At The Cornish Gorsedd at Looe in East Cornwall on September 6th The Cornwall Youth Brass Band was presented with The Weryson Menestrouthy Brest, The Brass Band Trophy, by The Grand Bard, Vanessa Beeman. The Cornish Gorsedd exists to maintain and express the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall and to foster Cornish music, art and literature.

The Trophy is the Gorsedd’s Annual Award for distinctive service to the Brass Band movement in Cornwall. It was made to The Cornwall Youth Brass Band in recognition of the Band’s work in challenging the musical horizons of its young musicians and in exposing them to the experience and skills of the most prominent Conductors in the Brass Band World through their regular Residential Courses. These Courses encourage discipline, independence, and learning and provide an opportunity for the musicians to make new friends amongst the brass bands of the County.  The Award recognizes not only the commitment of the playing members, but also the enthusiasm and dedication of the local Tutors, many of them former players in the Band, who give their time to conduct the monthly rehearsals. The Trophy was received on behalf of The Cornwall Youth Brass Band by their Music Co-ordinator, Brian Minear, who, in his younger days, was Principal Cornet of the Band. 
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The photograph below, taken after the Presentation, shows, left to right, Officers of The Cornwall Youth Brass Band with the Trophy.

Brian Minear, Music Co-ordinator, Phillip Hunt, Secretary, Robert Kitchen, Treasurer.

Phillip Hunt was appointed as a Bard of The Cornish Gorsedd in 2004, in recognition of his services to Brass Bands in the County. His Bardic name in Cornish is, Lef A Vrest, Voice of Brass