Northern Counties
Jim Wishart, President
Northern Counties Brass Band Association
01764 650488 07738274197
Ambleside,
11 Ryan Place
Crieff Perthshire
PH7 4EW
email: ncbba.president@gmail.com
Secretary: Tori Chamberlain
The Northern Counties Brass Band Association has announced two new dates for its 2024 calendar.
The association’s solo and ensemble contest will be held on Saturday 3 February in the Panbride Hall, Carnoustie. The event will take the form of a Junior competition (for young band members and school pupils) and an Open competition for more experienced Senior players.
The second diary date is for the annual Northern Counties entertainment contest which will take place on Sunday 19 May in the North Inch Community Campus, Gowans Terrace, Perth.
In both cases, entry forms and further information is available from Jim Wishart at ncbba.president@gmail.com
New Committee at Northern Counties
President---Jim Wishart
Vice President---Damian Martin
Secretary---Bruce Dorward
Treasurer---Ann Murray
Committee Members who represent there bands are:-
George Annan (Perthshire Brass)
Shirley Bennet (Arbroath Instrumental)
Robin Wardhaugh (Forfar Instrumental)
Rep for SBBA---Damian Martin.
Jim Wishart
President. Northern Counties Brass Band Association
01764 650488 07738274197
Ambleside,
11 Ryan Place
Crieff Perthshire
PH7 4EW
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We look forward to welcoming bands to our 2022 event, planned for late
May/early June.
In the meantime best wishes to you and
your bands.
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North-East Scotland's finest young brass talent was on display at the Northern Counties Solos contest in Forfar on Sunday 19th January 2020. As well as the NCBBA titles, the event also served as the regional qualifier for the Besson Scottish Solo and Ensemble finals next month.
The entry of just six soloists was somewhat disappointing given the good numbers about recent years, but what the day lacked in quantity, it more than made up for in quality. Adjudicator Robert Fraser was effusive in his praise of what he had heard, "I was surprised by the difficulty of the pieces chosen" he explained, "but all performers dealt well with the demands of some tricky music, and I was extremely impressed with all of the performances."
The Intermediate (16 and under) section was won by trombonist Alix Bailey's energetic rendition of Gareth Wood's Dance Sequence, while young cornet star Gavin Lee took home the Youth (21 and under) title on Henri Büsser's Andante and Scherzo.
All six competitors go on to represent the region in the Besson Scottish Solo and Ensembles championship finals on Saturday 8th February.
NCBBA Solos and Ensembles Contest 2019-20, RESULTS:
Sunday 19th January 2020
Adjudicator – Robert Fraser
Intermediate Solo (under 16 years)
1 – Alix Bailey (trombone) - Gold
Award: Dance Sequence – Gareth Wood 2 – Elita McFarlane
(trombone) - Gold Award: Fantasy for Trombone – James Curnow 3 – Thomas Kobine (Eb horn) - Gold Award: Variations on a Welsh Theme – Peter Kneale
Youth Solo (under 21 years)
1 – Gavin Lee (cornet), Gold Award: Andante and
Scherzo – Henri Büsser 2 – Holly
Bennett (baritone), Gold Award: Zelda – Percy Code 3 – Iona McFarlane (cornet), Gold Award: The Debutante – Herbert Clarke
Northern Counties Brass Band Contest 2019
Results from Kinross:
1) Newtongrange Silver - 96
pts 2)
Kingdom Brass - 95
3) Bon Accord Silver - 92 4) Newmains &
District - 91 5) Clackmannan District - 90
6) Perthshire Brass - 88
7) Whitburn Heartlands - 87
8) Bon Accord Silver 'B' - 86
9) Dundee Instrumental - 85
10) Dunfermline Town - 84
Best 1st Section
- Kingdom Brass 2nd Section
- Newmains & District 3rd Section - Perthshire Brass
4th Section - Bon Accord Silver 'B'
Most Entertaining Programme - Newtongrange
Best Percussion - Newtongrange
Best Soloist - Alec Philip (Kingdom)
Best Soprano - Newtongrange
Winnning Conductor - Andrew Duncan
Best NCBBA Band - Bon Accord Silver
Best Non-NCBBA Band - Newtongrange
