CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (1st section)

Date: 13 Apr 2013
Venue: The Cincinnati Masonic Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Adjudicator(s): Johan de Meij, LTC Thomas Palmatier, Ray Tizzard
Test piece: Four Dances from Checkmate (Sir Arthur Bliss arr Eric Ball)

Pos Band Conductor Test Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Pos Draw Pos points
1 Five Lakes Silver Band Neil Barlow 1 1 282.4
Harmony Music (Philip Sparke)
2 Central Ohio Brass Band Jessica Sneeringer 2 2 267.4
The Year of the Dragon (Philip Sparke)
3 Oakland University Brass Band Dr Kenneth Kroesche 3 4 257.4
Lyonesse (Simon Dobson)
4 New England Brass Band Stephen Bulla 4 3 257.2
Rhapsody on a Theme by Purcell (Kevin Norbury)
5 Motor City Brass Band Craig Strain 5 6 242.0
Fanfares and Love Songs (Gavin Higgins)
6 Illinois Brass Band Stephen Squires 6 7 240.0
The Essence of Time (Peter Graham)
7 Madison Brass Band Craig Mason 7 8 237.2
Variations on Laudate Dominum (Edward Gregson)
8 Natural State Brass Band Russell Morris 8 5 236.2
The Bandsmen's Challenge (Bertrand Moren)

The overall score is weighted as 60% of Test Piece score plus 40% of Own Choice score

1st tiebreaker - band with the highest Test Piece score wins
2nd tiebreaker - band rated highest on the Test Piece by 2 of the 3 adjudicators wins

Historical results summary