Saturday 24th November

The Verwood Concert Brass organisation had a wonderful day at the Wessex Brass Band Association 62nd Winter Contest.

There was plenty of silverware up for grabs and quite a few came VCBs way.

Verwood Concert Brass conducted by Kevin Smith (played ‘Dances & Arias’ by Edward Gregson) won:

* Overall Wessex Champion
* Championship Section
* Best march (they played ‘The Bomardier’ – T J Powell)
* Best instrumentalist – Ian Harris / Euphonium (although it was stated that this was a very close decision with Archie Musselwhite / Flugelhorn from Verwood Town Band giving him a run for his money!)
* Best cornet – Elaine Close
* Best trombone section – Emma Button, Bill Ferrier and Mike White.

Verwood Town Band conducted by Emma Button (played ‘Lake of the Moon’ by Houben) won:

* Best 4th section band

But . . . they came 3rd overall which is a fantastic result considering the band were graded the lowest on the day being a fourth section band and in coming 3rd they were placed higher than two 3rd section bands, two 2nd section bands and a 1st section band.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

Also many congratulations to all of the other bands taking part and the other prize winners. Plus a big thank you to the Wessex Brass Band Association for running the event.

The full results are:

Placings:
1st – Verwood Concert Brass
2nd – Bournemouth Concert Brass
3rd – Verwood Town Band
4th – Downton
5th – Sherborne Town
6th – Ocean Brass
7th – Denmead
8th – New Forest Brass

Overall Wessex Champion band
Verwood Concert Brass

Championship Section – Verwood Concert Brass
First Section – Bournemouth Concert Brass
Second Section – Downton
Third Section – Ocean Brass
Fourth Section – Verwood Town Band

Best March
A section: Verwood Concert Brass
B section: Ocean Brass

Best instrumentalist: Ian Harris – Verwood Concert Brass

Best euphonium: John Starks – Bournemouth Concert Brass

Best cornet: Elaine Close – Verwood Concert Brass

Best percussion section: Bournemouth Concert Brass

Best bass section: Bournemouth Concert Brass

Best trombone section: Verwood Concert Brass

Conductor with best musical interpretation
Paul Williams – Downton