CONTEST RESULTS

US Open

Date: 7 Nov 2009
Venue: Norris Cultural Arts Center, St Charles, Illinois
Adjudicator(s): John Phillips, William Himes, Dr John Bell

Pos Band Conductor Draw Music Ent Total
1 Fountain City Brass Band Joseph Parisi 8 297 71.0 368.0 Flag
2 Brass Band of Central Florida Michael J Garasi 7 294 67.0 361.0 Flag
3 Weston Silver Band Larry Shields 6 287 58.0 345.0 Flag
4 Ohio Brass Band Tony Zilincik 1 273 67.0 340.0 Flag
5 Eastern Iowa Brass Band Casey Thomas 3 278 59.0 337.0 Flag
6 Motor City Brass Band Craig Strain 9 266 58.0 324.0 Flag
7 Prairie Brass Band Dallas Niermeyer 4 260 57.0 317.0 Flag
8 Madison Brass Band Craig Mason 2 262 50.0 309.5 Flag
9 Milwaukee Festival Brass Dr Patricia Backhaus 5 237 48.0 285.0 Flag

Madison Brass Band penalised 2.5 points

Most entertaining band: Fountain City Brass Band
Best cornet of the day: Kim Dekay (Ohio Brass Band)
Best featured brass soloist: Theo Musick (xylophone, Fountain City Brass Band)
Best performance of a march: Brass Band of Central Florida (playing The Padstow Lifeboat)
Best new composition or arrangement: Foggy Day (arr Lee Harrelson) (played by Fountain City Brass Band)
Most outstanding percussion section: Brass Band of Central Florida