BBC Radio Scotland Presents Sunday Bandstand
John Wallace returns to BBC Radio Scotland this August for another series of Sunday Bandstand.
This year, Sunday Bandstand presents live performances from six of Scotland's top brass bands recorded at the West Lothian Festival of Brass in Livingston. The West Lothian Festival is Scotland's leading entertainment competition for bands and the varied concert programmes have made it a hit with participants and audiences alike. The first three programmes in the series feature highlights from the heats, and for the last programme John Wallace is in Livingston to follow all the drama of the final, as two of Scotland's top bands compete head-to-head for the first time in over twenty years.
Over the first three weeks there's also a chance for listeners to nominate bands for a special Sunday Bandstand Audience Award, and to win a year's subscription to the British Bandsman. To nominate a band, simply e-mail or write to the programme, saying why their performance in the heats impressed you.
Contact the programme via e-mail: sundaybandstand@bbc.co.uk
Write to us at: Sunday Bandstand, BBC Radio Scotland, Room 220, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow G12 8DG.
Playlists for Sunday Bandstand will be available on the Radio Scotland website on a weekly basis while the series is on air ‚Äö?Ñ?¨ www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
BBC Radio Scotland: 92.4-94.7 FM and 810 MW (585 Dumfries)
Listen online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland (available on radio player for 7 days after broadcast)
Listen on digital TV/radio: Freeview Channel 89 (Scotland only) or Sky Channel 866
Sunday 6 August at 3.05pm
John Wallace presents highlights from the West Lothian Festival of Brass, featuring Unison Kinneil Band, from Bo'ness, and Kingdom Brass, from Fife. There's also a chance for listeners to nominate the bands for the Sunday Bandstand Audience Award.
Sunday 13 August at 3.05pm
John Wallace presents highlights from the West Lothian Festival of Brass, featuring Newtongrange Silver Band and the Glasgow-based Scottish Co-op Band, and finds out the result of the first semi-final. There's also a chance for listeners to nominate the bands for the Sunday Bandstand Audience Award.
Sunday 20 August at 3.05pm
John Wallace presents highlights from the West Lothian Festival of Brass, featuring Dalmellington Band and Whitburn Band, and finds out the result of the second semi-final. There's also a chance for listeners to nominate the bands for the Sunday Bandstand Audience Award.
Sunday 27 August at 3.05pm
John Wallace is in Livingston at the final of the West Lothian Festival of Brass, for an historic head-to-head clash between two of Scotland's top brass bands. Long-time rivals Whitburn Band and the Scottish Co-op Band compete for the West Lothian Challenge Trophy in front of a capacity crowd.
