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1984 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Sunday, May 6, 1984

Venue:
Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Test piece:
Refrains and Cadenzas (Thomas Wilson)

Adjudicator(s):
Paul Huber, Henk Van Lijnschooten, James Scott

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Black Dyke Mills
Blitz
Major Peter Parkes4/13116[1]+79[1]=195
2Cory
Contest Music
Major Arthur Kenney6/12113[3]+78[2]=191
3Whitburn
Ballet for Band
Anthony Swainson7/4112[4]+74[5]=186
4BB Bienne [Switzerland]
Connotations
Pascal Eicher13/1114[2]+68[12]=182
5Parc & Dare (NFD)
Land of the Long White Cloud
Ray Farr12/7109[7]+73[6]=182
6Soli de Gloria [Holland]
Plantagenets
Jan de Haan1/5106[8]+75[4]=181
7GUS
Ballet for Band
Keith Wilkinson2/3105[9]+77[3]=182
8De Waldsang [Holland]
Connotations
Dirk Lautenbach8/6110[6]+70[10]=180
9BB Treize Etoiles [Switzerland]
James Cook - Circumnavigator
Geo Pierre Moren5/9111[5]+67[13]=178
10Hjorring Blaesorkester [Denmark]
Journey Into Freedom
Herbert Moller3/1199[11]+71[8]=170
10Templemore [N. Ireland]
John O'Gaunt
Jack Burch10/1099[11]+71[8]=170
12Manger Musikklag [Norway]
Contest Music
Michael Antrobus11/298[13]+72[7]=170
13Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag [Norway]
Epic Symphony
Tom Brevik9/8100[10]+69[11]=169

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:
1st Prize: £1250 plus The Boosey & Hawkes European Trophy
2nd Prize: £1000 plus The Besson Salver
3rd Prize: £750 plus The Hammonds Sauce European Trophy
4th Prize: £500
5th Prize: £250

The winning band received the European Banner
The winning conductor received a bound copy of the set work, engraved for the occasion 



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