Kingdom Brass reign supreme in Fife

Kingdom Brass came out on top at yesterday’s Fife Brass Band Festival, beating nine other bands to the entertainment contest title at the Carnegie Hall, Dumfermline.

Each band played an own-choice 20-minute programme for the adjudication of Mark Good. Jillian Gillespie and Madelaine Baker decided on which band put on the most entertaining show and commere for the day was Susan Chown.

The winning programme by Kingdom Brass, inspired and led by musical director Eoin Tonner, opened with the circus march The Melody Shop (Karl L King, arr. Peter Smalley), followed by The Bells of Notre Dame (Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz, arr. Eoin Tonner), The Water of Tyne (arr. Philip Sparke), A World of Your Own (arr. Eoin Tonner) and concluding with Glorifio Aeternum (Dean Jones).

A short concert by the Cooperation Youth Brass Band provided the entertainment while the results were being prepared, which were as follows:

1. Kingdom Brass (Championship) 96pts

2. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (First Section) 95pts

3. Bathgate (First Section) 94pts

4. Lochgelly (First Section) 93pts

5. Campbeltown Brass (Second Section) 91pts

6. Clackmannan District (Second Section) 90pts

7. Dysart Colliery Silver (Fourth Section) 89pts

8. Whitburn Heartlands (Fourth Section) 87pts

9. Penicuik Silver (Fourth Section) 86pts

10. Tullis Russell Mills (Second Section) 85pts

The prize for the most entertaining band went to Campbeltown Brass (below).

The best soloist award went to Lee Bathgate, Lochgelly principal cornet.