{"id":33450,"date":"2016-11-15T12:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T12:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=33450"},"modified":"2016-11-15T12:39:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T12:39:15","slug":"jazz-tournament-sees-an-all-welsh-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/11\/15\/jazz-tournament-sees-an-all-welsh-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz tournament sees all Welsh final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh National Indoor jazz competition returns this month and sees an all Welsh final.<\/p>\n<p>On 20 November, Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre will host one of the biggest annual jazz competitions in the UK and for the first time in history, all 8 of the finalists are Welsh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/44-e1479068036525.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33497 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/44-e1479067943648-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"44\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33497 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/44-e1479067943648-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"44\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Merthyr Luminaires preparing for the upcoming competition<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The competition brings jazz bands from across the UK to compete to impress the judges, who mark choreographed performances based on marching and musical quality. Each band can lose half a mark for every mistake they make; the team that wins is the one with the highest score by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Garfield Bishop (MBE) is the founder and president of the movement. The 87-year-old joined his first jazz band aged four and says most band members have been involved since they were children and so it becomes a \u201cpart of you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Teams are charity funded and recently entrants have decreased due to a shortage of financial support. Garfield said that at one stage there was over 600 jazz bands in the UK compared to just 50 today and believes this is because children are more technically interested these days. Even though jazz bands seem to be becoming less popular, Garfield said, \u201cAll the close knit communities keep the movement alive.\u201d In fact, 12 of the 50 remaining bands are Welsh.<\/p>\n<p>The Merthyr Luminaires &#8211; a jazz band formed in 2013 &#8211; came 1<sup>st<\/sup> place in their division at the World Championships in August, which was hosted in Newcastle. The band, consisting of 26 people of all ages, also won their most recent charity competition in Trecco this month. Ieuan Harris, who formed the musical group with his wife Linda, says he is confident this year after winning the World Championship. He added, \u201cIt\u2019s great. We have a lot of single mother\u2019s and children here who just love the band, that\u2019s why we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em>Merthyr Luminaires practice once a week from 6-8pm, or twice a week when preparing for a competition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The competition starts at 11am Sunday and will finish around 1pm. Garfield said that most watchers\u00a0are family and friends but everybody is welcome and they will, \u201cEnjoy themselves and see some great music.\u201d Spectators can expect to see \u201cjazzy versions\u201d of pop songs and colourful jazzy outfits, says Garfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Champions ready to march from the Welsh National Indoors as 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