User:WilliamF1two/Band of the Year/1999

Rochdale Contest
Date: Sunday 31st January 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Rochdale Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Peter Roberts

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Stalybridge Old, Ashton-under-Lyne and Blackburn and Darwen were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests later in the year

Durham League Contest
Date: Sunday 7th February 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Peterlee Format: Set test (An Epic Symphony – Percy Fletcher) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

NWABBA Contest
Date: Sunday 7th February 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 King George's Hall, Blackburn Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Ashton-under-Lyne, Pemberton Old Wigan and Blackburn and Darwen were awarded points despite being from lower sections, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest
Date: Sunday 21st February 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cowley Conservative Club, Oxford Format: Own choice (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Dennis Masters

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Scottish Championship
Date: Sunday 28th February 1999 Class: B Location: Civic Centre, Motherwell Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: David Read

Yorkshire Area
Date: Sunday 28th February 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George's Hall, Bradford Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: Bram Gay

Midlands Area
Date: Sunday 7th March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Cornwall Brass Band Association Contest
Date: Saturday 13th March 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hall for Cornwall, Truro Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

London and Southern Counties Area
Date: Sunday 14th March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: David Read

North West Area
Date: Sunday 14th March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

North of England Area
Date: Sunday 21st March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dolphin Centre, Darlington Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: John Berryman

Welsh Area
Date: Sunday 21st March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

West of England Area
Date: Sunday 27th March 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colston Hall, Bristol Format: Set test (Blitz – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicator: David Read

Tameside Open Championships
Date: Saturday 28th March 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Nicholas Childs

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Ashton-under-Lyne, Pemberton Old Wigan, Blackburn and Darwen and Stalybridge Old were awarded points despite being from lower sections, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

Carnegie Invitation Contest
Date: Saturday 17th April 1999 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

SCABA Spring Contest
Date: Sunday 18th April 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Format: Own choice Adjudicator: David Hirst

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Brass Band Willebroek were awarded points despite being from Belgium, as they also entered the SCABA Autumn Contest later in the year Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Yorkshire & Humberside BBA Contest
Date: Sunday 18th April 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Spa, Scarborough Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

European Championships
Date: Saturday 24th April 1999 Class: A Location: 🇩🇪 Gasteig, Munich Format: Set test (Odyssey – Kevin Norbury) and own choice Adjudicators: Jappie Dijkstra, Pascal Favre and Bob Ross (set test), Karl Ole Midtbø, Kevin Norbury and Goff Richards (own choice)

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points

Buxton Festival
Date: Sunday 2nd May 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Gordon Higginbottom

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points

Grand Shield
Date: Saturday 8th May 1999 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victoria Hall, Bolton Format: Set test (Comedy Overture – John Ireland) Adjudicators: Gordon Higginbottom and Roy Newsome

SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest
Date: Saturday 15th May 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: Alan Hope

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Tongwynlais Temperance were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the West Wales BBA Festival Contest later in the year

Weston-super-Mare Contest
Date: Sunday 16th May 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: David Read

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

All England Masters
Date: Sunday 30th May 1999 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Corn Exchange, Cambridge Format: Set test (Tristan Encounters – Martin Ellerby) Adjudicators: David Read, William Relton and James Scott

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Date: Saturday 19th June 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molinnis Park, Bugle Format: Set test (Festival Music – Eric Ball) (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Land o' Burns
Date: Saturday 28th August 1999 Class: D Location: Walker Halls, Troon Format: Own choice Adjudicators: Alan Fernie and Dennis Masters

British Open
Date: Saturday 11th September 1999 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (...Dove Descending – Philip Wilby) Adjudicators: Michael Ball, David Read and Ken Smith Jr

Fife Charities Band Association Contest
Date: Saturday 18th September 1999 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: March, hymn and choice Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

West Wales BBA Festival Contest
Date: Saturday 25th September 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Memorial Hall, Burry Port Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Tongwynlais Temperance were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest earlier in the year

NWABBA Preston District Contest
Date: Sunday 3rd October 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marine Hall, Fleetwood Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Gordon Higginbottom

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Pemberton Old Wigan were awarded points despite being from the Second section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

SCABA Autumn Contest
Date: Sunday 10th October 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Brass Band Willebroek were awarded points despite being from Belgium, as they also entered the SCABA Spring Contest earlier in the year

National Championship of Great Britain
Date: Saturday 16th October 1999 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Albert Hall, London Format: Set test (Concerto for Band No 1 – Derek Bourgeois) Adjudicators: David Read, William Relton and Goff Richards

Pontins Championship
Date: Sunday 24th October 1999 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontins, Prestatyn Format: Set test (Cloudcatcher Fells – John McCabe) Adjudicators: John Berryman and Garry Cutt

National Mineworkers
Date: Saturday 30th October 1999 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Variations on the Shining River – Edmund Rubbra arr. Frank Wright) Adjudicator: Geoffrey Brand

SWBBA Contest
Date: Saturday 30th October 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (The Essence of Time – Peter Graham) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Whitehaven Contest
Date: Sunday 31st October 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Hall, Whitehaven Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Alan Hope

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

London & Home Counties BBA Harrow Contest
Date: Sunday 7th November 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts Centre, Harrow Format: Own choice Adjudicator: David Hirst

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Brass in Concert
Date: Sunday 21st November 1999 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Spennymoor Format: Entertainments Adjudicators: David Read and James Scott

Wilkinson Northern Open
Date: Sunday 21st November 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Theatre Royal, St Helens Format: Set test (Trittico – James Curnow) Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

GBBA Own Choice Contest
Date: Sunday 28th November 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Five Acres Theatre, Coleford Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Nigel Seaman

Manchester District Contest
Date: Sunday 28th November 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 High School, Wardle Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Gareth Thomas

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Stalybridge Old were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

Wessex BBA Contest
Date: Saturday 4th December 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts Centre, Poole Format: Set test (Connotations – Edward Gregson) Adjudicator: Frank Renton

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Aylesbury (Bucks & District BBA) Contest
Date: Sunday 5th December 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Centre Theatre, Aylesbury Format: Own choice Adjudicators: John Berryman and Dennis Masters

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Hartlepool Brass Band Contest
Date: Sunday 5th December 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Borough Hall, Hartlepool Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

West Midlands BBA Contest
Date: Sunday 5th December 1999 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Richard Evans