Wychavon Festival of Brass is pleased to announce that Dr Robert Childs  and Roger Thorne will act as Adjudicators at the forthcoming Entertainment contest held this year in Pershore on September 17^th and 18^th 2011. The contest will keep Bob Childs especially busy as he adjudicates four sections (Championship to Third Sections)across both days in the No.8 Arts Centre in the heart of Pershore, while Roger makes an appearance on the Sunday to hear the bands of the Fourth Section compete in the town’s Leisure Centre.

Entries are now closed, but the organisers are delighted at the healthy number of participating bands who will attend the competition, this year standing at 45. All but one section (Third) are full to capacity, with a number of bands chancing their arm to pick up several of the lucrative prizes that Wychavon has on offer by entering more than one section. Competing bands are not limited to the general locale of Worcestershire and the Midlands, but are prepared to travel considerable distances, enticed by the attractive prize money, and this year sees entries from as far afield as Wales, the North West of England, Yorkshire, Milton Keynes and London.

Prizes are presented to the best musically entertaining and proficient band with solo prizes being awarded for outstanding individual excellence. However, after much thought, the committee has determined that entertaining choreography or stagecraft should be recognised separately and, for this, a trophy will be awarded although the distribution of prize monies remains the same, going to the best overall performances.

Full listings* and information about the competition, section timings and ticket sales are available on the Wychavon website: http://www.festivalofbrass.co.uk

*All details subject to change