Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Third Section)

Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 2)

Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 3)

Past Results

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Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
16th Nov 1963	Ellesborough Silver	Arthur Copcutt	Neapolitan Suite
17th Nov 1962	Heath Excelsior	Matt Robertson	Three Characteristic Pieces
25th Nov 1961	Paulton Silver	Stan Brown	Salzburg Suite
26th Nov 1960	Epping & District Silver	Benjamin Hiscott	Devon Fantasy
21st Nov 1959	Hendon Central	Donald Morrison	English Folk Song Suite
22nd Nov 1958	Cholsey Silver	Jack Clark	Petite Suite de Ballet
23rd Nov 1957	Sandhurst Silver	Gerallt Hughes	A Garland of Classics

Contest Group Notes

First contest in this series 1930. Prior to WW2, known as the "Reading Band Festival", and after the war as the "Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild Annual Festival". In 1964, this reverted back to "Reading Band Festival", which is the style that it retained until the contest closed after the 2001 event, the 65th festival.

Other contests have taken place with similar titles over the years. One that is easily confused is the Reading and District Band League contest, which began in 1926. This was held in the first half of the year, whereas the Reading Band Festival was always held in October or November. Earlier contests belong to the series of Reading contests that were run prior to WW1.