Trumpets

1. The Bill Ingledew Award to the trumpet player who wants to go into the family business.
2. The Brian Parkinson Award is for the trumpet player who wants to become a tri-athalon.
3. The Frank Hills Award for the trumpet player who wants to go into Engineering.
4. The Roy Johnston Award for the boy wonder on the trumpet who wins all the awards.
5. The Ed Silva-White Award for the trumpet player who enjoys magic, wants to become a teacher and aspires to climb Mt. Everest one day.
6. The Jim Pattison Award for the trumpet player who is always on his I phone wheeling and dealing.
7. The Carson Manzer Award for the trumpet player who wants to become a career journalist and travel the world.
8. The Bill Inman Award for the trumpet player who becomes an accountant and wants to work in the resort industry.
9. The Ray Smith Award for the trumpet player who wants to become a CEO of a big industrial company but has to give up his trumpet because his first love is music, he doesn’t want to be a poor musician.

Click on the photos to read a bio on each person. (work in progress)

These awards are for eligible students enrolled in a high school band program in B.C. Find your instrument, then choose an award you think best describes your goals and that you think you can win. Ask your band teacher if he will nominate you for the award. He will contact us.

Trumpets

10. The Donny Clarke Award for the trumpet player who wants to be a pro dance band and session musician.

11. The Gordon Delamont Award for the trumpet player who is interested in becoming an arranger/composer.

12. The Art Tusvik Award for the trumpet player who loves being in a dance band and playing in pit orchestras.

13. The Barry Leinbach Award for the trumpet player who also likes public speaking and wants to MC his band concerts and other events around his town.

14. The Brian Bolam Award for the trumpet player who loves playing solos and wants be a contractor for different shows that come to town.

15, The Cy Battistoni Award for the trumpet player who wants to become a dentist.

16. The Richard van Slyke Award for the trumpet player who wants to go on to lead a military band.

17. The Rob Arseneau Award for the trumpet player who wants to play in a symphony orchestra and has a very fine tone.

18. The Ron Wood Award for the trumpet player who wants to become a banker.

19. The Gerry Deagle Award for the trumpet player who wants to play pro and do session work.

20. The Ian MacLean Award for the trumpet player who wants to be an international traveler.

21. The Kenny Douglas Award for the trumpet player who likes to also work behind the scenes and lend a helping hand.

22. The Al Lynch Award for the trumpet player who wants to play in the horn section of an R&B Band or Chicago style band.

23. The Roger Owens Award for the trumpet player who wants to teach high school band and take it all over the world.

24. The Bruce Fairbairn Award for the trumpet player who wants to become a rock producer.

Trombones

28. The Jimmy Coombes Award for the trombone player who wants to front a dance band/orchestra and tour the world.

29. The Ted Lazenby Award for the trombone player who can play The Flight of the Bumble Bee on his trombone.

30. The Ron Collier Award for the trombone player who wants to become an arranger and start a jazz school.

31. The Pete Watt Award for the trombone player who is also a good fastball pitcher.

32. The Greg Bonnell Award for the trombone player who is a quick study.

33. The Jim McCullough Award for the trombone player who can stand his own with the big guys.

34. The Barry Brown Award for the trombone player who wants to teach elementary or Junior High band.

35. The Malcolm Brodie Award for the trombone player who wants to become a civil servant or an alderman or mayor.

36. The Tom Walker Award for the trombone player who wants to become an architect and build bandstands.

Clarinets

37. The Bob Buckley Award for the clarinet player who is also a budding composer.

38. The Marek Norman Award for the clarinet player with a love of musical theater and wants to write his own musicals.

39. The Jack Allen Award for the clarinet player who wants to join a military band and also plays in a symphonic orchestra.

40. The Ken Sotvedt Award for the clarinet player who wants to become a school administrator a principal or vice-principal.

41. The Earl Hobson Award for the clarinet player who wants to teach band in a high school and become a District Music Supervisor one day.

42. The Sandy Cameron Award for the clarinet player who wants to teach high school band in a small town.

43. The Dal Richards Award for the clarinet player who wants to lead his own dance band.

44. The Dennis Tupman Award for the clarinet player who wants to become an advocate for music education in public schools.

45. The Margaret Behenna Award for the female clarinet player who wants to become a high school band director and travel with her band all over the world.

H.S. Band Directors

46. The Mark Kowalenko Award for the monster tenor sax player who blows everyone away and wants to have his own high school jazz band one day.

47, The Tom Koven Award for student who excels on the guitar and wants to teach band.

48. The Keith Woodward Award for the trumpet player who plays in every band around and wants to develop the best high school band program in town.

49. The Bob LaBonte Award for the most enthusiastic student who wants to teach kids in a band.

50. The Hal Sherman Award for the student who wants to run the best high school jazz band in the province.

51. The Bob Schaeffer Award for the student who wants to teach band and develop his own jazz band festival/competition.

52. The Dave Fullerton Award for the student who wants to go into music at university but whose parents want him to go into the sciences,and follows his heart.

53. The Bob Rebagliati Award for the drummer who wants to develop the best high school band possible and take it to festivals/contests all over the world.

Low Brass, Horns

54. The George Ellenton Award for the sousaphone player who wants to open his own dance studio and also plays piano by ear for musicals.

55. The Wally Oatway Award for the baritone player who excels at everything and is first in line always.

56. The Dick McManus Award for the french horn player who wants to become a high school band director.

57. The Don Radelet Award for the baritone player who is a friend to all and plays in all the bands.

58. The Al ‘Wally’ Lehtonen Award. Every band has a ‘Wally.’ He’s the kid who needs to be the center of attention loud and noisy but with a catch, he’s often the best player in the band.

59. The Michael Hadley Award for the horn player who wants to be a professor of German literature at a university, writes books and is good at everything.

60. The Brian G’Froerer Award for the french horn player who isn’t sure if he wants to teach high school band but is drawn towards playing in a symphony.

61. The John Hawthorne Award for the baritone player who wants to go into school administration and become a principal or vice-principal.

Percussion

63. The Barrie Gilmore Award for the drummer who wants to become an accountant and maybe organize alumni shows for musical groups.

64. The Bruce Ball Award for the drummer who wants to become an archaeologist.

65. The Don Luff Award for the drummer who wants to play professionally around town but have a day job.

66. The Wayne Briscoe Award for the drummer who wants to become a pilot.

67. The Bill Gumbleton Award for the drummer who wants to become a chef.

68. The Gordy McCullough Award for the drummer who wants to to accumulate real estate and one day live off the profits.

69. The Bruce Miller Award for the drummer who wants to live in Vegas and play with the big guys.

70.The Bill Good Award for the very best and wants to play percussion professionally and in the symphony.

71. The Dave Calder Award for the drummer who wants to go into marketing.