Festival of Brass 2013

Festival of Brass 2013

Music Adjudicator: Philip Harper

Entertainment Adjudicator: Angela Hayley

Date: Saturday 23rd November 2013

Venue: Whitla Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast

 

Championship:

1st*  Downshire Brass

2nd* Laganvale (Metal Technology) Band

1st Old Boys Association Silver Band

Murley Silver Band

 

*1st place tie (3 ways) – band with highest music points selected as winner

 Entertainment Prize: 1st Old Boys Association Silver Band

Best March: Murley Silver Band (Wo Unsere Fahnen Weht)

Best Soloist: John Murdock, Laganvale (Carrickfergus)
Watch the available performances by clicking on the links below:

Downshire Brass

Laganvale (Metal Technology) Band

1st Old Boys

Murley Silver Band

 

Second Grade:

1st     Third Carrickfergus Band

2nd** Lourdes Brass Band

Roughan Silver Band

Ballyduff Silver Band

 

** 2nd place tie – band with highest music points selected

 

Entertainment Prize: Third Carrickfergus Band

Best March: Third Carrickfergus (Stars and Stripes)

Best Soloist: Ashley Elliott, Roughan (Helter Skelter)

 

Watch the available performances by clicking on the links below:

Third Carrickfergus Band

Roughan Silver Band

Ballyduff Silver Band

 

 

Third Grade:

1st CWA Brass

Comber Silver Band

Wellington Memorial Silver Band

 

Entertainment Prize: CWA Brass

Best March: Comber (Star Lake)

Best Soloist: Phil McCurrie, CWA (An Untold Story)

 

Fourth Grade:

1st Dungannon Silver Band

Letterbreen Silver band

 

Entertiainment Prize: Dungannon Silver Band

Best March: Dungannon (True and Trusty)

Best Soloist: Mike Tarrant, Letterbreen (Grandfather’s Clock)

 

Fifth Grade:

1st Dynamic Brass

1st Larne Old Boys Silver Band

 

Entertainment Prize: Dynamic Brass

Best March: 1st Larne O.B. (Monia)

Best Soloist: Allistair Crawford, Dynamic Brass (Wandering Star)

 

Youth Bands:

1st 1st Old Boys Association Youth Band

Third Carrickfergus Junior Band

Downshire Brass Youth Band

 

Entertainment Prize: 1st Old Boys Association Youth Band

Best March: 1st Old Boys Youth (Blaze Away)