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Online Videos and Photos of Us at Whit Friday

Whilst trawling round the internet, I stumbled across some videos and photos of us at Whit Friday. See the links below.

Videos

• Mike’s Dad’s video of us playing “The Cossack” in the contest ring at Lees
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKYXH8Xf_vM

• Mike’s Dad’s video of us at Grotton
  Part marching to “Thriller” and part playing in the contest ring
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtc-rpstuao

• Kelly’s Video of us marching at Lydgate
  http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=538658507484

• Mike’s Dad’s video of us marching at Lydgate.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBwrs7FVJN4

• Video Slideshow of Bands playing in the contest ring at Delph
  (Warwick Uni – 5:09 to 5:35)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiSU2ZCmLbk

Photos

(All from Facebook)

• Ben K’s Photo’s
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=61300105&aid=2154656

• Lucy Y’s Photo’s
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=500547357&aid=26944

• Kelly L’s Photo’s
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=61301970&aid=2154736

• Emma M’s Photo’s
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=61303104&aid=2154888

• Also, Ellie S’s album, with some non-Whit Friday photos too…
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=61300507&aid=2154610

• And Rebecca C’s album, also with some non-WF photos…
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2154570&id=61301064

• Finally, the Leeds Uni Conductor’s photo album:
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=197819048&aid=2307663

: 22 May 2008 10:38 |  Tags: 2008 Whit Friday |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday Results 2008

Writing about web page http://www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org/Ranking_2008.php

So, the full results are in…

Here’s how we did (with comparison to Leeds Uni)

Lees

Warwick: 34 (Look for “Boris Johnson Appreciation Society” (Don’t ask!))
Leeds: Did Not Compete (DNC)
Total Bands: 45

Grotton

Warwick: 36
Leeds: 39
Total Bands: 43

Lydgate

Warwick: 41
Leeds: 29
Total Bands: 53

Dobcross

Warwick: 41
Leeds: DNC
Total Bands: 55

Delph

Warwick: 74
Leeds: 58
Total Bands: 78

Other Villages Leeds Uni Did

Denshaw: 35/52
Friezland: 10/48 (NB: 3rd Section and below only play here)
Greenfield: 44/66
Uppermill: 41/58

Other Prizes Won

None

So basically, they thrashed us this year!

: 19 May 2008 11:47 |  Tags: Contest News Whit Friday |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday Results

Writing about web page http://www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org/winrs.htm

Well, the full results are in…

Univeristy of Warwick

Lees (50 Total)
48

Grotton (50 Total)
47

Lydgate (66 Total)
66

Dobcross (61 Total)
47

Delph (84 total)
72

And the comparisons with other Uni’s…

Delph (84 total)
Leeds 59
Warwick 72
Durham 77

Dobcross (61 Total)
Warwick 47
Leeds 57
Durham Did not play

Lydgate (66 Total)
Leeds 54
Durham 65
Warwick 66

Other Results:

Leeds Uni
Denshaw 49/57
Friezland 34/50 (Correction, the bands were listed in playing order rather than results order.)

Durham Uni
Greenfield 67/67

: 05 Jun 2007 13:14 |  Tags: Contest News Whit Friday |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/documents/summer_07_draft_tt.xls

Whit Friday: June 1st 2007

The provisional exam timetable is now out. Who can make it?

I have an afternoon exam on the 1st and a morning exam on the 2nd (which I can’t afford to drop) so I reckon that pretty much rules me out unless they change the dates on the real timetable :-( first missed Whit Friday in 7 years!
-Bruce

: 22 Mar 2007 20:07 |  Tags: Whit Friday |  Comments (14) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday video

Ladies, Gentlemen and Wee-man,

Yes it’s me again… only a quick one this time, because it’s way past my bedtime here and I’m flying tomorrow. I’ve just uploaded the video of us performing at Lydgate on Whit Friday to YouTube. According to the marks it wasn’t one of our better ones, but it doesn’t sound that awful apart from the beginning of the trio (listen out at about 1min50sec… you’ll see what I mean.)

