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Stamford Contest

Sat 10 Sep 1892



Format: Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators: John Ainsworth
Venue: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Position Band Conductor Music Draw
1 Kingston Mills John Gladney La Damnation de Faust [arr. Gladney]
2
2 Kettering Town John Gladney Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874
1
3 Gainsborough Britannia Edwin Swift L'Etoile du Nord [arr. Swift]
4
Rushden Temperance George F. Birkinshaw Mozart [arr. Round] 1892
3
Peterborough Borough T. Wilsoncroft Il Giuramento [arr. Round] 1892
5
W Batley Old
W Burton Latimer
W Kettering Rifles

Prizes: £15 + cornet and medal, £7 and 8 guinea soprano, £5 and 7 guinea trombone

March contest:
1: (£1) Kingston Mills
2: Gainsborough

Organised by Stamford Town Band.

Northampton Herald 16th September, 1892

Gainsborough conductor Edwin Swift is also listed as having adjudicated at Hawick in the Scottish Borders on this day, also attested by newspaper report. Both cannot be right!
http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/hawick-contest/1892-09-10/





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