Kingdom Brass in clean sweep at Fife Charities contest

Kingdom Brass reigned supreme at Saturday’s Fife Charities contest in Dunfermline, taking the top spot in all three categories of own-choice march, hymn and test piece.

Playing the march Ravenswood, hymn tune Gresham and test piece Fraternity, the band was also awarded best conductor (Raymond Tennant), best cornet (David Prentice), best horn/flugel (Sarah Findlay) and best trombone (Alex Philip) and retained the best Fife 'A' Band title.

By taking second place in the Open Contest Granite City Brass qualifies for the Senior Trophy competition.

This 75th annual competition, the first in three years to be organised by the Fife Charities Band Association, was staged at the Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline,

Adjudicators were John Boax (for march, hymn and test piece) and Carole Ednie (for individual awards).

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all participating bands. Here are the full results from the day:

Open Contest

1.            Kingdom Brass (R Tennant)  192 pts

2.            Granite City Brass (B Wallace)  189 pts

3.            Bo’ness & Carriden (C Farren)  188 pts

4.             Lochgelly (C Shanks)  182 pts

5.            Broxburn & Livingston  181 pts

6.            Bon-Accord ‘B’ (J Cook)  180 pts

Winning conductor: Raymond Tennant

Qualifier for Senior Trophy: Granite City Brass

Best Fife ‘A’ Band: Kingdom Brass

Best 1st Section: Granite City Brass

Best 2nd Section: Broxburn & Livingston

Best 3rd Section: N/A

Best 4th Section: Bon-Accord ‘B’

Best Cornet: Kingdom Brass

Best Horn: Flugel, Kingdom Brass

Best Euphonium/Baritone: Euphonium, Granite City Brass

Best Trombone: Kingdom Brass

Best Basses: Granity City Brass

Best Percussion: Bo’ness & Carriden

March Contest

1.            Kingdom Brass (R Tennant)  89 pts

2.            Granite City Brass (B Wallace)  88 pts

3.            Bo’ness & Carriden (C Farren)  87 pts

4.             Lochgelly (C Shanks)  85 pts

5.            Broxburn & Livingston  84 pts

6.            Bon-Accord ‘B’ (J Cook)  82 pts

Hymn Contest

1.            Kingdom Brass (R Tennant)  89 pts

2.            Bo’ness & Carriden (C Farren) 87 pts

3.            Granite City Brass (B Wallace)  86 pts

4.             Lochgelly (C Shanks)  83 pts

5.            Broxburn & Livingston  82 pts

6.            Bon-Accord ‘B’ (J Cook)  80 pts