Results Dalmellington Slow Melody contest
67th Annual Slow Melody Events - Junior and Senior Band Results
Tuba Soloist - Ben Thomson was the Adjudicator and Guest Soloist at the Junior Band Slow Melody event held on Saturday 25th February in Dalmellington Community Centre and he had a very difficult task to select the winners of the Intermediate and Advanced sections, in which, the young soloists produced a high standard of performance. The top 4 in the Advanced Section were invited to compete in the Senior Section on March 24th. Ben's results were:-
Intermediate Section:-
1st Prize ..... Ciara Wilson on Flugel Horn 2nd Prize ..... Robbie Uriarte on Baritone
3rd Prize ..... Euan Mitchell on Trombone 4th Prize ..... Paul Jamieson on Eb Bass
Advanced Section:-
1st Prize ..... Rachael Jones on Cornet 2nd Prize ..... Lynsay Brown on Cornet
3rd Prize ..... Lisa Chalmers on Euphonium 4th Prize ..... Heather Cairns on Cornet
Lisa Chalmers won the ‘George F. Monksfield Award' for having made outstanding progress during the year and, the ‘Player of the Year Award' - the Ray & Bobby Dun Trophy ( voted by the players ) was won by Robbie Uriarte.
The Bill Shipley Trophy to the highest placed cornet soloist was won by Rachael Jones and the brand new Albert Carr Trophy ( donated by Arthur Campbell from Kilmaurs ) to the highest placed horn player was won by Beth Mitchell.
This year we had a New Starts Section, not playing in competition, with 8 young soloists just playing for experience and they were all presented with a new tutor from Senior Tutor - Hugh Johnstone MBE.
The New Starts were:- Sarah Jamieson on cornet, Olivia McCutheon on cornet, Niamh Murphy on cornet, Callum Roseblade on cornet, Katie Stirling on cornet, James Walker on EbBass, Aimee Wilson on cornet and Callum Young on cornet.
Arthur Campbell, from Kilmaurs ( a very generous Band Patron ) and his son and daughter presented the prizes this year and, our Accompanist on piano was senior band cornet player - Sandy McAughtrie.
Ben Thomson, Principal Tuba with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow, was top class as he played three solos, in our evening concert, accompanied by our junior band, conducted by Ian taylor.
Our very sincere thanks to everyone involved in this prestigious event for our young players ..... we still have a few instruments available if any youngsters would like to come and have a blow ..... please phone Ian Taylor on 07837 921 954!
67th Senior Slow Melody Event - March 24th in Dalmellington Community Centre
Euphonium ‘Legend' - Lyndon Baglin ( 75 years of age ) was the Adjudicator and Guest Soloist at the 67th Senior Slow Melody Event in Dalmellington Community Centre on Saturday 24th March and he ‘brought the house down' with superb solo playing in our evening concert, accompanied by Dalmellington Senior Band, conducted by Archie Hutchison.
This year, including the top 4 junior prize winners, we had 21 soloists competing for an array of beautiful trophies and Lyndon Baglin's full results were:-
1st Prize ..... Rebecca Wilson on cornet 2nd Prize ..... Lindsay Roxburgh on cornet
3rd Prize ..... Brian Mackie on Eb Bass 4th Prize ..... Robert Dunn on baritone
The Best Bass prize - the Tyson Trophy ( donated by Donald Tyson ) was won by Brian Mackie and, the Best Euphonium / Baritone prize - the John McCulloch Trophy ( donated by Ann Miller ) was won by Robert Dunn.
The Best Cornet prize - the Juby McCulloch Trophy ( donated by Mary McCulloch ) was won by Rebecca Wilson and, the Best Horn / Flugel prize - the John Brown Trophy ( donated by Nancy Brown ) was won by John Calderwood.
The Mary Reid Quaich, awarded to a devoted ‘behind the scenes' worker ( donated by Donald & Kathleen Reid ) was won by Linda Thomson and the Dale Salver ( donated by Mr & Mrs David Dale ) for the person, voted by the players, to have made tremendous efforts during the year, was won by the band's Principal Cornet - Lindsay Roxburgh.
Alan Hastie, from Bo'Ness was the piano accompanist and, the prizes were presented by former Band president - Jack Stirling and his wife Nancy.
Again, our very sincere thanks, to all involved, for making our 67th Senior Slow Melody Event such a special day in Dalmellington and, of course, our thanks to the 250 members of the audiences at both events. Together, we look forward to the 2013 Slow Melody Events!
