Foden's are the Entertainment Champions!!!

On Saturday Foden's travelled to Gateshead to appear at the 'Brass in Concert Entertainment' contest held at the 'Glass House' (formerly the Sage).
The contest organisers invited nine of the best bands from the UK as well as the Norwegian Champions and a leading band from America to compete at what is recognised as the UK's leading Entertainment contest. Each band performed an 'entertaining' 25-minute programme to a capacity audience in excess of 1500 people as well as over 2000 on line viewers. Foden's performed a show entitled 'Prince Ali - From Rags to Riches' written especially for this contest by their Solo Horn player Jonny Bates. Following a excellent audience reaction the band were crowned the 2023 Champions, the first time they have won this particular contest since 2009
As well as winning overall, Foden's were the recipients of a number of individual awards as well as winning the 'Performance' element and the 'Entertainment' award. Online voters (and those in the hall) also voted for the 'Audience' prize, which the band also won!!!
This result now cements Foden's position as the World's Number 1 Band until at least September '24!
Full results
- Foden's (Michael Fowles): 57/57/34/20/18 = 186
- Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag (Reid Gilje): 54/54/40/17/19 = 184
- Flowers (Paul Holland): 45/60/38/18/17 = 178
- Brighouse & Rastrick (Garry Cutt): 51/51 /36/19/16 = 173
- Fountain City (Joe Parisi): 60/42/26/16/14 = 158
- Tredegar (Ian Porthouse): 48/45/30/15/12 = 150
- Grimethorpe Colliery (Steve Phillips): 39/48/28/11/10 = 131*
- Aldbourne (Glyn Williams): 42/36/22/12/13 = 125
- Carlton Main Frickley (Allan Withington): 30/39/32/10/11 = 122
- Friary Brass (Nigel Taken): 33/30/24/14/20 = 121
- Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths): 36/33/20/13/15 = 117
*5 point time penalty
- Quality of Performance Award: Foden's
- Entertainment & Presentation Award: Foden's
- Programme Content Award: Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
- Audience Entertainment Award: Foden's
- Best New Composition /Arrangement: Time for Tea (Lucy Pankhurst)
- Best Soloist: Emily Evans (horn) — Flowers
- Best Soprano: Richard Poole (Foden's)
- Best Principal Cornet: Dewi Griffiths (Tredegar)
- Best Flugel Horn: Gyda Matland (Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag)
- Best Tenor Horn: Hilde Oian (Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag)
- Best Baritone: Erland Oian (Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag)
- Best Euphonium: Gary Curtin (Foden's)
- Best Trombone: Ryan Richards (Tredegar)
- Best Bass Section: Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
- Best Percussion Section: Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
- Youngest Player: Jake Bartlett (aged 16) — Aldbourne








