The culmination of weeks of hard work for the band paid off today, with our 2nd place result at the Annual Yorkshire regional brass band contest in Bradford. This result now takes us forward to the National Finals at Harrogate on Saturday 25th September 2010.

Below is the adjudicators comments, links to the live recording and the band roll of honour.

Live recording of our performance
http://www.policeband.co.uk/content/audio/kingdom_of_dragons

Adjudicators Remarks - C Brian Buckley (handwritten original shown below)

Stylish approach to the music at the start
B- well spaced overall with attention to detail
D - Well balanced chords in muted cornets
F- Descending scale effective to G
G- Atmospheric playing throughout to J
J- Excellent dynamic contrasts
K Well balanced
L- Excellent but basses not always together in rhythm
O - mostly effective sounds easy? Carillon effects effective before Q
Q - rather loaned for the dynamic but there is so much musicality to commend - Cornet -breath under the curve. Euph not at all comfortable. This is rather loose into S
S Balance does not allow horns to emerge often S Dim - well controlled. Loose entry before T.
Lontano is distant not legato in school?, Secure link into V (AL?)
W starts well, but there is a tendency to get faster
Y (AL?)
Z - clarity of fugues rather lost in the tempo variations
AA loud for mf
CC - poor balance.
Much of interest but music just needs the more spacing to really succeed. Final bars quite convincing.

So much to enjoy in this performance - but take care, all the music needs simple spacing and style to remain consistent throughout the performance.

Yorkshire Regional Championships
2nd section
Order of play 2nd, Placing 2nd
Adjudicators Remarks - Steve Pritchard Jones (handwritten original shown below)

Kingdom of Dragons
Very good start -musically convincing. Tempo and style is appropriate
B - The music has space - well done percussion.
E - Some tuning issues in cornets but the music moves along well.
F - Well controlled / rhythmically clear
G - Well done convincing
K - Maybe a little heavy but appropriate style.
L- lacked cresc and dim
O- not always balanced - percussion do well
Q Too loud but music flows well - appropriate style, cornet cadenza not phrased correctly. Euph solo is not persuasive but you have a pleasing tone. This section is??? in terms of togetherness.
S - good sounds evident
T - too legato but percussion do well
W - Started well but the tempo is not steady causing clarity to be lost. Give the semi's space/ pulse.
Y lacks detail
AA - too heavy needs more rhythm
CC - This is convincing. Final chord is a bit raucous at the end but well balanced.

Overall a good performance from a good sounding band. At times you lacked clarity but you captured the mood of the music. At times you rushed the semiquavers and this affected the overall tempo and style.

End of adjudicator’s remarks

Roll of honour

Musical Director Leigh Baker
Solo Cornet Sam Fisher
Solo Cornet Andrea Payne
Solo Cornet April Farthing
Solo Cornet Lindsay Newbould
Soprano Wendy Hart
Repiano Laura Payne
2nd Cornet Dave Alderslade
2nd Cornet Zoe Hurst
3rd Cornet Simon Davies
Flugel Horn Craig Whitehead

Solo Horn Mark Taylor
1st Horn Emma Hudson
2nd Horn Gemma Leach
1st Baritone Louise Wrigglesworth
2nd Baritone Ian Atkinson
Solo Euph Vykki Whelan
2nd Euph Matthew Freeman
Solo Trombone Jeff Evason
2nd Trombone Harry Read
Bass Trombone Mick Hunter
Eb Bass Andy Fox
Eb Bass Martin Farthing
Bb Bass Matthew Cotterhill
Bb Bass Mick Eustis
Percussion Andrew Grantham
Percussion Michael Farthing
Percussion Danny Alderslade