Please note that the Civic Hall doors will not be opened until 9:45 a.m. in time for the first draw, which will take place in the Contest Control Room at 10:00 a.m.

Please let Lesley Bentley know if your band intends using the water gong provided by GI Percussion.

The water gong will be placed centrally at the back of the stage. This is a compromise for bands who may have rehearsed with it on either side. Although the stand is on wheels and could be moved, to avoid issues with the water spillage, at the request of the Civic Hall, this will stay in one place.

There will be 10 minute slot between 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. (for first half percussionists) and a 10 minute slot between approximately 12:45 – 12:55 p.m. (for second half percussionist), to try out the water gong.

Final Information To Bands: All the information you should need for the Contest is included here.

The percussion we are providing for the contest is listed here.

For the first section, the list of timpani should be 32”, 30”, 28” & 25”. (Not 2x 25”). A corrected list will be published later today.

Errata have been issued for the second section test piece: this may be viewed here.

Kapitol Promotions has published the official errata for the Regional Championships 2026 Section 3 set test-piece Three Haworth Impressions (Gordon Langford).

This work was initially chosen by the Kapitol Promotions Music Panel as part of their wider focus to bring older music “back to life”. Panel members felt that Three Haworth Impressions was a perfect test for Section 3 bands, despite the original short score being unsuitable for use. Therefore, the Panel chose to liaise directly with the work’s publisher – Chandos Music Supplies – to ensure a suitable new score was created before the Regionals 2026 set test-piece announcement in September 2025.

The Panel chose this work in good faith, and expected the new score to be accurately prepared to a professional standard. However, this has sadly not been the case, with several bands and individuals contacting their Regional Secretaries and Kapitol directly with concerns over the accuracy of this new score.

Andrea Price (a member of the Music Panel) was recently contacted by Helen Varley, who has created a comprehensive errata for this work due to her involvement in a conducting capacity at the Regional Championships 2026. Helen has given her kind permission for this document to be published as the work’s official “errata” for the Regionals, and we would like to fully credit & thank her for this incredibly detailed work which will provide full clarity for all competing bands over the next few weeks. This document has already been shared with the Regional Secretaries, who will forward the errata to competing bands and competition adjudicators as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

Tim Jones

Director
Kapitol Promotions Ltd