Land O' Burns Invitation Contest,
Troon
20 August 2011

Conducted by Huw Thomas
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Adjudicator:Kevin Wadsworth

Stars & Stripes

Great solid sound to open!  Excellent Bass sounds for this music.

C.  Nice dynamic, Euphonium and Cornet good.  Pity about Bb Euphonium.

Well done Soprano - Obligato.

Good Trombone feature.

Nice secure showy opening!

Brooklyn

Tricky stuff!

A.  Bravo Soloist.  What a Party !

Superb Solo playing ! & Ensemble.  Great !!

Love on the Rocks

Nice Solo playing.

Flugel sounds are very nice.  Good Ensemble sounds.

Balance is good.  Percussion also.

Tuning (twice) on solo cornet Ab (bar 6) (back valve)

Nice close !

Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Nice and Jaunty !  This is fun.

F.  Handled & played well.

Great section playing Baritones/Euphoniums well done !

Good fun music - well handled.

Amazing Grace

Nice colours !  Shows sections off well.

Basses are very well controlled & so musical.

Hoe Down

Sparkles !  This has energy !  Percussion good.

I'd like to have heard more top end & less bass throughout this.


Fine show, lots of colour, style and quality.

Well done M.D.


Kevin Wadsworth
20 August 2011.