making.
Top honors and the Royal Trophy went to Camborne Town Band for their performance of Connotations (Edward Gregson). It was the 37th time that Camborne have come out on top and won the Championship Section at the Festival.
As well as the Cornish bands, visiting bands from Oxford, Somerset, Hampshire and Gloucestershire also figured in the Prize List, with the young stars of tomorrow in the training bands making a significant impact with their youthful enthusiasm.
Results
Adjudicators
Ian Porthouse (Championship, First, Second, Third and Fourth Sections)
David Marshall (Youth and Training Sections)
Championship Section
Test Piece: Connotations (Edward Gregson)
- Camborne Town (Kevin Mackenzie) 193 – Winners of the Royal Trophy
- St. Dennis (Darren Hawken) 192
- St. Austell Town (Melvin White) 191
March: The Contestor (T. J. Powell)
- St. Dennis (Darren Hawken) 193
- St. Austell Town (Melvin White) 192
- Camborne Town (Kevin Mackenzie) 191
Best Player Award: Lee Wilde, solo cornet, St. Dennis
First Section
Test Piece: Spectrum (Gilbert Vinter)
- Roche Brass (Gary Cutt) 194
- Yeovil Town (David Hayward) 191
- Pendennis Brass (Steve Thomas) 190
Hymn: Colne (Thomas Rive)
- Roche Brass (Gary Cutt) 193
- Yeovil Town (David Hayward) 190
- Pendennis Brass (Steve Thomas) 189
Best Player Award: Kevin Robbins, solo cornet, Yeovil Town
Second Section
Test Piece: Penlee (Simon Dobson)
- Bodmin Town (John Maines) 192
- Forest of Dean Brass (Chris Howley) 189
- Bugle Silver (Jeremy Willcock) 188
Hymn: Alleluya – Sing to Jesus (arr. Philip Wilby)
- Forest of Dean Brass (Chris Howley) 188
- Bodmin Town (John Maines) 187
- Bugle Silver (Jeremy Willcock) 186
Best Player Award: Craig Wintle, solo cornet, Forest of Dean Brass
Third Section
Test Piece: St. Austell Suite (Kenneth Downie)
- Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sandler) 190
- Heyl Town (Shaun Marsden) 187
- Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman) 186
Best Player Award: Laura Matthes, flügelhorn, Heyl Town
Fourth Section
Test Piece: Little Suite for Brass Band No. 1 (Malcolm Arnold)
- Camborne Junior Contesting (Alan Pope) 188
- Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman) 186
- Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sandler) 184
Best Player Award: Abbey Roberts, solo cornet, Camborne Junior Contesting
Youth Section
Own Choice
- Mount Charles Youth (Jane Whitehead) 180
- St. Austell Youth (Mark Arnold) 178
- St. Dennis Youth (Rachael Sargent) 170
Best Player Awards
Best Player: Daniel Sloggett, trombone, Mount Charles Youth
Best Cornet: Jacob Griffiths, St. Austell Youth
E. J. Williams Memorial Trophy to the Winning Conductor: Jane Whitehead
Training Section
Own Choice (10 minutes)
- St. Stythians (Lisa Burns) 175
- Soundhouse (Gary Thompson) 170
- St. Newlyn East (Barry Skinner) 165
Best Player Awards
Best Player: Tobias Evans, percussion, St. Stythians
Best Cornet: Oscar Wells, St. Stythians
Special Awards
Open to all sections
- Best Soprano: Les Kneebone, Camborne Town
- Best Solo Cornet: Lee Wilde, St. Dennis
- Best Euphonium: Robert Jose, Roche Brass
- Best Solo Horn: Joanna Scott, Camborne Town
- Best Set of Basses: Matthew Julian, Lee Trewhela, James Sturgess and Gary Giles, Camborne Town
A. R. Trudgian Youth Awards
- Megan Thomas, Bugle
- Thomas Howard, St. Austell
Deportment Class
Judge Gareth Roberts MBE
- Okehampton Excelsior Silver
- Bugle Silver
Source:
Report submitted by Phillip Hunt, Publicity Officer