EMGO At the BMG Federation Rally, March 2010

[nigelgatherer]

As predicted, our brothers in arms Da Capo Alba did very well, sweeping the board. There are three different trophies for senior orchestras (musicianship, professionalism and entertainment), and DCA won all three - well done to them.

It's no secret that my attitude to the contest was slightly different; in my view we were winners because we went to Birmingham in good numbers, and we played to the best of our abilities. I think it's a good thing to have something to work towards - it focuses us, and encourages us to increase our effort - but I wasn't going to be upset by not winning. I said to a couple of people that if we got somewhere in the middle I'd be very happy. When I was told we had come second in two of the trophies and third in the other, I was gobsmacked; I hadn't been expecting that, and I'm delighted that our hard work paid off.

Well done to everybody involved - we done good!

[will toner]

Well Done EMGO!
"Beached" in Spain I feel both proud and not a little envious of you all.
What a marvellous achievement!
Can't wait to hear the performance on CD or Youtube maybe?

[nigelgatherer]

Some nice photos of the rally, including a couple of good ones of EMGO:

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