BAND WIN IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP WITH "OCEANS"
After spending a considerable amount of time in intense
rehearsals, the band have been justly rewarded with a win to become Irish
Champions for the third time in the last 5 years. The band was also awarded
the "Best Bass Section" of the day for the second time in four years.
This has been a great achievement and is particularly special as the band
heads ever nearer to its 50th anniversary. The contest was held in the Ulster Hall, Belfast on Saturday
28th October 2006 and was adjudicated by Hughina Naylor. The set piece for this year in the Second Section Brass
was "Oceans" by Goff Richards. A superb piece of music writing which is
both enjoyable to play and for an audience to listen to, the band, under
the baton of Musical Director Des Graham, gave a Championship winning
performance and interpretation to this brilliant piece of music. Celebrations of the win started almost immediately and went
on until dawn. Full results are as follows: Second Grade Brass Test Piece: OCEANS (G Richards) 1st place - Third Carrick Band - Conductor: D Graham Championship Brass Test Piece: CARNIVAL ROMAIN (Berlioz arr. Frank Wright) 1st place: 1st Old Boys' Brass - Conductor: S Cairns Best Instrumentalist: M Bingham (Cornet) - 1st Old Boys'
Brass
2nd place - Downshire Brass - Conductor: Dr W Hylands
Best bass section: Third Carrick Band
Best cornet section: Downshire Brass
2nd place: Laganvale (Metal Technology) - Conductor: E Ruddock
Conductors Prize: S Cairns - 1st Old Boys' Brass
