User:WilliamF1two/Band of the Year/2007

Butlins Mineworkers
Date: Saturday 20th January 2007 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Butlins, Skegness Format: Set test (Northern Lights – Philip Wilby) and entertainments Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice, Nicholas Childs and James Scott

Brass at the Guild Contest
Date: Sunday 4th February 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guild Hall, Preston Format: Own choice Adjudicator: James Scott

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Derwent Brass were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Buxton Festival later in the year

Yorkshire Area
Date: Sunday 4th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George's Hall, Bradford Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Geoffrey Whitham

Midlands Area
Date: Sunday 11th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Burton upon Trent Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicators: C. Brian Buckley and David Read

North West Area
Date: Sunday 11th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: James Scott

Scottish Championship
Date: Sunday 11th March 2007 Class: B Location: Caird Hall, Dundee Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicators: Stephen Roberts and Chris Wormald

West of England Area
Date: Sunday 11th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicators: David Hirst and Barry Thompson

London and Southern Counties Area
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: Nicholas Childs

North of England Area
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dolphin Centre, Darlington Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

Welsh Area
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Tameside Open Championships
Date: Sunday 25th March 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Kevin Wadsworth

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Timperley Band were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Wilkinson Northern Open later in the year

Fife Brass Band Festival
Date: Saturday 21st April 2007 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Paul Dalton

SCABA Spring Contest
Date: Sunday 22nd April 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Hove Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Sparkes

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

European Championships
Date: Saturday 5th May 2007 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (Elgar Variations – Martin Ellerby) and own choice Adjudicators: Jan de Haan, Thomas Doss and Philip Sparke (set test), James Gourlay, Alan Morrison and Oliver Waespi (own choice)

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Brass Band Willebroek and Brass Band Oberösterreich were awarded points despite being from other countries, as they also entered other contests later in the year

Buxton Festival
Date: Sunday 6th May 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Derwent Brass and United Co-op (Crewe) were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest
Date: Saturday 12th May 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Chris Wormald

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Newbridge (Celynen) and Tylorstown Arriva Trains Wales were awarded points despite being from the national Second section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests later in the year

Grand Shield
Date: Saturday 19th May 2007 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (The Night to Sing – Bramwell Tovey) Adjudicators: Alan Morrison and Frank Renton

Senior Cup
Date: Saturday 19th May 2007 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Dances and Alleluias – Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: Steven Mead and David Read

Senior Trophy
Date: Saturday 19th May 2007 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Ballet for Band – Joseph Horovitz) Adjudicators: Ian Brownbill and James Scott

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

International Masters
Date: Sunday 27th May 2007 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Corn Exchange, Cambridge Format: Set test (In Memoriam R.K. – Elgar Howarth) Adjudicators: John Miller, Alan Morrison and David Read

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 European Championships earlier in the year

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Date: Saturday 16th June 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molinnis Park, Bugle Format: Set test (Le Carnaval Romain – Hector Berlioz arr. Frank Wright) Adjudicator: Dennis Wilby

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points St. Dennis were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the SWBBA Contest later in the year

English Nationals
Date: Saturday 30th June 2007 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guild Hall, Preston Format: Set test (On Alderley Edge – Peter Graham) Adjudicators: John Berryman, Alan Fernie and William Relton

British Open
Date: Saturday 15th September 2007 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (Visions of Gerontius – Kenneth Downie) Adjudicators: Steven Mead, William Relton and Geoffrey Whitham

West Wales BBA Festival Contest
Date: Saturday 6th October 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Memorial Hall, Burry Port Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Jim Davies

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Newbridge (Celynen) and Tylorstown Arriva Trains Wales were awarded points despite being from the national Second section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

Fleetwood Contest
Date: Sunday 7th October 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marine Hall, Fleetwood Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Duncan Beckley

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Fife Charities Band Association Contest
Date: Sunday 14th October 2007 Class: E Location: Town Hall, Falkirk Format: March, hymn and own choice Adjudicator: Kevin Wadsworth

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

GBBA Own Choice Contest
Date: Sunday 14th October 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Forest of Dean College, Coleford Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Simone Rebello

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

SCABA Autumn Contest
Date: Sunday 14th October 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Format: Own choice Adjudicator: David Hirst

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Kortrijk Brass Band were awarded points despite being from Belgium, as they also entered the European Championships earlier in the year

National Championship of Great Britain
Date: Saturday 20th October 2007 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Albert Hall, London Format: Set test (Music for Battle Creek – Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: Derek Broadbent, David King and David Read

SWBBA Contest
Date: Saturday 3rd November 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: William Relton

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points St. Dennis were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the West of England Bandsmen's Festival earlier in the year

Pontins Championship
Date: Sunday 4th November 2007 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontins, Prestatyn Format: Set test (Partita – Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: Geoffrey Whitham and Rob Wiffin

Durham League Contest
Date: Sunday 4th November 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Peterlee Format: Set test (Connotations – Edward Gregson) (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Alan Fernie

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Brass in Concert
Date: Sunday 18th November 2007 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Sage, Gateshead Format: Entertainments Adjudicators: Stephen Roberts and Geoffrey Whitham (music), Michael J. Garasi and Peter Roberts (entertainment) and James Gourlay (soloist)

Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest
Date: Sunday 18th November 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guthlaxton College, Wigston Magna Format: Own choice Adjudicator: David Horsfield

SEWBBA (Treorchy) Contest
Date: Sunday 18th November 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Parc and Dare Hall, Treorchy Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Chris Davis

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Tylorstown Arriva Trains Wales were awarded points despite being from the national Second section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

Wilkinson Northern Open
Date: Sunday 18th November 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Theatre Royal, St Helens Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: James Scott

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Timperley Band and United Co-op (Crewe) were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

Scottish Open
Date: Saturday 24th November 2007 Class: C Location: Perth Concert Hall, Perth Format: Set test (Macbeth – Peter Meechan) Adjudicators: Peter Meechan and Roger Webster

Wessex BBA Contest
Date: Saturday 1st December 2007 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion, Weymouth Format: Set test (Cloudcatcher Fells – John McCabe) Adjudicator: Steven Mead

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points