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Belle Vue Brass Band Contest

Mon 08 Sep 1873



Format: Test Piece Contest
Test Piece: Dinorah [arr. Godfrey] 1873
Adjudicators: Charles (jr) Godfrey , John Oakden (Snr) , William Winterbottom
Venue: Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position Band Conductor Draw
1 Meltham Mills John Gladney 10
2 Robin Hood Rifles H. Leverton 1
3 Black Dyke Mills Samuel Longbottom 26
4 Linthwaite Edwin Swift 19
5 Bury Borough John Briggs 7
Stalybridge Old A. O. Pine 2
Besses o' th' Barn William Arkell 3
Leeds Model Unknown 4
Saltaire Unknown 5
Nelson Ormerod Houldsworth 6
Newchurch Ormerod Houldsworth 8
Altrincham Borough Unknown 9
Wyke Unknown 11
Compstall Mills Alfred Gilmer 12
Denton Old Unknown 13
Holme Brass Unknown 14
Tottington Unknown 15
Shrewsbury Amateur Promenade Unknown 16
Golcar Unknown 17
Stalybridge Borough Unknown 18
Briercliffe Unknown 20
Kingston Mills John Gladney 21
Derwent Unknown 22
Trawden Unknown 23
Elland Edge Alfred Monks 24
New Mills Unknown 25

Prizes: 1st: £30 2nd: £20 3rd: £12 4th: £7 5th: £5
Musical instrument prizes offered for best soloists:
Cornet: Robin Hood Band
Soprano, - Black Dyke
Phineas Bower euphonium of Black Dyke played his cadenza and then took
valve trombone off solo trombone player and played that cadenza too. Winning both medals.





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