Borders Entertainment Contest 2006

[trmbboy]

Ok, with less than a month to the Border contest in Selkirk, which bands are all heading down on the 11th of November?

I know that Tullis are going and defo looking forward to a great day out! ;D

Anyone know who the Adjudicators are?

[Sop brotherston]

hey i dont no who the adjudicators are yet will try find out.
St Ronans are going hopefully to improve on there resent win at falkirk.

[jjm]

Well, there's been a bit of a power shift in borders banding toward Jedburgh in recent years so St. Ronans need to reclaim bragging rights with a good performance here. If you play anywhere near the standard at Falkirk then it should be a good contest. Unfortunately I won't make it down as we're installing new software that weekend.

[euphantastic]

John is that you or the band?

[souter]

As far as I know 10 bands have entered

I don't know all 10 but the ones I do know are:-

Selkirk
Jedforest
St Ronans
Peebles
and Abbey Brass from the Borders

Tullis
Coalburn
Brass Sounds Inverclyde

and 2 others !!!

Hoping for a home win at this one!

[kjbstr]

Borders Entertainment Contest 11.11.06

Entry:
Abbey Brass (Jedforest)
Brass Sounds Inverclyde
Coalburn Silver
Jedforest Instrumental Band
McTaggart Scott
Newland Concert Brass
Peebles Burgh Silver
Selkirk Silver Band
St Ronan’s Silver Band
Tullis Russell Mills

[kjbstr]

BORDERS ENTERTAINMENT CONTEST RESULT

1. Jedforest Instrumental Band (Alan Fernie)
2. McTaggart Scott Loanhead Band (Alan Fernie)
3. St. Ronan’s Silver Band (Captain Alex Knox)
4. Tullis Russell Mills Band (Andrew Duncan)
5. Selkirk Silver Band (Richard Duff)
6. Coalburn Silver Band (Gareth Bowman)
7. Newland Concert Brass (Stephen Baird)
8. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Alistair G. McCorkell)
9. Peebles Burgh Silver Band (John Cunningham)
10. Abbey Brass (Jedforest) (Cameron Mabon

First Prize: The Scottish Borders Trophy : Jedforest Instrumental Band
Entertainment Prize : The Queen’s Head Inn Shield : St. Ronan’s Silver Band
Best Second Section Band: The Souter Ronnie Trophy : Jedforest Instrumental Band
Best Third Section Band: The John A. Wilson Memorial Trophy : McTaggart Scott Loanhead Band
Best Fourth Section Band: The Harry Pearce Memorial Trophy : Brass Sounds Inverclyde
Best Soloist: The Walter Nichol Memorial Trophy : Rachel Brown Eb bass, McTaggart Scott Loanhead Band
Best Instrumentalist : The Jedforest Instrumental Band 150th Anniversary Trophy : Brian Hermiston, euphonium, Selkirk Silver
Best Basses : The Bert Neil Memorial Quaich : McTaggart Scott Loanhead Band
Best Percussion: The Jenny Corbett Memorial Cup : Jedforest Instrumental

[euphantastic]

Well done to all the winners.
Does anyone have the points from the results.I heard that 2nd 3rd, and 4th all had the same points?
I hope next year it will be in another venue, as there were no catering facilaties, the warm up room you had to make a run for it outside trying to avoid the cold wind and rain, and there didn't seem to be alot of jo public at the contest either.
I still think however it is a very well run contest ,and long may that continue.
Just my thoughts.

[alanfernie]

Thanks Tom- feeling pretty sheepish about being Chairman and winning more or less the lot - you've no idea how much it cost (only kidding!)

Yes, the aggregated points led to four bands on equal 2nd, but, as was agreed before the contest, they were separated by Nigel's scores - he actually had McTaggart's first, thus they got 2nd.

"Max" actually played as well as they've ever played under me; we had 7 of our Junior band on stage yesterday, including the winning soloist; a great example of what could be done if a band has a solid youth policy. We've worked hard on this for the past few years - maybe it's coming to fruit now! Jed didn't actually play as well as we could to be honest; we battled with the acoustics like everyone else, but the band are really on form right now.

The Borders contest usually takes place in one of the lovely town halls we have down here,and these are usually in the town centres, close to all the shops, pubs, take-aways etc. So we generally don't lay on catering, hoping that visitors contribute something to the local economy. However, Selkirk's Victoria Hall, a smashing place to play in, was unavailable, so the High School was the next alternative. It's not far to the town centre, but on such a cold, dreich day, it wasn't easy!

Hope everyone enjoyed the day, and we'll see you all next year hopefully!

[dave]

Congratulations Alan on what must have been a great day for you and your bands. Make sure you look after that best bass trophy ??
I'll assume that your choice of Scottish composer was a certain Mr Fernie??

What was some of the music played. It's always interesting to see what was in the programs

[davef]

Congratulations Alan, amazing what you can achieve without those double octave whatdoyoucallthems ;D ;D

[euphantastic]

Thanks for clearing up the points for me.
I tried to ask my band mates at night ( i was working ).And they were under the influence of a sherry or 2 . So i was struggling to understand the points and placings.

Its good to see the youth coming through, and it will give the kids so much confidence for the future.Well done.

Tullis played:

Gathering Of The Clan (A.Duncan)
Superstar (flugel solo) (A. Fernie)
Abba Goes Brass (A. Fernie)
The water Is Wide (A. Duncan)
The Gale (A. Duncan)

[alanfernie]

McTaggarts played;

Havah Nagilah (arr. Fernie)
Hymn for Africa (Peter Meechan)
Bass in the Ballroom (Newsome)
Basin Street Blues (arr. Fernie)
The Conquest of Paradise (arr. Fernie)

Jedforest played;

Caravan (arr. Sykes)
The Edge of the Moon (arr. Cameron Mabon)
Havah Nagilah (arr. Fernie)
I Only Have Eyes for You (arr. Harvey/Fernie)
last movement from "Suite Gothique"

Abbey Brass played;

Dr Who (arr. Mabon - complete with Dalek!)
Handbags and Gladrags (arr. Fernie)
The Magic of the Beatles (Mabon - a cracker, by the way!)
She's the One/Let Me Entertain you (arr. Mabon)

Brass Sounds Inverclyde played;

Slaidburn!
Trumpets Wild (Walters)
The Mission
Grand March from Aida (arr. Fernie)

St.Ronans played;

Punchinello (Rimmer)
Singin in the Rain (arr Fernie)
Home Away from Home (arr. Clague)
Hoots Monsieur (arr.Knox) - Ross Brotherstone looking lovely in a dress!!
Procession to the Minster (arr. Himes)

[Sop brotherston]

if any1 wants to see me looking lovely in a dress you can cause HOOTS MONSIEUR is on you tube www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQU2pY5Hbgg plz enjoy

[souter]

To add to the list

Selkirk played

Dance Fever
Aye Waukin O' (Adrian Drover)
Obla Di (Goff Richards)
The Rev. Archie Beaton
Dances from West Side Story