Wardle bands retain national champion titles

Wardle Academy Junior Band

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Wardle Academy Youth Band, Wardle Academy Junior Band and Wardle Junior Blast all came first in the National Youth Band Championships in Warwick.

Wardle Academy Youth Band competed in the intermediate section with fifteen other bands. Despite the increased competition, the band performed well from start to finish.

The band waited anxiously before receiving the news that they had come first and were National Champions for a second year in a row. With this win the Youth Band will now represent England at the 2019 European Youth Band Championships in Montreux, Switzerland.

Wardle Academy Junior Band competed in the junior section against twelve other bands. The Junior Band played a demanding programme, which included ‘The Old 100th’, and they finished with an eight-minute test piece.

The band had a long wait before it was announced that they too had come first.

Wardle Junior Blast, which includes forty students from feeder primary schools, is Wardle’s youngest band and they were hoping to win ‘Band of the Day’ for a fourth year in a row.

Playing the entire programme from memory, the band played with enthusiasm and commitment and won ‘The band of the Day’ for the fourth consecutive year.

A spokesperson sad: "Wardle Academy is extremely proud of all three bands. These outstanding achievements are a credit to the dedication of the young musicians who work so hard and to their musical tutors who give up their time to facilitate these opportunities for success."