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1983 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Saturday, May 28, 1983

Venue:
Rodahal Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade

Test piece:
Ciacona Seria (Henk Badings)

Adjudicator(s):
Henk Badings, Harry Mortimer, William Relton

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Black Dyke Mills
Epic Symphony
Major Peter Parkes4/1196[1]+96[1]=192
2Soli de Gloria [Holland]
James Cook - Circumnavigator
Jan de Haan4/1192[2]+92[5]=184
3Cory
Variations on a Ninth
Major Arthur Kenney6/487[7]+95[2]=182
4Whitburn
Blitz
Anthony Swainson3/191[3]+90[8]=181
5De Waldsang [Holland]
Land of the Long White Cloud
Tjeerd Brouwer1/585[9]+94[3]=179
6BB Berneroberland [Switzerland]
Journey Into Freedom
Markus Bach9/1090[4]+88[10]=178
7Manger Musikklag [Norway]
Spectrum
Michael Antrobus8/288[5]+89[9]=177
8Midden Brabant [Belgium]
Land of the Long White Cloud
Jean Pierre Leveugle10/786[8]+91[6]=177
9Brodsworth Colliery
Triumphant Rhapsody
Kenneth Dennison2/884[10]+93[4]=177
10Solna Brass [Sweden]
Spectrum
Lars Gunnar Bjorkland5/382[11]+91[6]=173
11Burgermusik Luzern [Switzerland]
Belmont Variations
Yves Illi11/988[5]+84[11]=172

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:
1st Prize: 5000 Guilders plus The Boosey & Hawkes European Trophy
2nd Prize: 3500 Guilders plus The Hammonds Sauce European Trophy
3rd Prize: 2500 Guilders
4th Prize: 1500 Guilders
5th Prize: 1000 Guilders

The winning band received The Champion Band of Europe Banner
The winning conductor received a bound copy of the set work specially engraved for the occasion 



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