Bringing bands together for more than 80 years P R E S S R E L E A S E 16/04/18

Winners (left to right) Millie Davenport, Bethan Brown, Ashton Paet and Christopher Oddy with Judges Graham Sutton, Sharon Stansfield and Martin Heartfield

LBBA 2018 Spring Festival: Solo, Duet & Quartet Contest A fine display of talent was on show at the Leicestershire Brass Band Association’s annual Solo, Duet and Quartet competition, held at the impressive Loughborough Endowed Schools Campus, in Leicestershire on Sunday 15th April 2018. The event saw over 140 performances across 19 different sections that included Slow Melody, Air and Variations, Duets and Quartets across a range of age groups. This year the LBBA also introduced three new sections following feedback from member bands; an adult beginners section, an age group section for those over 40, as well as a new duet category “Mixed Duets” in which a teacher and pupil or adult and junior perform together. Chairman Steve Plant said of the changes ‘we are always looking to respond to the views of our participants and association members - the LBBA always tries to do whatever we can to encourage all players, of any age, to take part and enjoy their music making’. In their summing up, Adjudicators Martin Heartfield, Sharon Stansfield and Graham Sutton all shared how impressed they were with the performances across all sections, which included 14 young competitors receiving their ‘first contest performance’ medal in the 10 years and under category, which was an initiative of the late, great Betty Anderson. Each year the overall LBBA Junior Champion prize is additionally awarded to the highest place performer across all available individual age group sections. This year the Harry Bray memorial trophy was awarded to Christopher Oddy of Enderby Youth. The LBBA would like to congratulate all the prize winners. The prize winners in each section were as follows: Overall Junior Champion - Christopher Oddy – Enderby Youth Section A: Junior Slow Melody 10 and under 1st – Millie Davenport – Shirland Training 2nd – Abby Bradshaw – Newcroft Primary Academy 3rd – Kahlan Preston – Wigston Horizon Section B: Junior Slow Melody 11 & 12 years 1st – Ashton Paet – Hathern Youth 2nd – Fleur Moakes – Shirland Training 3rd – Brady Herring – Hathern Youth

Section C: Junior Slow Melody 13,14 & 15 years 1st – Christopher Oddy – Enderby Youth 2nd – Daniel Garland – Shirland Training 3rd – Luke Newborough – Shirland Training Section D: Junior Slow Melody 16, 17 & 18 years 1st – Bethan Brown – Jaguar Land Rover 2nd – Emily Rushton – Ratby Co-operative 3rd – Jack Newborough – Shirland Training Section E: Junior Sight Reading 15 years and under 1st – Christopher Oddy – Enderby Youth 2nd – Luke Newborough – Shirland Training 3rd – Daniel Garland – Shirland Training Section F: Junior Sight Reading 16, 17 & 18 years 1st – Jack Newborough – Shirland Training 2nd – Hannah Matthews – Leicestershire Co-op 3rd – George Baum – Hathern Youth Section G: Junior Air Varie 14 years and under 1st – Christopher Oddy – Enderby Youth 2nd – Natellie Poulter – Shirland Training 3rd – Daniel Garland – Shirland Training Section H: Junior Air Varie 15, 16, 17 & 18 years 1st – Bethan Brown – Jaguar Land Rover 2nd – Jack Newborough – Shirland Training 3rd – Emily Rushton – Ratby Co-operative Section I: Junior Duets 18 years and under 1st – Carys Owen & Josie Allen – Enderby Youth 2nd – Luke Newborough & Gabrielle Moakes – Shirland Training 3rd – Thomas Barham & Hannah Capstack – Leicestershire Co-op Section J: Junior Quartet Hymn Tune 14 years and under 1st – Shirland “A” 2nd – Enderby Juniors “A” 3rd – Shirland “D” Section K: Junior Quartet 18 years and Under 1st – Shirland “A” 2nd – Shirland “B” 3rd – Leicestershire Co-op Training Section L: Open Slow Melody 1st – Pat Woodings - Newhall 2nd – Bethan Brown – Jaguar Land Rover 3rd – Mark Smith – Amington Section M: Open Air Varie 1st – Bethan Brown – Jaguar Land Rover 2nd – Pat Woodings - Newhall 3rd – Emily Rushton – Ratby Co-operative

Section N: Open Duets 1st – Janet Owen & Natellie Poulter – Shirland Training 2nd – Colin Davenport & Heather Moakes – Shirland Training 3rd – Colin Davenport & Dave Hill – Shirland Section O: Open Quartet 1st – Leicestershire Co-op 2nd – Shirland Training 3rd – Hathern Basses Section P: Open Percussion 1st – George Baum – Hathern Youth 2nd – Jamie Green – Wigston Enterprise Section Q: Slow Melody – 40 years and over 1st – Steve Barham – Leicestershire Co-op 2nd – Mark Smith – Amington 3rd – Pat Woodings – Newhall Section R: Adult Beginners 1st – Janet Owen – Shirland Training 2nd – Roger Poulter – Shirland Training 3rd – Mark Thirkell – Shirland Training Section S: Mixed Duet 1st – Thomas Barham & Steve Barham – Leicestershire Co-op 2nd – Emily Capstack & Richard Capstack – Leicestershire Co-op 3rd – Georgie Wooding & Liz Barham – Leicestershire Co-op END