2018 Northern Counties Band Contest
Sunday 3rd June – North Inch Community Centre Perth
Adjudicator Bryan Allen
RESULT Conductor Points
1. Kingdom Brass Paul Drury 92
2 Kirkintilloch
Kelvin Brass Charles Keenan 91 3
Clackmannan District Paul McKelvie OBE 88 4 Lochgelly Paul McKelvie OBE 87
5 Brass Sounds Inverclyde Chris Mansfield 86
6 Perthshire Brass George D Annan 85
7 Dundee Instrumental Robert McDonald 84
8 Bon Accord B Jennifer Cook 83
Best 1st Section – Kingdom Brass
Best 2nd Section Clackmannan District
Best 3rd Section Brass Sounds Inverclyde
Best 4th Section Dundee Instrumental
Best Soprano Kingdom Dave Prentice
Most entertaining Performance Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass
Best Soloist Kindom Brass Trombone Alex Philip
Best Percussion Section Kingdom Brass
Best Northern Counties Band. Bon Accord B
Best Non – Northern Counties Perthshire Brass
contact
President - Damian Martin: email - brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk tel - 07798 642878
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Northern Counties Open Contest 2017 Report/Results
Resurgent Kingdom Brass claim Northern Counties title in Kinross.
BRITAIN’S MOST NORTHERLY BAND ASSOCIATION, the Northern Counties BBA, held their annual Open Contest on Sunday 4th June. Bands from across Scotland descended on Kinross, each bidding to entertain and impress with their own-choice entertainment programmes.
Adjudicator Andrew Duncan explained that two performances had really stood out for him on the day. In the end, however, it was a resurgent Kingdom Brass under the baton of Paul Drury who swept to the title, the Fife band making up for their Scottish Championship disappointment earlier in the year with a performance of real quality to edge out reigning champions Bon Accord Silver.
The winners elect opened their programme with bold accounts of Franz Waxman’s Taras Bulba overture and Shostakovich’s lively Folk Festival. Solo Trombone Alex Philip was in lyrical form on Hoagy Carmichael classic Stardust, before the band turned to music from Disney’s ‘Tangled’; the aptly named Kingdom Dance here in an arrangement from the pen of conductor Paul Drury. The laid-back swing of Eiliv Herikstad’s All to Jesus brought the tempo down, before the title was sealed with a final flourish – the day’s Best Percussion section winners and Best Soprano Martin Edwards again in fine fettle on Matthew Hall’s showpiece Nightingale Dances. It was to be a fruitful return to form for the new champions, who also collected the Most Entertaining Programme, Best Non-NCBBA Band and Winning Conductor trophies.
There was to be no fourth consecutive title for Bon Accord Silver, the Aberdeen band and conductor Steve Malcolm eventually having to settle for the runner-up spot. Kicking the programme off with Philip Harper’s exciting Lionheart, flugel soloist Sarah Saum featured next in Mark Freeh’s arrangement of the Cole Porter standard I’ve Got You Under My Skin. The fiery rhythms of Johnny Bates’ Concertino Catalonia drew adjudicator praise for the “impressive playing” on show, before the day’s Best Soloist winner Richard Kidd excelled in the beautiful Philip Sparke euphonium solo Summer Isle. As it happened, the top two bands chose the same finishing piece, Bon Accord also rounding off their programme with a vivid ‘Nightingale Dances’, adding the Best NCBBA Member Band trophy along the way.
In third place, and taking home the Best 1st Section trophy, were Lochgelly under Paul McKelvie OBE. Opting to open with the fanfares of Richard Strauss’ Fest Musik Der Stadt Wien, a colourful rendition of the Cossack Fire Dance from Peter Graham’s Call of the Cossacks followed, with soloists on top form. A pair of Mark Freeh arrangements followed, firstly the music of Leonard Bernstein, with Tonight from West Side Story, then the uptempo latin sounds of Malaguena. Principal cornet Stuart Hepburn’s reflective interpretation of Share My Yoke was next, with the programme drawing to a close on Dean Jones’ Glorifico Aeternum.
