Borders Entertainment Contest
The fifth annual Borders Entertainment Contest for brass bands is set toreturn to the town of Jedburgh on Saturday 12 November when the bandswill battle for the Scottish Borders Trophy. The Scottish Borders BrassBand Association is organising this event, which will be held in theTown Hall, commencing at 11.00am.
Each band will play a twenty-minute concert programme and adjudicatorsRussell Gray and David Lancaster will judge the performances.Meanwhile, Ex-Hawick Provost Zandra Elliot, has been invited to assessthe entertainment value of the performances.
As usual, the contest is confined to second, third and fourth sectionbands and there will be prizes for the best band in each section and anentertainment prize as well as awards for the best soloist, best basssection and the best instrumentalist.
The music will commence at 11.00am and the results are expected ataround 5.00pm. Entry costs ?3.00 (?2.00 concessions).
Full entry:
Abbey Brass (Jedforest), 4, Cameron Mabon; Barrhead Burgh Band, 2, ChrisBradley; Coalburn Silver Band, 3, Gareth Bowman; Jedforest InstrumentalBand, 2, Alan Fernie; MacTaggart Scott Band, 3, Alan Fernie; PeeblesBurgh Silver Band, 3, Iain Fleming; Selkirk Silver Band, 2, RichardDuff; Shotts St Patrick?s Brass Band, 2, Chris Brown; St Ronan?s SilverBand, 2, David McLeod
