2017 Scottish Festival of Brass gets underway
The 2017 Scottish Festival of Brass gets underway on Saturday with a confirmed total of 24 bands taking part in the Band Supplies Scottish Challenge contest at Perth Concert Hall.
The draw for the first half of the contest will take place at 8.30am with the first band on stage an hour later. The order of bands in the second half of the event will be drawn at 12.30pm.
Scottish Challenge Shield holder J36 Brass from South Cumbria is among 11 1st Section bands hoping to impress adjudicators Owen Farr and Dave Barringer with performances of their own choice test-pieces. There are 4 2nd Section bands taking part, along with 6 from the 3rd Section and 3 from Section 4.
Members of 2016 winner, J36 Brass
There will be prizes for the top three bands, each of the four section winners and the best instrumentalist of the day.
As previously announced, the Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) is delighted to welcome trombone soloist and Schagerl Artist Lito Fontana to Perth. Lito will make a guest appearance at the contest, presenting workshops during the day and holding a short concert prior to the results.
The full list of runners and riders is:
Annan Town 1 (Andy Holland)
Arbroath Instrumental 2 (Mike Robertson)
Barrhead Burgh 3 (David Henderson)
Bathgate 1 (Anne Crookston)
Brass Sounds Inverclyde 3 (Christopher Mansfield)
Clackmannan District Brass 1 (Paul McKelvie OBE)
Coalburn Silver 1 (Linda Nicholson)
Dunaskin Doon 1 (Chris Bradley)
Dundee Instrumental 4 (John McDonald)
Granite City Brass 1 (Bruce Wallace)
Irvine and Dreghorn Brass 3 (Scott Kerr)
J36 Brass (holder) 2 (Andrew Warriner)
Johnstone 1 (Martyn Ramsay)
Kilmarnock Concert Brass 4 (Scott Walker)
Lochgelly 1 (Paul McKelvie OBE)
MacTaggart Scott Loanhead 3 (Andy Shaw)
Newmains and District 4 (Michael Marzella)
Newmilns and Galston 1 (Alan Cameron)
Newtongrange Silver 1 (Andrew Duncan)
Penicuik Silver 4 (Stuart Black)
Perthshire Brass 2 (George D Annan)
Shotts St. Patricks 2 (Christopher Mansfield)
St. Ronan's Silver 2 (Alan Fernie)
Whitburn Heartlands 3 (Paul Kiernan)