Elsewhere, young trombonist Frankie O’Donnell provided the vocal on Sinatra favourite My Way, as Mark Good’s Renfrew Burgh took home the Best 2nd Section prize. Irvine & Dreghorn collected the Best 3rd Section award, with an eclectic programme including multiple bicycle bells in their conductor’s own arrangement of Queen’s ‘Bicycle Race’, while Dysart Colliery continued their fine recent run of contest form to claim the Best 4th Section title.
Full Results:
1) Kingdom Brass (Paul Drury) Draw 5 - 190pts
2) Bon Accord Silver (Steve Malcolm) Draw 7 - 188
3) Lochgelly (Paul McKelvie OBE) Draw 9 - 186
4) Clackmannan District (Paul Kiernan) Draw 3 - 184
5) Irvine & Dreghorn (Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale) Draw 2 - 182
6) Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good) Draw 8 - 180
7) Dysart Colliery (Ross Brotherston) Draw 6 – 178
8) Bon Accord ‘B’ (Jennifer Cook) Draw 1 - 176
9) Newmains & District (Michael Marzella) Draw 4 - 174
Best 1st Section – Lochgelly
Best 2nd Section – Renfrew Burgh
Best 3rd Section – Irvine & Dreghorn
Best 4th Section – Dysart Colliery
Best NCBBA Member Band - Bon Accord Silver
Best Non-NCBBA Band – Kingdom Brass
Most Entertaining Programme – Kingdom Brass
Best Percussion – Kingdom Brass
Best Soprano – Martin Edwards, Kingdom Brass
Best Soloist – Richard Kidd (euphonium), Bon Accord Silver
Winning Conductor – Paul Drury, Kingdom Brass
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There's still a week left to get your entry in for the Northern Counties
Open Contest. The contest will take place on Sunday 4th June at Loch
Leven Community Campus, Kinross and will be adjudicated by Andrew
Duncan. Bands should present a 20 minute entertainment programme and
prizes are available, among others, for Best Percussion, Best Soprano,
Best Soloist and Most Entertaining Programme. Entry forms should be
returned prior to the closing date of Monday 8th May.
Bands should have received invitations and entry forms already, but
please contact NCBBA President Damian Martin at
brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk for an entry form or any further information
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2016 Contest took place at Loch leven Community Campus, Kinross
Adjudicators John Boax & David Frame
RESULTS
1 Bon Accord conducted by Stephen Malcolm - 90 points
2 Arbroath Instrumental conducted by Mike Robertson - 88
3 Granite City Brass conducted by Bruce Wallace - 87
4 Shotts St.Patrick's conducted by Chris Mansfield - 85
5 Bon Accord B Band conducted by Jennifer Cook - 83
6 Dysart Colliery conducted by Ross Brotherstone - 82
7 Forfar Instrumental conducted by Terance Jackson - 80
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Best Instrumentalist Solo Trombone Bon Accord
Best Soprano Cornet Bon Accord
Most Entertaing Performance Arbroath Instrumental
Best NCBBA band Bon Accord
Best Non NCBBA band Shotts St.Patricks
Best Percussion Section Bon Accord
Granite City comunity Brass conducted by Lewis Catto played as a 4b section band for adjudication.
Best 1st Section Band Granite City Brass
Best 2nd Section Band Arbroath Instrumental
Best 4th Section Band Bon Accord B
NOTE FOR YOUR DIARY - 2017 EVENT SATURDAY 27TH MAY
Solo and Ensemble event Sunday 6th November 2016
for Qualification to Scottish Solo Finals 4/5 February 2016 - Howden Park Centre, Livingston
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THE draw has been made for the 2015 Northern Counties Brass Band Association (NCBBA) contest.
Held at Loch Leven Community Campus, Kinross, the event is taking place on Saturday, May 23 and will feature 14 bands performing own-choice entertainment programmes in a bid to impress adjudicator, Nigel Boddice MBE.
Doors are due to open at 9.30am with results expected at around 4.45pm. Admission is £5 / £3.
More information is available by emailing Damian Martin, NCBBA president.
