Lostwithiel Town Band held their first Solo Contest on 27th October at St. Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel. As usual a contingent from Mount Charles Youth Band entered. Andrew Hammett entered the 12 and under class playing Macushla and came 4th. Charles Best, Sarah Matthews and James Hammett entered the 18 and under class with Charles securing 1st place playing Ave Maria, Sarah came 2nd playing The Lost Chord and James Hammett came 3rd with the old favourite Softly Awakes My Heart. Charles was the only entry in the 15 and under aire varie in which he played Silver Threads Among the Gold.

The next class entered was, of course, the Open Slow Melody, Sarah won this playing Softly Awakes My Heart, with Charles coming second with Your Tiny Hand is Frozen, and James came third again with a lovely rendition of Demelza. Charles was awarded the Hicks Trophy for best instrumentalist. All competitors were awarded medals.

The contest was adjudicated by Denzil Stephens and the accompanist was Phil Carrigan. We would like to express our thanks to Lostwithiel Town Band for a very well run contest and lets hope there will be more entrants for next year's contest which will be held on Saturday 18th October, 2008.