Brass Bands.Byline: Tony Pogson , If at first you don't succeed ... Last year Hepworth (Persimmon Homes) Band scored 193 points at the inaugural Scottish Open Brass Band Championships and were second place, one point behind Scottish Co-op. On Sunday, Hepworth, conducted by Mark Bentham, scored 193 points again on their return to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a music auditorium in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Constructed in the late 80s, the building was officially opened in October 1990, after what had been a controversial construction programme, beset with technical and financial problems. and were worthy winners - one point in front of Scottish Co-op, under Frank Renton. To make the success even sweeter, Hepworth euphonium euphonium or tenor tuba Large valved brass instrument, the leading lower-pitched instrument in military bands. It developed from the valved bugle and cornet in Germany c. 1840. It has four valves and a wide conical bore resembling the tuba's. Brendon Wheeler took the prize for best instrumentalist. David Read, Roy Newsome and Chris Wormald were the adjudicators and the test piece was Dances And Arias by Edward Gregson. Under the Open format, eight Scottish bands take on eight invited bands from England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . Hepworth, with a friendly draw in ninth slot, put on a bold and exciting performance which should leave them in confident mood for the Kirkwood Hospice concert at Huddersfield Town Hall and the week after at Stroud music festival. As band manager Stephen Hopwood says: "It was a lively trip back and a fantastic way to round the year off." |
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