Draw
1) Tullis Russell Mills
2) Tayport Instrumental
3) Forfar Instrumental
4) Bon Accord Silver
5) Dysart Colliery
6) Queensferry Community
7) Dunaskin Doon
8) Coalburn Silver
9) Bathgate
10) Tullis Russell Intermediate
11) Shotts St Patrick's
12) Perthshire Brass
13) Bon Accord 'B'
14) Granite City
The Northern Counties Brass Band Association holds its annual Open Entertainment Contest on Saturday 23rd May 2015 at Loch Leven Community Campus in Kinross, Perthshire.
more information from Damian Martin: email - brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk tel - 07798 642878
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NORTHERN COUNTIES BRASS BAND ASSOCIATION
SOLOS AND ENSEMBLES CONTEST 2014
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER, EAST & OLD PARISH CHURCH HALL, FORFAR
ADJUDICATOR - JOHN BOAX
RESULTS (Draw - Name - School/Band - Result):
JUNIOR SOLOS
1. Jamie Winterton, Carnoustie & District, SILVER
2. Iona McFarlane, Carnoustie & District, GOLD - 2ND
3. Holly Bennett, Carnoustie & District, GOLD - 1ST
4. Ailish Gracie, Carnoustie & District, BRONZE
5. Matthew Crombie, Carnoustie & District, BRONZE
6. Gavin Lee, Carnoustie & District, GOLD - 3RD
JUNIOR ENSEMBLES
1. Carnoustie 'A' (Holly Bennett, Iona McFarlane, Chris Yeaman, Raghnall Simmonds, Jamie Winterton), GOLD - 1ST
INTERMEDIATE SOLOS
1. Aiden Robertson, Carnoustie High School, SILVER
2. Marcello Rufo, Carnoustie High School, SILVER
3. Ethan Doherty, Carnoustie High School, SILVER
4. Jordan Robertson, Carnoustie High School, GOLD - 1ST
5. Chris Flynn, Carnoustie High School, GOLD - 2ND
6. Finlay McGhee, Carnoustie High School, GOLD - 3RD
INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLES
1. Carnoustie 'C' (Joanna Flynn, Jacqueline Stark, Jordan Robertson, Iain Yeaman), GOLD - 1ST
2. Carnoustie 'B' (Iona McFarlane, Lucy Mineard, Ethan Doherty, Marcello Rufo, Aiden Robertson), GOLD - 3RD
3. Carnoustie 'A' (Chris Flynn, Finlay McGhee, Aileen Goss, Jordan Robertson, Angus Geekie), GOLD - 2ND
YOUTH SOLOS
1. Rebecca Anderson, Bon Accord Silver Band, GOLD - 1ST
OPEN SLOW MELODY
1. Chris Flynn, 89pts
2. Marcello Rufo, 88pts
3. Rebecca Anderson, 87pts
The top three finishers in the Junior/Intermediate/Youth solo and ensemble classes qualify for the Besson Solo & Ensemble Finals, to be held on 7th/8th February 2015 at the Howden Park Centre, Livingstone. Congratulations to them, and indeed to all of the competitors for a fantastic standard of playing.
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Following the AGM of the Northern Counties Brass Band Association, held in Forfar on Sunday 7th September 2014, the NCBBA Committee now consists of:
President - Damian Martin: email - brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk tel - 07798 642878
Vice-President - Lianda Barnes: email - liandajbarnes@hotmail.com
Secretary - Bruce Dorward: email - forbruce@dorrit41.plus.com
Treasurer - Ann Murray: email - annmurray37@hotmail.co.uk tel - 07799 604125
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Past Reports and News
Northern Counties Open Contest 2014 Report/Results
Bon Accord Silver see off local rivals to be crowned Northern Counties champions.
BON ACCORD SILVER BAND held off the challenge of local rivals Granite City Brass to take victory in a closely-fought Northern Counties Open Contest on Saturday.
Thirteen bands took to the stage in Kinross, keeping the audience entertained with a real variety of programmes and some fine playing throughout the day.
