Distant Thunder march to victory
Distant Thunder marched to victory in the opening competition of the BYBA season. Taking first place in Division 2 with General Musical effect, General Visual Effect, Wind, Percussion, Drill & Guard Captions also awarded. Thunder then took the Ouse Valley Sounds Supreme Champions title with the highest score of the day.
Ouse Valley Sounds BYBA Competition set the season on an exciting footing as 14 corps/bands competed at the show hosted by Distant Thunder. The results from the day were highlighted with a clean sweep of all captions by Distant Thunder in Division 2, winning GME, GVE, Drill, Field Wind, Field Percussion and Colour Guard. This was capped off with the title of Supreme Champion being awarded as well for the highest overall score of the day in any division, a total of 610 (BYBA marking system is out of 1000).
With the corps marching excerpts from 'West Side Story' an enthusiastic crowd greatly appreciated the sound and sights produced at this early point of the season from Distant Thunder as did the judging panel. Results can be found at www.byba.org.uk.
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