Blackpool and Weston Contest Roundup
After a successful trip to Torquay in March, the band looked forward to the two upcoming contests in the 2009 calendar, Blackpool and Weston Super Mare. The band have travelled to Blackpool for a number of years now to take part in the Spring Festival and this year was no different. The test piece for 2009 was Pagentry which proved to be a good piece for bands to play and audiences to listen to.
One week later, the band made the trip to Weston Super Mare for an own choice contest, where bands play a test piece of their choice and are judged on their performance. Own choice contests can be a little tricky as there is a fine balance between the standard of test piece vs the band's ability to play well. Lots of bands in the past have either played too easy a piece but well, or chosen too hard a piece and have been punished accordingly!. As we had just played Pagentry the week before in Blackpool the decision was taken for us. Under the baton of conductor David Johnson, the band aimed to improve on their performance on the previous week and there were plenty of smiling faces on the bus as we departed Weston Super Mare later that evening. The band came 3rd with Principal Cornet Richard Hughes picking up the best cornet player of the section award.
With the contest season over for the next few months, the band look towards our regular season of concerts, starting with the Pond Concert series kicking off on Sunday 7th June at 19:15. As always, the Pond Concert season includes concerts on the 1st Sunday of June, July, August and September. The concerts are relaxed, entertaining and free. Please check the Pond Concert page for further details.
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