Bakers dozen ready to serve up a feast of competitive banding

Thirteen Championship Section bands will be taking part in tomorrow’s Scottish Open, supported by Besson, in the second weekend of competition in this year’s Scottish Festival of Brass in Perth.

Adjudicators Alan Fernie and Sheona Wade will be in the box, assessing each performance of the set test piece Astralis by Philip Wilby.

Defending champions are the cooperation band.

The Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will be playing a short concert before the start of the Scottish Open at 11.30am, and will be heralding the announcement of the results with a fanfare.

Adjudicators' remarks, results and award ceremony will be livestreamed on the SBBA YouTube channel here.

On Sunday three percussion ensembles and 31 brass bands will participate in the Scottish Youth Championships in four different sections – Novice, Development, Intermediate and Senior.

Sarah Naish will be judging the percussion entries and the adjudicators for the various sections will be Brett Baker, Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale, Scott Walker and Sheona Wade.

Adjudicators' remarks, results and award ceremony will be livestreamed on the SBBA YouTube channel here.

Tickets are available in advance from Perth Concert Hall or can be purchased on the day.

Participants in the Scottish Open are:

Bon-Accord Silver (Anne Crookston)

Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)    

Dalmellington (Alan Friel)              

Easington Colliery (Stephen Malcolm)                                                                  

East London Brass (Jayne Murrill)

Elland Silver (Daniel Brooks)                     

Fishburn (Duncan Beckley)                        

Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)                                                  

Kingdom Brass (Thomas Wyss)                             

Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Martyn Ramsay)                                           

Rainford (Sarah Groarke-Booth)                            

the cooperation band (Michael Fowles)    

Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs)

Scottish Youth Championships

Percussion Ensembles

Coalburn Percussion Academy (Robbie Bremner)

Perth & Kinross (Lynsey Paterson)           

MidlothianPerc Ensemble (Barbara-Jane Waddell           )

Novice Section

Bathgate Youth Band (Stewart Byrnes)    

Bo’ness & Carriden Junior Band (David Lapsley)                        

Broxburn & Livingston Future Brass (Jim Bone) 

Coalburn Bronze Band (David Fehilly)     

Clackmannan District Beginners (Luci Lamb)

Hawick Saxhornettes (Stuart Black)

Irvine & Dreghorn Brasslets (John Boax)                         

Kingdom Brass Youth Band (Denise Crighton-Ward)

Kinneil Youth Band (Scott Gardner)

Maroon Brass (Stuart Black)                      

Perthshire Youth Brass (Willie McMullan)

Rhins School Cluster Band (Angela Miller)           

Riverside Youth Band (Mark Good)           

Whitburn Wee Band (Charlie Farren)

Intermediate Section

Galashiels Youth Band (Stuart Black)

Kings Park Junior Brass (Emily Stokes)

Kirkintilloch Youth Band (Katherine Adams)      

Newtongrange Junior Band (Alan Fernie)

Peebles Burgh Youth Band (Keith Belleville)

St. Ronan’s Future Band (Keith Belleville)

Stranraer Junior Brass (Angela Miller)

Wizzards & Cupar Brass Bandits (Denise Crighton-Ward & Alison Milne)

Development Section

Campbeltown Brass Juniors (Katrina Barr)

Irvine & Dreghorn Youth Band (John Boax)

West Lothian Schools Band (Caroline Farren)

Whitburn Youth Band (Caroline Farren)

Senior Section

Dalmellington Brass Academy (Cameron Paterson)

Esk Valley Brass (Alan Fernie / John Dickson)     

Highlands Future Brass (Mark Bell)                      

Riverside Youth Band (Mark Good)

Scottish Borders Youth Band (Stuart Black)