Fairy Tale Start to the Year for Friary
The New Year could hardly have started better for Friary with the Band’s fifth appearance at the Butlins Mineworkers Festival, Skegness. The contest was spread over two days, with a choice of test piece on Saturday followed by the entertainment contest on Sunday. With the majority of bands selecting a slightly less challenging piece than Hector Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, Friary was lagging in 6th place going into Sunday’s performance. The Saturday placings, however, are n