On Saturday the 16th February at the annual Brass Band League Solo and
Quartet competition members of the 1st Old Boys Band had a great day out.
Individual awards
Adjudicator Brian Connolly awarded Nathan Thompson on cornet the under 15’s
award and Peter Mercer on tuba won the under 17s,
Jack Burch then adjudicated the rest of the contest
Peter Mercer also won the B Solos with Tom Black coming runner up on horn.
Mark Bingham won the Slow Melody section on cornet.
Mark and Brian Connolly also came 2nd and 3rd in the A solos
The bands A quartet of Mark Bingham, Morris Cameron, Brian Connolly and Alan
Haworth, directed by Ronnie Kennedy Sn, playing ‘Variations on a theme by
Paganini’ were awarded 99 points out of 100.
All in All a very successful day!