Make of it what you will.

: 08 Oct 2006 14:42 |  Tags: 2006 Whit Friday |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday Adjudications

Here are some of the adjudicators comments, as far as I can tell through the illegible scrawl that is adjudicators' handwriting:

Dobcross:–
Loose to open in ensemble semiquavers! Solo cornet also loose on semiquavers! Tuning good in lower band. Cornets as a section not well in tune! Dynamics very good. Sop plays well. 2nd time. Why rush the simple quavers of bar 4! Basic control! Good to close – but again, rush on the simple parts
(all exclamation marks are as Mr Kevin Wadsworth wrote it)

Grotton:–
Good opening with good sounds, nice cornet, misses in nervous sections and playing at times is untidy. Dynamics are rather safe, bass solo good sounds, but short note values, upper band well done.
Trio, nice euphs, some neat playing from cornets, final section not always secure, missed notes and intonation suffers in upper band. DC, better generally this time, but (squiggle) misses in (p) section (ff) section tempo is pushy, bass solo gets untidy but a precise finale. Thank you

Lees:–
Tuning worries and ensemble not as tight as it could be. Soloist b i'm afraid – you sound happiest at H. Bass solo rushing? Nice middle band tune at trio and background work is good. Soprano enjoys last strain – listen to the rest of the band" it all sounds a touch panic stricken – more time is needed to play with a bit more consideration! Thank you!

Uppermill:–
A rather nervous start. A pity about the glitches that were heard. Tempo tended to fluctuate. Basses could be stronger in trio– nice euphonium here. Balance could be better especially before DC. A sensible choice of march for this band.
(That was from Uncle Goff btw)

Lydgate went with a more standardised system and we got marked :–
Performance – Fair
Sections: Cornets – attention required
Horns – fair
Bari/Euph – fair
Troms – fair
Basses – fair
Use of dynamics/musicianship – fair/attention required
Intonation – fair/attention required
Start was together but intonation was not good. As you progress the cornets sound laboured in semiquaver sections. Bass solo passage quite good.

I'll put them up on the board in the MC foyer, and also post any more up here.

: 20 Jun 2006 23:14 |  Tags: Whit Friday |  Comments (6) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday Results 2006

Writing about web page http://www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org/winrs.htm

Lees 48/51
Grotton 25/48
Lydgate 51/57
Uppermill 28/57
Dobcross 36/57
Delph 40/75

Don't have the time at the moment to do analysis I'm afraid. If someone else wants to, you can find the previous years stats at http://www.davidsait.co.uk/wf2005.htm

N.B. Leeds appeared to only play in 3 contests. Like us, they were at Delph. They came 54th.

If you have photographs from the day, please leave a comment telling us where they are. I know both Bruce and Ben have them on their Facebook profiles.

: 11 Jun 2006 14:51 |  Tags: Contest Results Whit Friday |  Comments (24) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Delph CD Order

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: 28 Sep 2005 14:21 |  Tags: Cds Spirit Of Victory Whit Friday |  Comments (15) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Whit Friday Marches 2005

Writing about web page http://www.worldofbrass.com/acatalog/24616.html

Today the CD featuring highlights from the village of Delph from this years Whit Friday March Contests has been released by World of Brass.

The CD features such world-famous bands as Black Dyke, Besses, Fodens and YBS, and also, yes, The University of Warwick Brass Band!

Recorded on Friday 20th May 2005, live outside the Delph Band Club, at about 11pm, the performance was at the last of the 5 villages we'd visited that evening. Our chosen contest march for the day was 'The Spirit of Victory' by Andrea Crossley, and the 25 players inside the contest ring gave an excellent performance, chosen by the contest organisers to feature on this CD.

Buy your copy now from World Of Brass

: 16 Sep 2005 09:16 |  Tags: News Whit Friday |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem