Brisbane XLCR become Queensland State Champions!
Brisbane Excelsior Band reinforced its domestic dominance at the recent Queensland State Band Championships sponsored by Yamaha Musical Instruments, held at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre.
Their victory in the A Grade event was described as coming from ‘a world class band’ according to adjudicator Maureen Cameron — an opinion rather reinforced by the margin of victory — a whopping 17 points over rivals South Brisbane Federal, with Brisbane Brass a further three points behind in third.
Brisbane combined a quartet of superbly crafted performances under MD Howard Taylor of the set-work, ‘The Raid’ by Oliver Waespi and their own-choice work, ‘Partita’ by Philip Sparke, alongside their march and sacred item pieces to add the Baxter Shield honours to go with the New Zealand National title they won earlier in the year. It was the first time the band had won the event since 2011.
The organization’s sibling band Windsor Brass also competed with huge gusto. Despite not achieving the win they were hoping for, their performances of Labour & Love, Shine as the Light and their hymn & march, they still put up quite the fight.
Results:
A Grade:
Adjudicator: Maureen Cameron
Test Piece/Own Choice/Sacred Item/Stage March = Total1. Brisbane Excelsior (Howard Taylor): 196/195/95/92 = 578
2. South Brisbane Federal (Owen Clarke): 189/193/89/90 = 561
3. Brisbane Brass (Joshua McKechie): 190/190/90/88 = 558B Grade:
Adjudicator: Maureen Cameron
Test Piece/Own Choice/Sacred Item/Stage March = Total1. Brisbane Brass No 2 (Greg Aitken): 541
2. Surfers Paradise Brass (Scott King): 536
3. Windsor Brass (Stuart Lang): 527C Grade:
Adjudicator: Maureen Cameron
Test Piece/Own Choice/Sacred Item/Stage March = Total1. Sunshine Brass (Nelson Oakley): 534
2. Capricornia Silver Band (Rod Haynes): 530
3. Yellow Cabs Bayside Brass (Jennifer Owens): 522D Grade:
Adjudicator: Maureen Cameron
Test Piece/Own Choice/Sacred Item/Stage March = Total1. Sunnybank Brass No 2 (Matthew White): 539
Courtesy of 4BarsRest.com
