1953 Full Results

1953 West of England Bandsmen's Festival - 20th June 1953

Adjudicator: G W Hespe

Class A Section

Test Piece: Overture for an Epic Occasion (Denis Wright) & Grand March Pomp and Circumstance No. I (Elgar)

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
     
  2. Camborne Town
    Fred J Roberts
    1st / 2nd
    85pts / 44pts
  3. Newquay Town
    William E Moyle
    2nd / 4th
    83pts / 37pts
  4. St Dennis Silver
    W D Lawton
    3rd / 3rd
    78pts / 40pts
  5. Falmouth Town
    William Skelton
    4th
    75pts
  6. St Just Silver
    Arthur G Richards
    5th / 1st
    73pts / 45pts
  7. Redruth Silver
    Alwyn Teasdale
    6th
    73pts
  8. St Stythians Silver
    Edgar Floyd
    7th
    72pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    G Trevarton
    Euphonium
    Newquay Town
  3. Next in order of merit
    S Oliver
    Euphonium
    Camborne Town

Class B Section

Test Piece: Fantasia Scottish Melodies (J. A. Greenwood) & March Standard of St: George (Kenneth J. Alford) and Largo (Handel)

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
     
  2. Indian Queens
    Ford L Knight
    1st / 1st
    46pts / 45pts
  3. Bodmin Town
    W D Lawton
    2nd / 2nd
    42pts / 40pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    D Bazley
    Trombone
    Indian Queens
  3. Next in order of merit
    W J Sleep
    Cornet
    Bodmin Town

Class C Section

Test Piece: March King of the Clouds (G. W. Hespe)

Deportment

Adjudicator: Captain E Vercoe

  1. Band
    Placing
    Mark
     
  2. Redruth Silver
    1st
  3. Indian Queens
    2nd

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