2012 Wessex Winter Contest
For the second year running we came second in the Fourth Section at Weymouth! After our performance of Darrol Barry's 'Diamond Heritage', we were a bit disappointed with our playing. However, it turned out we were wrong, as the adjudicator's comments were mostly positive and we still got a decent result. As in previous years we beat several bands with higher national gradings, finishing 11th out of 16 bands overall.
Afterwards, we had a fondue party back in Southampton and enjoyed listening to the official recording of our contest performance, which sounded surprisingly good after a merry evening! We are now looking forward to our promotion to the Third Section at the West of England regional championships next year.
Wessex Winter Contest
Date: Saturday 1st December 2012
Venue: Weymouth Pavilion
Test Piece: Own choice
Adjudicator: Major Paul Norley
Fourth Section
- Andover Town, Steve Large
- New Forest Brass, Ian Luxford
- Weymouth Concert, Adam Glynn
- Swindon Brass, Fran Cowley
Overall standings (Band, Conductor, Grading, Draw):
- Woodfalls Band, Phil Randell, Championship, 16
- Hyde, Helen Kinder, 1st, 5
- Verwood Concert Brass, Kevin Smith, 1st, 11
- Poole Borough, David Evans, 1st, 10
- Gillingham Imperial, Paul Williams, 3rd, 9
- Otterbourne Brass, Chris Davis, 2nd, 13
- Ocean Brass, Jonathan Lush-Camps, 2nd, 3
- Downton, Roland Wright, 3rd, 14
- Horsham Borough, Andrew Kershaw, 1st, 8
- Andover Town Band, Steve Large, 4th, 6
- New Forest Brass, Ian Luxford, 4th, 4
- Bath Spa, David Walker, 2nd, 12
- Bream Silver, Bryn James, 3rd, 2
- Weymouth Concert Brass, Adam Glynn, 4th, 7
- Corsham, Colin Hogg, 3rd, 1
- Swindon Brass, Francis Cowley, 4th, 15