23rd West of England Bandsmen’s Festival

19/07/1947

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Adjudicator: Frank Wright

Class: Class A / Championship Section

Test Piece: Symphonic Poem Les Preludes (Liszt)

Test Piece: Chorus Hymn to Music (Dudley Buck)

  Test Piece Chorus
Band Conductor Test Piece (if choice) Place Marks Place Marks
Camborne Town A. W. Parker 1st 190pts 1st 184pts
Falmouth Town A. G. Richards 3rd 175pts 2nd 180pts
St. Austell Town C. H. Baker 2nd 181pts 3rd 178pts

Special Awards

Award Name Band
Best Player T. Rule (Soprano) Camborne Town
Next in order of merit M. Bunt (Cornet) St. Dennis

Adjudicator: Frank Wright

Class: Class B / First Section

Test Piece: Selection Recollections of Mendelssohn (arranged J. A. Greenwood)

Test Piece: Grand March Triumphant Whitehall (Frank Wright)

  Test Piece March
Band Conductor Test Piece (if choice) Place Marks Place Marks
Bodmin Town W. T. Lobb 7th 154pts --- ---
Indian Queens Silver F. L. Knight 3rd 163pts 3rd 154pts
Redruth Town A. S. Grant 1st 172pts --- ---
Stenalees Silver C. H. Baker 5th 157pts 2nd 157pts
St. Newlyn Silver G. W. Cave 2nd 168pts 1st 163pts
St. Stythians Silver T. Hubbard 6th 156pts --- ---
Topsham Local C. J. Bedwell 8th 151pts --- ---
Truro W. E. Cuttance 4th 161pts 4th 150pts

Special Awards

Award Name Band
Best Player H. Knight (Trombone) Indian Queens

Adjudicator: E. Vercoe

Class: Deportment

Band Conductor Test Piece (if choice) Place Marks
Indian Queens 1st ---
Falmouth 2nd ---