CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (Ch section)

Date: 21 Apr 2001
Venue: Brucker Hall, Fort Myer, Washington DC
Adjudicator(s): Stephen Bulla, Bram Gay, Steve Sykes
Test piece: Masters of Space and Time (Bruce Broughton)

Pos Band Conductor Test Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Points Pos Draw Points Pos points
1 Illinois Brass Band Dr Colin Holman 4 275.0 1 277.0 1 275.8
Tristan Encounters (Martin Ellerby)
2 Brass Band of Columbus Dr Paul Droste 2 274.0 2 265.0 3 270.4
Life Divine (Cyril Jenkins)
3 Triangle Brass Band Michael Votta 6 270.0 3 254.0 6 263.6
Connotations (Edward Gregson)
4 Brass Band of Central Florida Michael J Garasi 3 263.0 4 266.0 2 261.2
5 Cuyahoga Valley Brass Band Dr Keith Wilkinson 5 262.0 5 257.0 4 260.0
Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby)
6 All-Star Staff Brass Band Eric Aho 1 245.0 6 255.0 5 249.0
W Atlantic Brass Band Salvatore Scarpa - - - - - - -

Total points calculated as 60% of Set Piece points plus 40% of Own Choice points

Brass band of Central Florida penalised 3 points for exceeding programme time limit

Single draw format with bands playing all items consecutively

Brass Band of Columbus also played Robinson's Grand Entrée March (King)

Triangle Brass Band also played Valdres March (Hanssen/Moller) and their conducting duties were shared with Brian K Doyle

Two bands elected not to include an own choice 'test piece' in their programmes as follows:

Brass band of Central Florida played Red River Valley (Kreines) and Circius (Aagard-Nilsen)

All-Star Staff Brass Band played The Cossack (Rimmer) and Circius (Aagard-Nilsen)