Joe Cook to take Whitburn to the Scottish; 54 bands line up for this weekend's Championships

Whitburn is delighted to announce that Joe Cook, principal Eb bass player with Black Dyke, will conduct the band at this weekend's Scottish Championships.
An experienced soloist, conductor and teacher, Joe has won the British Open, the Nationals and the European as well as touring the world as a solo performer. He has conducted Manger Musikklag to victory at the Oslo Brass Festival in 2018 and 2019.
Charlie Farren, Whitburn Band’s chairman, said: “We are all looking forward to the Scottish Championships in this, our 150th anniversary year. Joe is a very talented musician, and we are delighted he will be taking us to the competition.”

Whitburn Band will be hosting an open rehearsal with Broxburn & Livingston and Whitburn Heartlands ahead of the contest, at Whitburn Academy in West Lothian, starting at 7.30pm.

Fifty-four bands will be taking part in the contest on Saturday and Sunday. A full list of the participating bands in the five sections, together with the respective adjudicators, is as follows:

Championship Section – Sunday, 8 March
Adjudicators: Dave Barringer and Sandy Smith

Bon Accord Silver (Adam Cooke)

Bo’ness & Carriden (Glynn Williams)

Dalmellington (Erik Janssen)

Dunaskin Doon (Paul Drury)

Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (Thomas Wyss)

Newtongrange Silver (Andrew Duncan)

the cooperation band (Russell Gray)

The Kirkintilloch Band (Christopher King)

Unison Kinneil (Raymond Tennant)

Whitburn (Joe Cook)

First Section – Saturday, 7 March

Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Jappie Dijkstra

Bathgate (Craig Anderson)

Campbeltown Brass (Stephanie Mitchell)

Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)

Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)

Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace)

Johnstone  (Mark Good)

Kingdom Brass (Ian Porthouse)

Newmains & District  (Michael Marzella)

Newmilns & Galston (Mark James)

Tullis Russell (Ray Munday)

Second Section – Saturday, 7 March

Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Jappie Dijkstra

Annan Town (Andrew Warriner)

Broxburn & Livingston (Charlie Farren)

Clackmannan & District (Ross Brotherston)

Irvine & Dreghorn (Lewis Bettles)

Jedforest Instrumental (Philip Rosier)

Lochgelly (Paul McKelvie OBE)

Perthshire Brass (George D Annan)

Selkirk Silver (Colin Kemp)

St. David’s Brass (John A Dickson)

St. Ronan’s Silver (Gordon Jenkins)

Third Section – Saturday, 7 March

Adjudicators: Dave Barringer and Sandy Smith

Barrhead Burgh (Graham Dow)

Buckhaven & Methil Miners (Chris Mansfield)

Croy Silver (Kenneth Blackwood)

Dysart Colliery (Kenneth Letham)

Highland Brass (Mark Bell)

Langholm Town (Chris Shanks)

Penicuik Silver (Robert W Fraser)

Renfrew Burgh (Mark James)

Shotts St. Patrick’s (Andy Shaw)

Whitburn Heartlands (Stephen Duncan)

Fourth Section – Sunday, 8 March

Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Jappie Dijkstra

Bon Accord Silver ‘B’ (Jennifer Cook)

Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Wendy McCorkell)

Callander Brass (Ian Milligan)

Coalburn Intermediate (David Fehilly)

Dundee Instrumental (Robert McDonald)

Dunfermline Town (Andy Shaw)

Forfar Instrumental (Donald Innes)

Hawick Saxhorn (Stuart Black)

Kilmarnock Concert (Scott Walker)

MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (George Cameron)

Newland Concert (Simon Railton)

Peebles Burgh (Peter Holmes)

Queensferry Community Brass (James Anderson)

Stranraer Brass (Angela Miller)