**1st at Easingwold**
Well done Garforth Brass, 1st position at Easingwold Saturday 26th June 2010 for Deportment
Well done Garforth Brass, 1st position at Easingwold Saturday 26th June 2010 for Deportment
Garforth Brass took part in the recently inaugurated Morley March and Hymnn Contest. They played the Hymn ‘Cloisters’and the contest march ‘The Contestor’ and won the Section 3 prize.
After their debut in the 2nd Section Yorkshire Area Finals, the band had a marvellous day and finished overall 5th. A fantastic effort from everyone, proving our place within this section. We are now working hard to strengthen the band and look forward to pushing ourselves towards section 1.
The Winners Shield
Garforth Brass are the new Yorkshire Region 3rd Section Champions of 2009!
After competing in the Yorkshire Regional Contest at Bradford, with Steven Bailey conducting, Garforth were delighted to pick up the winners shield and now look forward to completing in the National Finals later in the year.
Amongst a field of 12 bands, with [...]
The band had its first outing of the year at the Butlins Mineworkers Competition at Skegness.
It was a very cold day both outside and in the main tent.
Out of 12 bands Garforth were 5th, being the highest placed Yorkshire band.
Garforth Brass slow melody contest took place at Garforth Community College. The adjudicator was again Mr Graham Walker.
There were two sections, Under 18’s and Open Section.
The Under 18’s winner was Alice Waterhouse on euphonium. The open section was won by Julian Walls, also on euphonium.
Well done to everyone who took part, the evening was a [...]
The band attended The National Brass Band finals in Harrogate representing Yorkshire in the 3rd Section.
We enjoyed the day but were disappointed with our result however, we were the top placed band from the Yorkshire region.
On behalf of Garforth Brass, the MD, Steven Bailey, would like to announce the following:
On 7 March 2009 Garforth Brass became the Yorkshire Brass Band Regional Champions of the 3rd Section at St George’s Hall in Bradford and therefore, will proudly go forth to represent Yorkshire in the National Finals at Harrogate on September 27 [...]
After taking part in the Yorkshire Regional Finals in Bradford on Saturday 1st March, Garforth Brass gained a very creditable 2nd position and are now on the way to the National Finals in Harrogate in September……Well done to all members for a splendid effort!
Thanks go out to our retiring band manager, Julian walls for all the good work he has put in over the past months, and we welcome Craig as our new manager. Craig has been with the band since it started, so he has a very good knowledge of how the band works and we all [...]
Saturday 27th June 2009 saw Garforth Brass enter in the Easingwold March Competition. They entered playing the contest march ‘The Contestor’ and won the deportment prize, a fine trophy and £75 for the band funds. ‘No one realised we were so good at marching’.
Overall Garforth Brass came a very creditable 6th place out of 16 [...]
This year the slow melody contest took place in Garforth Methodist Church.
We are again in the debt of Mr Graham Walker for adjudicating the contest.
The winner of both the under 18’s category and open contest was Chris McKenna.
Well done to everyone who took part, the evening was a great success!