Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championship of Great Britain Festival Contest
Performance Date27 October 1956
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time10:00
Secondary PerformersHarold Moss,
Lt.-Colonel S Rhodes,
Frank Wright - adjudicators,
Frank Phillips - announcer
Orchestra or BandBarry, Ostlere and Shepherd Band,
Black Dyke Mills Band,
Brighouse and Rastrick Band,
Camborne Town Band,
Clydebank Burgh Band,
Cory Band,
Creswell Colliery Welfare Band,
Crookhall Colliery Band,
CWS (Manchester) Band,
Fairey Aviation Works Band,
Fodens Motor Works Band,
Harton Colliery Band,
Hazells Aylesbury Printing Works Band,
Lewis Merthyr (Porth) Workmen's Institute Band,
Morris Motors Band,
Munn and Felton's Works Band,
Ransome and Marles Works Band,
Rushden Temperance Band,
Yorkshire Copper Works Band
ConductorsJohn Faulds,
George Thompson,
Stanley H Boddington,
Jack Emmott,
Rex Mortimer,
D Aspinall,
Willie Wood,
Alex Mortimer,
W A Scholes,
F J Roberts,
Major G H Willcocks,
Bernard Burns,
J Hoggans,
George Crossland,
E S Brown,
Oliver D Jones
Set ListTest Piece - 'Festival Music', Eric Ball
Performance Notes1st - Fairey Aviation
2nd - CWS (Manchester)
3rd - Munn and Feltons
4th - Brighouse and Rastrick.

The concert was broadcast on BBC Television from 15:15-15:45.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/160)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/160National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain 195627 October 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oozaleasoip_SilNational Brass Band Championship of Great Britain 19563
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/18522Rhodes; S (fl 1950s); British bandmaster
DS/UK/7376Wright; Frank (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist, conductor
DS/UK/7932Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster
DS/UK/6506Black Dyke Band; 1855-; British brass band
DS/UK/6901The Brighouse and Rastrick Band; 1881-; English brass band
DS/UK/6902Camborne Town Band; fl 1880s-; English brass band
DS/UK/6905Clydebank Burgh Band; 1829-; Scottish brass band
DS/UK/2484The Cory Band; 1884-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/6907Creswell Colliery Band; 1899-; English brass band
DS/UK/11859Crookhall Colliery; 1924-1980; English brass band
DS/UK/12624City of Manchester brass band; 1900-1993; English brass band
DS/UK/6899The Fairey Band; 1937-; English brass band
DS/UK/6507Foden's Band; 1900-; British brass band
DS/UK/9115Westoe Band; 1901-; English brass band
DS/UK/18923Hazell's Printing Works; 1887-; English brass band
DS/UK/17640Lewis Merthyr Band; 1874-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/8257Morris Motors Band; 1924-1998; English brass band
DS/UK/8352Virtuosi GUS Band; 1933-; English brass band
DS/UK/9121Ransome Band; 1937-; English brass band
DS/UK/15100Rushden Windmill Band; 1860-; English brass band
DS/UK/6903The Yorkshire Imperial Band; fl 1930s-; English brass band
DS/UK/14251Thompson; George (fl 1930s-1980s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/14236Boddington; Stanley (31 July 1905-25 December 1986); MBE; British brass band conductor
DS/UK/15114Mortimer; Rex (fl 1950s-1970s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/14250Wood; Willie (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/13579Mortimer; Alex (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/15683Scholes; W.A (fl 1940s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/14237Roberts; F.J (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/18494Crossland; George (fl 1940s-1980s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19151Jones; Oliver (fl 1940s-1970s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19150Brown; E.S (fl 1956); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19148Hoggans; John (fl 1940s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19147Burns; Bernard (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19145Aspinall; David (9 August 1891-23 February 1957); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19144Emmott; Jack (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19146Willcocks; George (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor
DS/UK/19142Barry, Ostlere and Shepherd; 1902-1964; Scottish brass band
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