Presentations At Newland
Members of Bathgate's Newland Concert Brass were delighted to present Soprano player, Alex Spence with a medal to commemorate his 50 year membership of The Scottish Brass Band Association. Alex, who started his brass band career with Newtongrange Silver Band has also played with The City of Edinburgh Band and Greenhall Band over the years. He was presented with his 50 year medal at Newland's recent concert in Bathgate by SBBA representative John Fraser. Newland also value the importance of youth development and Jim Walker (Newland Concert Brass President) presented Junior Band member, 11year old horn player, Amy Waddell with the Most Progressed Player Award 2008 at the same concert. A spokesman for the band said, "It's great that we have such a wide age range of players in Newland Concert Brass. Everyone at Newland would like to congratulate both Alex and Amy on their awards."
