Record

Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - National Finals and Music Festival
Performance Date6 October 1979
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time09:30
Secondary PerformersEric Ball,
Eric Bravington,
Havelock Nelson - adjudicators,
James Abbott - contest controller,
Rt. Hon. Norman St.John-Stevas - prize giver
Orchestra or BandBesses O'Th'Barn Band,
Birmingham School of Music Band,
Black Dyke Mills Band, (WINNER)
Bodmin Town Band,
Brighouse and Rastrick Band,
Cambridge Band,
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band,
Cory Band,
CWS (Glasgow) Band,
Desford Colliery Band,
Ever Ready (GB) Band,
Fairey Engineering Band,
Hammonds Sauce Works Band,
Hymac Works Band,
Kilmarnock Concert Brass Band,
Northumbria Police Band,
Solent Concert Band,
Sun Life Stanshawe Band,
Tredegar Town Band,
Wingates Temperance Band,
Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band
ConductorsR Newsome,
D W James,
G Whitham,
D Wilby,
R Curran,
D Stephens,
C B Buckley,
D Carr,
P Parkes,
N Boddice,
A H Keachie,
A G Jenkin,
H Snell,
S H MacDonald,
G Brand,
T Walmsley,
W Garner,
D Read,
W Hargreaves,
W D Thomas
Set ListTest Piece - 'Volcano', Dr Robert Simpson
Performance Notes1st - Black Dyke Mills (Peter Parkes),
2nd - Cory (Denzil Stephens),
3rd - Birmingham School of Music (Roy Curran),
4th - Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (David James)

The event was recorded by BBC Sound, as were rehearsals the previous day.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1979/157A)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/Rr2RMrRHZKNQ
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/157ANational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - National Finals and Music Festival6 October 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EsatodiekoohopNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - National Finals and Music Festival3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12622Besses o' th' Barn; 1818-; English brass band
DS/UK/18333Hyundai Heart of England; 1975-2013; English brass band
DS/UK/6506Black Dyke Band; 1855-; British brass band
DS/UK/18334Bodmin Town Band; 1932-; English brass band
DS/UK/6901The Brighouse and Rastrick Band; 1881-; English brass band
DS/UK/18335City of Cambridge Brass Band; 1900-; English brass band
DS/UK/8337Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band; 1884-; English brass band
DS/UK/2484The Cory Band; 1884-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/15101Co-operative Funeralcare Band; 1918-; Scottish brass band
DS/UK/12626Desford Colliery Band; fl 1954-; English brass band
DS/UK/8348Reg Vardy band; 1958-; English brass band
DS/UK/6899The Fairey Band; 1937-; English brass band
DS/UK/12631Hammonds Saltaire Band; 1946-; English brass band
DS/UK/18336Hymac (Rhymney) Works Band; 1904-1986; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/18339Kilmarnock Concert Brass; 1969-; Scottish brass band
DS/UK/17203Northumbria Police Band; 1975-2001; English brass band
DS/UK/18340Solent Concert Band; 1975-2011; English brass band
DS/UK/15440Sun Life; 1968-1997; English brass band
DS/UK/8350Tredegar Town Band; 1876-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/11869Wingates Band; 1873-; English brass band
DS/UK/6903The Yorkshire Imperial Band; fl 1930s-; English brass band
DS/UK/9141Dunn; John (1934-2004); British radio presenter
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