The Band travelled to Rhyl to compete in the 2nd Section of the 'Rhyl Festival for Brass 2004'. Drawn number one the band chose an interesting and varied programme. The Band opened with 'Malaguena'. The piece recieved a good reception with adjudicator, Chris Wormald who stated "A good strident opening" and "overall a good opener and a well rehearsed carillion to close". The band's solo Eb Bass player Peter Lockett followed with an excellent rendition of 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' Pete's perform gained a warm reception from the audience with adjudicators comments including "Good Expression in Soloist- fine sound and control, virtually perfect throughout just the odd note mispitched or not quite reached. Good cadenza and a good close. Well done". The band followed with a salvation army arrangement of the hymn tune 'Colne' and Steven Roberts' big band style arrangement of 'Hello Dolly'. To close the band performed an original compostion for band by Goff Richards, written for the National Youth Band of Switzerland, Rock music III completed the program. The piece had some great moments "Again very stylish here and a very impressive dynamic range in evidence too"
Flixton were awarded '3rd place' and the 'Best Percussion Section'. The Band took home of the 'Friends of the Pavillion Trophy' and the 'White Rose Centre Shield' for it's efforts. Following the event the band welcomes Danny Hayes as a full member of the band. Dan played as part of the winning percussion team, alongside Andrew Lockett and Jenny Patel, and is now signing permanently for the band. We would like to thank Dan for his hard work yesterday and hope he enjoys his future banding with Flixton Band
The contest was a pleasing day for Flixton Band and our conductor Kevin Gibbs. We would like to thank Roger Thorne of Wem Jubilee Band (Shropshire) for the fantastic job of compering at the event. We would also like to congratulate Wire Brass who took, not only the 1st prize in the 2nd section, but the runner up spot in the Open Section. Finally, best wishes to Llanrug band who took both the 2nd Prize in our section and the soloist trophy.
