MYBB Slow Melody Success
Adjudicator Fiona Rolfe had some difficult decisions to make in Macclesfield Youth Brass Band’s sixth Slow Melody Contest on Saturday 27th September. The standard was very high, with only one point between contestants in many classes, not to mention a tied first place for Sam Housley and Alex Walton in the under 12 percussion class, and a perfect score for Lewis Frost in the 12 to 19 solo class!
“You have given me a very hard job,” said Fiona ”but it’s encouraging to hear so many promising young players.”
Here are the results:
| Age | Placed | Name | Instrument |
| 7 or 8 | 12 | Ian HayJames Walton | TromboneEuphonium |
| 9 or 10 | 12 | Charlie ColdwellRini Banks | CornetTenor horn |
| 11 or 12 | 12
3 |
Ella BanksAilsa Hay
Lewis Frost |
CornetCornet
Cornet |
| 13 or 14 | 12 | Joe RitchieStephen Hughes | Bass tromboneCornet |
| 15 or 16 | 1 | Angus Currie | Euphonium |
| Under 12 | 12
3 |
Lewis PealJames Walton
Roisin Middlemass |
CornetEuphonium
Tenor horn |
| 12 to 19 | 12
3 |
Lewis FrostJoe Ritchie
Stephen Hughes |
CornetBass trombone
Cornet |
| Duetunder 12 | 1
2 |
Alex WaltonJames Walton
Lewis Peal Roisin Middlemass |
XylophoneEuphonium
Cornet Cornet |
| Duet12 to 19 | 1
2
3 |
George WrightLewis Frost
Stephen Hughes Samuel Wood Ailsa Hay Beth Whiteley |
CornetCornet
Cornet Cornet Cornet Tenor horn |
| Percussion under 12 | 1=1= | Sam HousleyAlex Walton | GlockenspielXylophone |