The champions, under the baton of Stephen Malcolm, opened their "well judged" programme with a exhilarating rendition of Peter Graham's ‘Phoenix', next featuring Mark Boyd as trombone soloist in the evocative Adrian Drover arrangement of ‘My Funny Valentine' - drawing praise from adjudicator Anne Crookston as "so accomplished and musically phrased" and "sensitively accompanied" by the band. Howard Snell's exuberant treatment of Darius Milhaud's ‘Scaramouche Brasileira' was to follow, offering a showcase for the band's percussion section who went on to claim the trophy for Best Percussion for the second consecutive year. An electrifying performance of the Greek dance ‘Zeibekikos' from Philip Wilby's Euphonium Concerto (complete with plate-smashing!) was enough to convince the adjudicator to award the day's Best Soloist prize to Richard Kidd, before the set concluded with a rousing ‘MacArthur Park'. To add to the smiles on the trip back to Aberdeen, the band also took home the Best NCBBA Band and Best First Section trophies, while soprano player Mark James completed the impressive haul of silverware by scooping the Best Soprano award.
In their previous meeting at this year's Scottish First Section Championships, Granite City Brass had led home an Aberdonian 1-2, with Bon Accord having to settle for the runners-up spot. However, on this occasion the tables were turned, and although conductor Bruce Wallace's "well thought-through" set saw them collect the Most Entertaining Programme prize, it was to be their only consolation on the day. They first drew praise from the adjudicator for their "excellent" control during two unconducted openers - the classic Samuel B. Wood march ‘The West Riding' and slow euphonium solo ‘Reverend Archie Beaton' played by Lewis Catto. With conductor now back at the helm there followed the dynamic 4th movement of Martin Ellerby's ‘Evocations' and the Trevor Sharpe trombone trio ‘Blades of Toledo' featuring Kenny Hamilton, Pauline Carroll and Martin Neale. Howard Snell's popular arrangement of ‘The Appian Way' from Respighi's ‘Pines of Rome' provided a dramatic conclusion to what Anne Crookston described in her adjudication as a "great show" offering "great variety".
Rounding off the podium positions and taking the Best Non-NCBBA Band trophy back to Ayrshire were Alan Cameron and Newmilns & Galston, with the adjudicator saying that only a few blips, clips and minor intonation issues had eventually separated the top three placings. The band opened with Howard Snell's lively arrangement of Tchaikowsky's Cossack Dance from the opera ‘Mazeppa', before Principal Cornet Douglas Cameron starred in the moving Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony, arranged for soloist by Ray Farr. Philip Sparke's ‘Mountain Song' and the day's second rendition of ‘Phoenix' rounded off their performance.
Fresh from their recent Europeans experience, the ever-improving Tullis Russell Mills under Paul Drury led home the pack in fourth place, just pipping a spirited Shotts St Patrick's to the Best Second Section award. Mark Good's Renfrew Burgh produced an encouraging performance to see off higher section opposition en route to the Third Section prize, while Buckhaven & Methil finished off the day's awards as Best Fourth Section band.
Full Results:
1) Bon Accord Silver (Stephen Malcolm) Draw 2 - 94pts
2) Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace) Draw 13 - 93
3) Newmilns & Galston (Alan Cameron) Draw 6 - 92
4) Tullis Russell Mills (Paul Drury) Draw 5 - 90
5) Shotts St Patrick's (Michael Marzella) Draw 10 - 89
6) Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good) Draw 11 - 88
7) City of Discovery (Scott Findlater) Draw 3 - 87
8) Perthshire Brass (George D. Annan) Draw 4 - 86
9) Tullis Russell Intermediate (Steven Craig) Draw 8 - 85
10) Buckhaven & Methil (David Neil) Draw 9 - 83
11) Bon Accord B (Robert Fraser) Draw 7 - 82
12) Newland Concert (Paul McKelvie MBE) Draw 1 - 81
13) Highland Brass (Mark Bell) Draw 12 - 80
Kingdom B w/d
Best 1st section - Bon Accord Silver
Best 2nd section - Tullis Russell
Best 3rd section - Renfrew Burgh
Best 4th section - Buckhaven & Methil
Best NCBBA Member Band - Bon Accord Silver
Best Non-NCBBA Band - Newmilns & Galston
Most Entertaining Programme - Granite City Brass
Best Percussion - Bon Accord Silver
Best Soprano - Mark James, Bon Accord Silver
Best Soloist - Richard Kidd, Bon Accord Silver
Winning Conductor - Stephen Malcolm, Bon Accord Silver
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The Northern Counties Brass Band Association holds its annual Open Entertainment Contest this Saturday 24th May at Loch Leven Community Campus in Kinross, Perthshire.
