| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | Hallelujah Chorus [unknown arranger] |
| Adjudicators: | Samuel Naylor , Mr. Wrigley |
| Venue: | Swan Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire |
| Position | Band | Conductor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rothwell Chapel
|
Unknown |
| 2 |
Thrapstone Church
|
Unknown |
| 3 |
Thrapstone Chapel
|
Unknown |
| 4 |
Kettering Temperance
|
Unknown |
Prizes: £12, £8, £6, £4
Organised as part of Kettering Feast. Event was marred by bad weather such that takings were less than the advertised prize money. At the end of th contest the promoter was not to be found but the bands besieged his house until he handed over what money had been taken.
Reported in Northampton Herald 12 July 1862:
Rothwell Meeting, 1st prize
Rothwell, 3rd prize
Thrapston, 2nd prize
Kettering Temperance, 4th Prize