Membership

3rd Section

St. Ronan's Silver

St. Ronan's Silver Band is based in Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders. 
Formed in 1810, today it is Scotland's oldest band and is one of the most 
active organisations in the area, playing at over forty events across the 
Borders and beyond each year.

The Band provides training for new brass  and percussion players who
graduate to the St. Ronan's Future Band. The Band  also operates a training
programme for all players and regularly works  with top brass and percussion
players and tutors. Several St. Ronan's  youngsters are also members of the
National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, each  player receiving a grant from the
Band to help with the fee.

The  Band regularly promotes its own concerts, featuring the main band, the
Future  Band and guest bands and is a leading player in the renowned St.
Ronan's Tattoo  held bi-annually in the grounds of Traquair House. The Band
plays a pivotal role  in St. Ronan's Border Games & Cleikum Ceremonies
(Innerleithen's  Festival).

The Band competes regularly and became Scottish Champions in  the Fourth
Section in 1999, going on to represent Scotland in the UK finals  where they
gained fifth place. The Band became Borders Champions in 2001 and  2003.
Other contest successes have been achieved at the Carnegie Contest, West  of
Scotland Championships, Fife Charities, Brass in the Park and the Forth  Valley
Championships. St. Ronan's was promoted to the second section in 2003, 
going on to win there in 2007.

The Band has travelled to Innerleithen's  twin town in France on two
occasions and made a very successful concert trip to  Norway in 2003 with a tour
of Arran in 2010. A second CD was came out  in 2003 entitled, "From
Leithenside" and the third recording, "On, St.  Ronan's, On!" was released in 2010 to
mark the Band's bicentenary.

The  Band is entirely self-supporting and relies upon fund-raising efforts,
donations  and engagements to maintain the high standards already set and
to run the main  Band, Future Band and training  groups.

Rehearsals
Senior Band - Tuesdays 7.15pm  & Fridays 7.00pm
Brass Training Group - Fridays 4pm
Percussion  Group - Thursdays 6pm
Future Band - Thursdays 7.15pm

Rehearsal  Venue - Band Hall, Hall Street, Innerleithen, EH44 6QT

Contact details

Address

Keith Bellville Braeside Wells Brae Innerleithen EH44 6JE

Telephone

01896 831721

Email

KJBelleville@outlook.com

Website

https://www.stronanssilverband.org

Hall

Hall Street, Innerleithen. EH44 6QT