As we all still live with the Covid-19 situation, WMBBA are now hosting a ‘virtual’ solo contest.

The contest this year will be by uploaded videos, to be submutted by 3rd May, with all results being announced on 15th May.

Open to both members and non-members, a number of section are available:

• Slow Melody (under 14, under 18 and open)
• Air Varie (under 14, under 18 and open)
• Percussion (open)
  
  Entry form, rules and details below

We held our inaugural competition at Studley High School on Sunday May 8^th. The contest proved a big success with entries coming from a wide area including Bristol, The Forest Of Dean and Llangollen with big support from local bands Bilton and Shipston. Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe were very impressed with the standard of performance and were particularly impressed with the number of parents who had taken up playing in support of their children and were now performing at the contest themselves.

Association Chairman Barbara Dunscombe summed up the feelings of everyone when she commented. “What a brilliant day. Enjoyed it all but particularly the youngsters early in the day…I’m shattered!!”

David Birch

WMBBA

Summary Of Results

Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe

Solo 8 years and under

1. Lily Strentz, Baritone – Coleshill
2. Felicity Angell, Trombone – Bilton Training
3. Victoria Culshaw,  Trumpet – Unattached

Solo 9 10 and 11 years

1. Thomas Strentz, Cornet – Coleshill
2. Sasha Turner, Cornet – Shipston
3. Jimmy Scanlon, Flugel – Bilton Training

Solo 12 13 and 14

1. Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston
2. Callum Davis, Tuba – Unattached
3. Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston

Solo 15 to 18

1. Tom Cowan, Euphonium – Bilton Training
2. Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook

Solo Adult

1. John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert
2. Jodie Fisher, Flugel – Bilton
3. Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton

Air Varie Solo 14 and under

1. Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston
2. Becky Strentz, Eb Trumpet – Coleshill
3. Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston

Air Varie Solo 15 to 18

1. Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook

Air Varie Adult

1. Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook
2. John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert
3. Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton

Duet 11 years and under

1. Ben Murray and Leo Dakin, Cornets – Bilton Training
2. Isobel Graham and Ben Murray, Cornets – Bilton Training
3. Imogen Angell and Felicity Angell, Trombone/Cornet – Bilton Training

Duet 14 years and under

1. Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston
2. Grace Coates and Sasha Turner, Cornets – Shipston
3. Artie Stubbs and William Thomson, Cornets – Bilton Training

Duet 18 years and under

1. Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston

Duet Adult

1. Neil Kelsall and Samantha Edwards, Euphoniums – Bilton
2. Sheila Allen and Jodie Fisher, Cornets – Bilton
3. = Luke Barker and David Birch, Cornet/Euphonium – Shipston
4. = Amy Wright and Samantha Edwards, Tuba/Euphonium – Bilton

Quartet 14 years and under

1. Bilton Training 2
2. Shipston B
3. Bilton Training 1

Quartet 18 years and under

1. Shipston

Quartet Adult

1. Shipston
2. Bilton Silver Training

Special Awards

Youngest Boy Peter Coates Shipston

Youngest Girl Lily Strentz Coleshill