Yorkshire and Humberside Brass Band Association

Easingwold Annual March and Deportment Contest

Promoted by The Easingwold District Lions' Club

Yorkshire & Humberside Brass Band Association would like to acknowledge the continued financial assistance provided by Easingwold Town Council towards the organisation of this contest.

Easingwold Market Place 

Saturday 25^th June 2011 from 6.00 p.m.

Easingwold Contest has become one of the most popular events in the YHBBA calendar both for participants and audiences.  Centred on the Market Place of this attractive North Yorkshire town it forms the culmination of a day of fun and fundraising organised by The Easingwold Lions' Club.

The inaugural contest was held on Saturday 11^th September 1982 as a Standing March contest for Grade 1 and 2 bands with the grade 1 bands required to play ”a march circuit of the Market Place” before performing the contest march. Grade 2 bands were excused marching with the added performance of a hymn tune to their contest march – in the event only one band figured in Grade 2. The contest concluded with massed bands playing for community hymn singing, which has been a regular feature of all the Easingwold contests to date.

 1983 was to see the start of a June date, which is now traditionally the last Saturday in the month, and remarkably few have suffered through inclement weather.

 The contest band entry fee in 1982 was 50p., doubled the following year and with a marked increase to £5.00 for 1984.  It reached £15.00 in 1994 and is currently £25.00.

 The prizes have progressively increased from a modest start to reach £1,000.00 in 2006, which marked the 25^th contest.  The contest has enjoyed very good support from many local sources, not least from the Town Council whose assistance has been continuous from the start, and in appreciation the overall winner’s trophy bears the name of Easingwold Town Council and was initially awarded to the Fishburn Band in 2000. Subsequently it has been held by Marsden Silver (2001 & 2004), Holme Silver (2002), Kirkbymoorside Town (2003) AND Marsden Riverhead Brewery (2005 & 2006)

Over the years a great number of bands have competed at Easingwold.  Many of these have changed their names over the years and some, alas, are no more.  Click here for a list recording them in Chronological order of first entry, together with the number of times they have competed and with any subsequent name changes.

Initially one adjudicator was appointed as only the performances on the stand were judged, but after two years the contest took its current format and all bands were required to march around the Market Place playing a road march before they played a contest march on the stand.  As it was now necessary to judge bands on their deportment as well as their playing a second adjudicator was appointed.   For a list of placings and adjudicators click here.

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Mrs M. Williams
7 The Lea,
Garforth,
Leeds,
LS25 2BT

Tel:  (+44) 0113 2860005

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