CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (Ch section)

Date: 17 Apr 2004
Venue: Clay Center Maier Hall, Charleston, West Virginia
Adjudicator(s): Brian Burditt, James Anderson, Steve Sykes
Test piece: Chivalry (Martin Ellerby)

Pos Band Conductor Test Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Points Pos Draw Points Pos points
1 Chicago Brass Band Dr Colin Holman 4 270.0 2 272.0 1 270.8
Leonardo (Philip Wilby)
2 Brass Band of Central Florida Michael J Garasi 6 271.0 1 269.0 2 270.2
Harmony Music (Philip Sparke)
3 St Louis Brass Band Dr Colin Holman 2 266.0 3 261.0 3 264.0
Benvenuto Cellini (Hector Berlioz arr Frank Wright)
4 Brass Band of the Western Reserve Dr Keith Wilkinson 1 264.0 4 261.0 3 262.8
Dances and Arias (Edward Gregson)
5 Brass Band of Columbus Dr Paul Droste 5 262.0 5 258.0 6 260.4
6 Illinois Brass Band Peter Lipari 7 258.0 6 259.0 5 258.4
Blitz (Derek Bourgeois)
disq Atlantic Brass Band Salvatore Scarpa 3 - - - - - -

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

Single draw format with bands playing all items consecutively

Brass Band of Columbus chose not to play an own choice 'test piece' and instead played Strathcarron from 'Hymn of the Highlands' (Sparke) and Toccata 'Oh, The Blessed Lord' (Heaton)