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Friary delight

Friary Guildford has been celebrating a return to top form at the recent SCABA event in Crawley.

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Friary Guildford has been celebrating after regaining their SCABA title in Crawley last weekend — a title they have now won six times.

Friary last won in 2006, and were unable to defend their title last year because of a clash with the Spring Festival in Blackpool.

However this year the band took the decision to compete once again despite only having a week to prepare after making their 500 mile round trip to Blackpool.

With the announcement that Friary Guildford Band had won the Martin Davey Memorial Shield for a record equalling sixth time by five clear points, members and supporters of Friary Guildford Band started their celebrations4BR

Impressive

As the penultimate of eight bands, they delivered a high quality entertainment programme that was described by adjudicator David Horsfield as an “...impressive entrance with sparkling sounds”. Friary’s diverse programme concluded with the Finale from Dean Jones’ 'Glorifico Aeternum'.

Record equalling

With the announcement that Friary Guildford Band had won the Martin Davey Memorial Shield for a record equalling sixth time by five clear points, members and supporters of Friary Guildford Band started their celebrations.

The band also won the Sam Hughes “Sussex by the Sea” Memorial Trophy for best performed march for the sixth time since 2002, and to top things off Friary’s principal trombonist and conductor of LGB Brass celebrated a win in the ‘B’ Section.

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