| Performance Title | National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 1968 - National Finals |
| Performance Date | 12 October 1968 |
| Performance Day | Saturday |
| Performance Time | 09:30 |
| Secondary Performers | Roger Barsotti,
Drake Rimmer,
Frank Wright - adjudicators,
Frank Phillips - announcer |
| Orchestra or Band | Black Dyke Mills,
Brighouse and Rastrick, (WINNER)
City of Bristol,
City of Coventry,
Cory Workmen's,
Craghead Colliery,
CWS (Manchester),
Excelsior Rope Works,
Grimethorpe Colliery Institute,
GUS (Footwear),
Hammond's Sauce Works,
Hanwell,
Head Wrightson Works,
Kibworth,
Kirkintilloch Silver,
Lewis Merthyr Workmen's,
Luton,
Mirrlees Works,
Shaftesbury Crusade (Bristol),
Snibston Colliery Welfare,
Southsea,
Tullis Russell Mills,
Whitburn Burgh,
Wingates Temperance,
Woodfalls Silver |
| Conductors | G Brand,
W B Hargreaves,
A G Lloyd,
A G A Chappell,
J Harrison,
E W Cunningham,
A Mortimer,
D Thomas,
G Thompson,
S H Boddington,
G Whitham,
E Bravington,
G Midgley,
W Scholes,
R Oughton,
S Williams,
A Coupe,
J Atherton,
A Golding,
E Starkey,
F S Monk,
D S Campbell,
A Fleming,
H Parry,
C Bosanko |
| Set List | Test Piece - Prelude from 'The Mastersingers', Wagner, arr. Frank Wright |
| Performance Notes | 1st - Brighouse & Rastrick (Walter B. Hargreaves)
2nd - Black Dyke Mills (Geoffrey Brand)
3rd - GUS (Footwear) (Stanley Boddington)
4th - City of Coventry (Albert Chappell)
The winning band, Brighouse & Rastrick, was declared World Champions as well as Champion Band of Great Britain. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1968/153) |
| Code | Name of Performer(s) |
| DS/UK/7343 | Barsotti; Roger (17 September 1901-1 January 1986); English composer and flautist |
| DS/UK/15115 | Rimmer; Drake (fl 1930s-1970s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/7376 | Wright; Frank (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist, conductor |
| DS/UK/7932 | Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster |
| DS/UK/6506 | Black Dyke Band; 1855-; British brass band |
| DS/UK/6901 | The Brighouse and Rastrick Band; 1881-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/15096 | City of Bristol Brass Band; 1936-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/10845 | City of Coventry Brass Band; 1965 -; British brass band |
| DS/UK/2484 | The Cory Band; 1884-; Welsh brass band |
| DS/UK/8348 | Reg Vardy band; 1958-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/12624 | City of Manchester brass band; 1900-1993; English brass band |
| DS/UK/12623 | City of Cardiff Band; 1850-; Welsh brass band |
| DS/UK/2943 | The Grimethorpe Colliery Band (1917-) |
| DS/UK/8352 | Virtuosi GUS Band; 1933-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/12631 | Hammonds Saltaire Band; 1946-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/11554 | Hanwell Band; 1891-2001; English brass band |
| DS/UK/11564 | Kibworth Band; 1905-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/8341 | Kirkintilloch Band; 1898-; Scottish brass band |
| DS/UK/11864 | Luton Band; 1883-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/11865 | Mirrlees Works Band; 1949-1980; English brass band |
| DS/UK/15102 | Tullis Russell Mills; 1919-; Scottish brass band |
| DS/UK/8353 | Whitburn band; 1870-; Scottish brass band |
| DS/UK/11869 | Wingates Band; 1873-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/8354 | Woodfalls Band; 1874-; English brass band |
| DS/UK/13753 | Brand; Geoffrey (1926-fl 1975); English brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/13755 | Hargreaves; Walter (1907-1998); English brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/15112 | Lloyd; Alwyn (fl 1940s-1970s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/15111 | Chappell; Albert (fl 1940s-1980s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/15105 | Harrison; John (fl 1940s-1990s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/14244 | Cunningham; E.W (fl 1960s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/13579 | Mortimer; Alex (fl 1950s-1960s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/14251 | Thompson; George (fl 1930s-1980s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/14236 | Boddington; Stanley (31 July 1905-25 December 1986); MBE; British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/8726 | Bravington; Eric A (fl 1940s-1960s); English trumpeter, bandmaster |
| DS/UK/15683 | Scholes; W.A (fl 1940s-1960s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/15106 | Oughton; Robert (fl 1950s-1970s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/14246 | Coupe; Albert (fl 1940s-1970s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/14239 | Atherton; Jack (1909-1983); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/14247 | Parry; Hugh (fl 1950s-1970s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/16926 | Bosanko; Courtney (fl 1960s-1980s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/17638 | Yarm and District Band; 1953-2000; English brass band |
| DS/UK/17640 | Lewis Merthyr Band; 1874-; Welsh brass band |
| DS/UK/17641 | Shaftesbury Crusade; fl 1920s-1970s; English brass band |
| DS/UK/11571 | William Davis Construction Group Band; 1863-1997; English brass band |
| DS/UK/17643 | Luckett's Travel (Southsea); 1950-2000; English brass band |
| DS/UK/17636 | Williams; S (fl 1960s-2000s); Welsh brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/17635 | Golding; A.W (fl 1960s-1980s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/17634 | Monk; Frederick S (fl 1960s-1970s); British conductor |
| DS/UK/17637 | Whitham; Geoffrey (fl 1960s-2000s); British brass band conductor |
| DS/UK/17633 | Campbell; Duncan (fl 1960s-1990s); Scottish conductor |
| DS/UK/17632 | Fleming; Alex (fl 1960s-1990s); British conductor |