RESULTS
NCBBA Open Contest Full Results.
Adjudicator: Anne Crookston
1) Bon Accord Silver - 94pts
2) Granite City Brass - 93
3) Newmilns & Galston - 92
4) Tullis Russell Mills - 90
5) Shotts St Patrick's - 89
6) Renfrew Burgh - 88
7) City of Discovery - 87
8) Perthshire Brass - 86
9) Tullis Russell Intermediate - 85
10) Buckhaven & Methil - 83
11) Bon Accord B - 82
12) Newland Concert - 81
13) Highland Brass - 80
Kingdom B w/d
Best 1st section - Bon Accord Silver
Best 2nd section - Tullis Russell
Best 3rd section - Renfrew Burgh
Best 4th section - Buckhaven & Methil
Best NCBBA Member Band - Bon Accord Silver
Best Non-NCBBA Band - Newmilns & Galstone
Most Entertaining Programme - Granite City Brass
Best Percussion - Bon Accord Silver
Best Soprano - Mark James, Bon Accord Silver
Best Soloist - Richard Kidd, Bon Accord Silver
Winning Conductor - Steven Malcolm, Bon Accord Silver
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Doors open to the public at 9.30, with the first band taking to the stage at 10 o’clock and results scheduled for approximately 16.45.
Although only reintroduced to the Scottish contesting calendar in 2013, this year’s event has attracted a good mix of entries, with a total of fourteen bands lined up for adjudicator Annie Crookston to separate, travelling from as far afield as Inverness and Ayrshire.
Competing bands are as follows:
Bon Accord Silver Band
Bon Accord Silver ‘B’ Band
Buckhaven & Methil Miners’ Brass Band
City of Discovery Brass Band
Granite City Brass
Highland Brass
Kingdom Brass ‘B’ Band
Newland Concert Brass
Newmilns & Galston Brass Band
Perthshire Brass
Renfrew Burgh Band
Shotts St Patrick’s Brass Band
Tullis Russell Mills Band
Tullis Russell Intermediate Band
With each band providing a compèred 20 minute entertainment programme, a varied and interesting day of brass band music should be in store. Spectator entry by programme is priced at £5/£3 on the door and all are very welcome to attend.
Following the success of last year's event, the 2014 NCBBA Open Brass Band Contest will take place on SATURDAY 24th May at Loch Leven Community Campus, Kinross, Perthshire.
The contest will be run with a 20-minute Entertainment Programme format and entries are welcomed from bands of all levels. Non contesting bands are welcome to attend on an adjudication-only basis at a reduced entry fee.
Please contact our President, Damian Martin, at brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk or our secretary, Robin Wardhaugh, at robin.wardhaugh@btinternet.com for further details or an entry form.
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RESULTS of the 2013 NCBBA Solos and Ensembles Contest, held at Carnoustie High School on Sunday 3rd November 2013. Adjudicator Bruce Fraser:
Junior Solos (12 years and under)
Draw - Name - Placing/Award
1. Aiden Robertson 3rd/Gold
2. Gavin Lee Silver
3. Iona McFarlane Silver
4. Molly Crompton Silver
5. Finlay McGhee 1st/Gold
6. Holly Bennett 2nd/Gold
7. Lucy Mineard Silver
Intermediate Solos (16 years and under)
Draw - Name - Placing/Award
1. Angus Geekie Gold
2. Aileen Goss Silver
3. Chris Vannart Silver
4. Jordan Robertson 1st/Gold
5. Jacqueline Stark 3rd/Gold
6. Chris Flynn 2nd/Gold
7. Collette Coleman Silver
8. Bailey Brennan Silver
Youth Solos (21 years and under)
1. Mark James Gold
Junior Ensembles
Draw - Name - Placing/Award
1. Carnoustie 'A' 1st/Gold
2. Carnoustie 'B' 2nd/Silver
Intermediate Ensembles
Draw - Name - Placing/Award
1. Carnoustie 'B' 2nd/Gold
2. Carnoustie 'A' 1st/Gold
3. Forfar Instrumental 3rd/Silver
NCBBA Open Slow Melody Contest
Draw - Name - Points
1. Mark James 86
2. Chris Flynn 87
3. Paul James 84
4. Sarah Saum 85
5. Jordan Robertson 88
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Northern Counties Brass Band Association covers bands from Perthshire in the south, up to Lerwick Town Band in Shetland. The association runs an annual Solos and Ensemble contest as well as an Open Brass Band contest - the old ‘Aberdeen' Contest.
