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SCABA Contest Success for RCB

4 October 2014

Under new MD Chris Bearman, Regent Community Brass competed in the annual SCABA Autumn contest at Crawley on 28th September. Competing in the Second Section, the band were placed second overall against 4 other bands on the day by Adjudicator Mike Kilroy. The band also took home two special awards, The Best Horn Section award, and Bryan Long, Solo Horn took the Best Solo Horn trophy. For more information and complete results, see the SCABA Contest results page here. The…

SCABA Autumn Contest

13 October 2013

Regent Brass

Blog, Contest, Review

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Regent Community Brass once again made the trip down to The Hawth theatre in Crawley on Sunday 29th September to perform at the SCABA Autumn Contest. At this competition, bands had to play an “Own-choice” test piece in their relevant section, for which the band chose to perform Simon Dobson’s atmospheric “Penlee”, written in memory of the 1981 Cornish lifeboat disaster. Despite this being a really demanding piece, the band put on a good show and impressed many in the audience, including adjudicator Chris Davis who placed the band 3rd…

SCABA Autumn Contest – The Hawth – 29/09/13

29 September 2013

Regent Brass

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SCABA Contest Success

22 May 2012

Regent Brass

Contest, News, Review

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On Sunday 20th May, Regent Brass competed at the SCABA Entertainment Contest in The Hawth theatre, Crawley. Playing in the A section, the band performed a varied and entertaining 24-minute programme to a receptive audience and adjudicator Dr. Robert Childs. After a solid showing, the band gained a creditable 2nd place behind fellow Championship-section band Haverhill with star trombone soloist Tetsuro Okamura once again picking up the “Best Soloist” prize for an exciting performance of “Bluebells of Scotland. The band…