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SABA has this year introduced an Aggregate Prize for the State Solo and Band Championships. Points will be awarded for participation in the solo and party events, but also for volunteers who donate their time and expertise to assist the running of the Championships.
The winning band will receive a $250 voucher from Size Music, as well as the perpetual shield. The esteemed honor of winning the inaugural prize goes without saying! The prize will be announced at the conclusion of the State Band Championships held on Saturday August 16. Details are outlined below, so get your fellow bandies organised and make sure it is your band that gets the top spot on the shield!
Solo events
All competitors will be awarded a point for participation. In addition the first, second, and third placed soloists in all sections will receive an additional 5, 4 and 3 points respectively.
Party events
As per solo events, all competitors will receive a point for participation, eg quartets will receive 4 points. The first, second and third place winners will receive an additional 5, 4 and 3 points respectively.
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed for both the solo/party events on June 14 and 15, and the Band Championships on August 16. Volunteers will be awarded 1 point per hour of their time contributed towards their bands total. In the event that a volunteer is a member of multiple competing bands, or is not associated with a band, the volunteer may assign any points earned to a band of their choice.
Don’t forget, solo and party event nominations need to be in to the SABA secretary by May 16. Expressions of interest for volunteers should be made to the SABA Secretary by June 1.
Get involved and make sure it is your band that takes home the shield in 2008!
2008 SABA COMPETITIONS
The SA Band Association is pleased to announce adjudicators for its 2008 events.
The Hahndorf Band Festival features a street march and entertainment contest for up to 5 brass bands. The adjudicator for 2008 will be Mr David Gardiner, Principal Trombone of the Band of the South Australia Police and Musical Director of the Tea Tree Gully Redbacks.
The SA State Solo Championships will be held at Pembroke School on the 14-15 June. Adjudicator for the Senior competition will be Mr David Polain, Musical Director of the Tanunda Town Band. Mr Mark C. Smith, Conductor of the SA Police Rangers Band, will preside over the Junior competition.
For the State Championships on Saturday 16 August two adjudicators will be entrusted with the crucial decision-making in all brass and concert grades. Mr Peter Walmsley OAM and Mr Colin Archibald will be in the box.
There will be a number of important changes to the 2008 SABA Band Championships and the 2008 Solo Championships:
The State Championships will be held at Elder Hall. This is a wonderful professional venue that will present bands in the best possible light, whilst being in a central location for bands and audience members alike.
- Bands will play a programme of three works for the Championship in each grade. The Major Work, appropriate for grade, will be Own Choice.
- Brass and Concert bands will contest the Championships on the same day. The A Grade Brass and A Grade Concert sections will be presented as an evening Gala Concert occasion
- Rules and sections for the Solo Championships have been completely revised.
- The Solo Championships will include ensemble sections – duets, trios, quartets, and quintets in both the Junior and Senior Championships.
- There will be a special Band Aggregate Prize across the Solo and Ensemble Championships, based on participation and places awarded. This has been introduced as an additional incentive for our members to develop confidence and performance skills outside the band setting.
The State Band Championships and the State Solo Championships are very important events on the banding calendar in South Australia. I am looking forward to seeing our bands take every opportunity to enhance the standard and profile of live community music in this state. I am also hoping that we will welcome friends and colleagues from interstate to our 2008 championships, said SABA President Kevin Cameron.
Forms, notices and further information for these events available here
SIZE MUSIC TO SPONSOR STATE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
The South Australian Band Association is pleased to announce that Size Music will be the major sponsor for the 2008 SABA State Band Championships.
Size Music has been a consistent supporter and partner to many community-based music events held in and around Adelaide, including the Barossa Band Festival in 2006 and Orchestra’s Australia’s Big Play in 2007.
This new sponsorship agreement will provide funds in support of the staging of the State Championships at Elder Hall - a wonderful professional venue – and paying costs associated with adjudicators. In addition, Size Music will donate a perpetual shield and a $250.00 Size Music voucher to be awarded as the Band Aggregate Prize at the SABA Solo Championships in June.
Size Music is proud to be able to support the Concert and Brass Band community in South Australia, said Managing Director Andrew Size.
On behalf of all members of the South Australian Band Association, I would like to thank Size Music for supporting our key banding events with such a generous contribution. I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association between Size Music and banding in this State, said SABA President Kevin Cameron.
The SABA Solo Championships will be held at Pembroke School in 14-15 June. The SABA State Band Championships will be held at Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, on Saturday 16 August.
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