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1981

Rothmans' Brass in Concert

Date:	15 Nov 1981
Venue:	Beehive Centre, Darlington
Music Adjudicator(s):	Lt Col George Evans, Walter Hargreaves
Entertainment Adjudicator(s):	Les Archer, Brian Broadbent, Maurice Hennis
Soloist Adjudicator(s):	Gordon Higginbottom

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw	Music	Ent	Total
3	Desford Colliery	Howard Snell	1	188	56.0	244.0
11	CWS (Manchester)	Capt Frank Renton	2	181	48.0	229.0
7	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Kevin Bolton	3	182	52.5	234.5
6	City of Coventry	Major Peter Parkes	4	183	52.0	235.0
2	Yorkshire Imperial Metals	John Pryce-Jones	5	193	55.0	248.0
12	Templemore	Jack Burch	6	176	47.0	223.0
10	Whitburn Burgh	Major Peter Parkes	7	181	50.5	231.5
5	Cory	Denzil Stephens	8	186	52.5	238.5
4	Hammonds Sauce Works	Geoffrey Whitham	9	185	56.0	241.0
9	Besses o' th' Barn	Alec Evans	10	183	50.0	233.0
7	Berec (Ever Ready)	Major H Arthur Kenney	11	182	52.5	234.5
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	Ray Farr	12	195	56.5	251.5

Best entertainment and presentation: Grimethorpe Colliery

Best performance of set piece: Yorkshire Imperial Metals

Best soloist: Billy Millar (euphonium, Hammonds Sauce Works) playing Rule Britannia

Each band included a set test piece in their programme - North-East Fantasy (Gavin Smith)