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1979 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Sunday, October 7, 1979

Venue:
Royal Albert Hall, London

Test piece:
Symphonic Music (Paul Huber)

Adjudicator(s):
[SW] Herbert Moller, Buxton Orr, William Renton, [OC] Trevor Ford, Henk Van Lijnscholten, Albert Chappell

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Black Dyke Mills
John O'Gaunt
Major Peter Parkes1/1098[1]+93[1]=191
2Cory
Judges of the Secret Court
Denzil Stephens4/192[3]+90[2]=182
3Yorkshire Imperial Metals
Checkmate
Denis Carr6/795[2]+86[4]=181
4Brass Band Treize Etoiles [Switzerland]
John O'Gaunt
Geo Pierre Moren7/488[6]+84[5]=172
5Templemore [N. Ireland]
Connotations
Jack Burch10/1184[9]+87[3]=171
6MGL BB Lommiswil [Switzerland]
Rhapsody in Brass
Ernst Obrecht5/290[4]+80[9]=170
7CWS (Glasgow)
Triumphant Rhapsody
Nigel Boddice2/587[7]+83[6]=170
8Concord Brass [Denmark]
Danish Folk Song Suite
Vlademar Lonsted11/889[5]+78[11]=167
9Manger Musikklag [Norway]
The Plantagenets
Tom Brevik8/685[8]+81[8]=166
10Kortrijk BB [Belgium]
Pageantry
Werner Roelstraate3/383[10]+82[7]=165
11De Stichtse Concorde [Netherlands]
Blackfriars
Ben Zaal9/980[11]+79[10]=159
WMetronom 66 [Norway]Tom Skjellum--

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:
1st Prize: £1000 plus the Boosey & Hawkes European Challenge Cup
2nd Prize: £750 plus The Hammond's Sauce European Trophy
3rd Prize: £500
4th Prize: £300
5th Prize: £100

A Banner of Honour was presented to the winning band
A presentation score was presented to the winning conductor  



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