With the development programme currently in place within SBBA, workshops have been hosted in Moray, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire in recent years, with plans to host further events in Aberdeen City and Dundee.
The Committee currently consists of:
Damian Martin - President brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk
Ann Murray - Treasurer annmurray37@hotmail.co.uk
Robin Waudhaugh - Secretary robin.wardhaugh@btinternet.com
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Northern Counties Brass Band Contest - Results 2013
In what was a close run 2013 Northern Counties contest, adjudicator Bryan Allen plumped for Kirkintilloch Kelvin's varied programme featuring Gordon Kyle in the arrangement of 'Live and Let Die' . Directed by Charles Kennan, they retained the Champion's trophy which is becoming very familiar with the journey back to Glasgow. They narrowly pipped Aberdeen based band Bon-Accord Silver, led by Stephen Malcolm, who featured principal trombonist Mark Boyd in 'Bolivar' - a performance that would see Mark take home the Best Soloist prize.
Third place went to Tullis Russell Mills Band under the direction of Paul Drury. The Fife based band finished their entertaining set with a "vocal" and rousing rendition of "They come from the East"
There were section prizes for Kingdom 'B' Band, taking home the best third section band, and Tullis Russell Intermediate Band who won the best fourth section band.
The Northern Counties Open Contest will hopefully be making a permanent return to the contesting schedule, with a date for 2014 already being considered.
Northern Counties Brass Band Contest - Results 2013
Adjudicator Bryan Allen
1. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band Charles Keenan 90 pts
2. Bon-Accord Silver Band Stephen Malcolm 89 pts
3. Tullis Russell Mills Band Paul Drury 86 pts
4. Kingdom 'B' Band Ken Blackwood 85 pts
=5. Broxburn & Livingston Band Charlie Farren 84 pts
=5. Irvine & Dreghorn Band John boax 84 pts
7. Brass Sounds Inverclyde David Hutcheson 83 pts
8. Tullis Russell Intermediate Band Steven Craig 82 pts
=9. Tayport Instrumental Band Frank Culross 80 pts
=9. Dunfermline Town Band Scott Findlater 80 pts
Best Soloist: Mark Boyd - Trombone Bon-Accord Silver Band
Best Soprano: Gordon Kyle Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band
Most Entertaining Programme: Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band
Best Percussion: Bon-Accord Silver Band
Best NCBBA Member Band: Bon-Accord Silver Band
Best Non-NCBBA Band: Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band
Winning Conductor: Charles Keenan Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band
Best First Section Band: Bon-Accord Silver Band
Best Second Section Band: Tullis Russell Mills Band
Best Third Section Band: Kingdom Brass ‘B' Band
Best Fourth Section Band: Tullis Russell Intermediate Band
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The NCBBA Open Brass Band Contest will take place on SUNDAY 26th May at Loch Leven Community Campus, Kinross, Perthshire
The contest will be run with an Entertainment Programme format.
Details from Richard Kidd Richard_kidd56@hotmail.com
Northern Counties Brass Band Association covers bands from Perthshire in the south, up to Lerwick Town Band in Shetland. The association runs an annual Solos and Ensemble contest as well as an Open Brass Band contest - the old ‘Aberdeen' Contest.
With the development programme currently in place within SBBA, workshops have been hosted in Moray, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire in recent years, with plans to host further events in Aberdeen City and Arbroath.
The Committee currently consists of:
Richard Kidd - President richard_kidd56@hotmail.com
Damian Martin - Vice-President brass_monkey@tiscali.co.uk
Ann Murray - Secretary/Treasurer annmurray37@hotmail.co.uk
