Classy brass in band's triumph

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Brighouse and Rastrick Band took the winner's trophy at the All England Masters Brass Band Championships on Sunday.

Twenty-one of England's top amateur brass bands competed for one of the three major brass band titles in the annual brass band calendar, and Yorkshire-based bands took four of the first six places in the Championship.

Each band performed the set test piece - Pageantry by Herbert Howells - in front of three adjudicators.

Allan Withington conducted Brighouse and Rastrick to glory. This is the third time in the competition's history that they have been victorious - last winning the title in 1988.

Band president Paul Beaumont took to the stage to receive the Championship Trophy and a cheque for £3,500 on behalf of the band.

The triumph capped a hectic but successful weekend for the band.

Last Friday, the famous purple and gold uniformed combination featured in a live broadcast of Radio 2's popular programme Friday Night is Music Night at St George's Hall in Bradford as part of BBC Music Live.

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