Championship Section: English Heritage (George Lloyd) published by R. Smith & Co. 1st Section: Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst) – published by R. Smith & Co. 2nd Section: Kingdom of Dragons (Philip Harper) published by Harper Music 3rd Section: Labour and Love (Percy Fletcher) published by R. Smith & Co. 4th Section: Saint-Sa?ns Variations (Philip Sparke) published by Anglo Music Press.
Category: Contests
SCABA Spring Contest 2009
The band worked hard and played well during this years Southern Counties Amateur Band Association Contest in Brighton and attained a well earned 2nd place. Keith Pritchard, our Principal Cornet player also won the Best Instrumentalist prize. Well done Keith. The full results can be found here
SCABA Autumn Contest 2008
The Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band took part in the Southern Counties Amateur Band Associations Autumn Contest at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone again this year and were placed THIRD in section. Well done band – Great Effort! Full results listing can be found on the SCABA website
Guest Conductor Take Snowdown Band for Folkestone SCABA Contest
The band would like to say a big THANK YOU to Helen Tesh for taking and conducting the band for the Folkestone SCABA Contest.
Brighton and Hove Contest
A valiant effort by the band in this contest. Well done. The last position does not adequately reflect the hard work put in though! Better luck next time.
Folkestone Contest, October 2003
The band competed in the Southern Counties Amateur Bands Associations” Folkestone Contest this weekend. The band improved from last years position, and attained a 10th place.
Brighton and Hove Contest
Snowdown band competed in the contest at Hove Town Hall, Brighton and Hove today.Music played: March: Castell Coch Test: Royal Parks The band played well, but managed only last place.Hard Luck again band!
Folkestone Contest
Snowdown band competed in the contest at the Leas Cliffe Hall, Folkestone today.Music played: Hymn: Nearer my God… Test: Resurgum The band played to the best of their ability and obtained an equal 6th place with Thundersley Brass for the hymn but unfortunately only managed 14th for the test piece. Hard luck band, better luck next time!
5th at Brighton
The band competed in the 2002 Brighton and Hovecontest this weekend and played: The Cossack (March) and The Moorside Suite. Contest results can be found at the SCABA Website pages. The band managed an impressive 4th for the March and a 5th for the test piece. An improvement on the Folkestone contest results in October 2001. Well done to the band!
Folkestone Contest
The band played in the contest at Folkestone on the 13th. We were drawn 7th and played at 12:00. The band played well and attained a 8th place in the 3rd Section competition. The other competitors were, in order of play: 1st KM Gillingham Band 2nd Charles Church Camberly 3rd Fulham Brass 4th Sandhurst Silver 5th Cobham 6th Halesmere Town 7th Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band 8th Mid Sussex Brass 9th Shanklin Town 10th Amersham 11th Yiewsley and West Drayton The adjudicator was Mr. S.Sykes. Official contest results should be available on the SCABA web site.