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Scarborough Contest

Mon 10 Aug 1857



Format: Other
Test Piece: Beauties of Scarbro'
Adjudicators: T. Harper , C. Harper , A. Nicholson , Henry Nicholson , Mr. Orton
Venue: Castle Yard, Scarborough

Position Band Conductor
1 Smith's Operatic Richard Smith
2 Leeds Joppa Operatic Richard Smith
3 Dewsbury Temperance John Peel
Darlington H. Hoggett
Ossett Richard Smith
Whitby W. Mercer

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Two classes of competitors. The first class prizes to be £20, £8, and a splendid new cornet, with German silver valves, value £5 5s, presented by Mr Townsend, of Bradford, musical instrument maker. The second class to consist of three prizes, viz, £7, £5, and £3. The bands will play two pieces each, one of their own selection, and one composed for the occasion by Mr A. J. Peckett - a set of waltzes, entitled the "Beauties of Scarbro' ".
The first prize of the first class was twenty sovereigns for the best brass band, and £8 for the second best; and for the third best brass band a splendid first-class cornet, with German silver valves, valued at five guineas, presented by Mr. Townshend, musical instrument manufacturer, Bradford.





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