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The Kirkintilloch Band took First place with 95 points at the 2009 West Lothian Festival on
28th June. Conducted by Allan Ramsay the gave an oustanding concert performance against
Whitburn the other finalist in this years event.
Stephen Stewart's performance of 'On With the Motley' received high praise from adjudicator
Ray Farr and Bruce fraser the individual award adjudicator awarded Stephen the prize for the
Best Soloist in the whole event. the full programme was:

Mambo Caliente - Arturo Sandoval arr Sandy Smith
Vitae Aeternum - Paul Lovatt-Cooper
All By Myself - New Arrangement & Ensemble piece Eric Carmen arr Scott Morrice
On With The Motley - Soprano Cornet Solo Leoncavallo arr Ray Farr
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie arr Leigh Baker
The Bare Necessities - Featuring Ross Knight on Tuba - Terry Gilkyson arr. Leigh Baker
Romance from Salute to Youth Gilbert Vinter Studio Music
An American Tale - Dan Price

An American Tale was presented with photographs depecting scenes from the American Civil War
prepared by Conductor Allan Ramsay.

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Both Kirkie Bands did very well at the 2009 Scottish Championships in Dundee see Results File

Kelvin Brass gaining their first ever 1st prize by winning the 1st Section Championships by 5 clear

points from Newtongrange Band and Solo Horn Rachel Baxter winning the Best Intrumentalist prize.

Meanwhile the senior band gained 2nd place in the Championships section with an outstanding performance

of Salute to Youth by Gilbert Vinter, Conducted by Selmer Simonsen. So yet again the Kirkie band will

represent Scotland at the Royal albert Hall in October and Kelvin Brass make their way to Harrogate in

To top a very successful weekend our Honorary President Willie Tennant received a lifetime Achievement

Award from the Scottish Brass band Association for his contribution to the Brass Band movement over

A Delighted Nigel Boddice with the Walter B Hargreaves Trophy on winning the Scottish Brass Band
Championships with The Kirkintilloch Band on Sunday 11th March 2007. A musical performance of
the highest standard impressed the adjudicators Chris Wormald and Stephen Roberts, awarding
Kirkintilloch 195 points. The music played was Isaiah 40 by Robert Readhead for remarks, full
results and photographs go to Adjudicators Remarks
They also added to the history of Scottish bands with the achievement of having two Scottish
bands in the prize list, something that has never happened in in the 152 year history of the event.

May 2003

The Kirkintilloch Band put on two great musical performances as Scotland’s representative at the 26th European Brass Band Championships held in Bergen, Norway on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd May.

The two-day contest was held in the prestigious Grieghallen and drew together eleven national Champion bands from Scotland, England, Wales, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Norway to compete for the title of European Champions. On Friday evening all the bands played a set test-piece, “Aubade” by the Norwegian composer Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, which was specially commissioned for the contest. On Saturday all the bands played an own-choice test piece, with Kirkintilloch playing “Jazz" by Philip Wilby. Kirkintilloch finished a creditable eight place in a contest where all the performances were of an extremely high standard. The winner of the contest for a record seventh time in eight years were defending champions, Yorkshire Building Society Band from England. Kirkintilloch band Chairman, Peter Fraser, was pleased with the band’s performances saying, “ They acquitted themselves very well in the company of Europe’s top brass bands, having worked extremely hard in rehearsals over the preceding months.

Peter is one of the key organisers for next year’s European Brass Band Championships, which will be held in Glasgow from Sunday 25th April until 2nd May. The main contest will take place on Friday 30th April and Saturday 1st May in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. There will also be a series of events throughout the week with the 3rd European Solo Competition and various instrumental workshops and open rehearsals taking place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Daily lunchtime brass band concerts will also be held in George Square.

If you would like to hear the band before their summer break they will be taking part in the West Lothian Festival of Brass on Sunday 15th June 2003 at the Howden Centre, Livingston.

NEW MAN at Kirkie

The Kirkintilloch Band have just completed their first weekend of rehearsals with Steve Bastable who has been engaged to take them to the British Open Championship in Birmingham's Symphony Hall on Saturday 18th September. By the amount of sweat from player's and conductor after the rehearsals it looks like a hard time is ahead when they come back in August after a very short summer break. Welcome Steve it's great to have you on board.

West Lothian Festival

26th June 2004

In the Final of the West Lothian Festival on Sunday 26th June, Whitburn were declared winners by adjudcator Philip Sparke. Andy Duncan presented and conducted the band who gave an oustanding performance of many of his own compositions and arrangements. Congratulations to them. Newtongrange also gave a fine performance with Conductor Alan Ramsay, all in all a great evenings entertainment.

Kirkintilloch were declared winners of the best overture from the whole event, for their performance of The Corsair, Conducted by Craig Anderson.

13th June 2004

Whitburn Band took the winning spot in the first semi-final of the West Lothian Festival. Kirkintilloch and Kingdom Brass added to a fine evening of entertainment.

Kirkintilloch played exceptionally well and presented a very strong programme and were unlucky not to take the top prize.

The programme:

Overture: The Corsair

Trumpet Solo: Summertime

Feature: Gee Officer Krupke

Philip Sparke item: Mountain Song

Band: Maille Fleur

Finale: Slavonic Rhapsody No2

Next semi-final Sunday 13th June at 6.30 in the Howden Centre, taking part Bo'ness, Kinneil, and Newtongrange. Final on Sunday 27th June at 6.30.

May/June 2004

Kirkie Band has just completed a busy month of May with an appearance at the European Gala Concert in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Their performance of specially written, and arranged music by Robert Mathieson and Steve Rockey was much appreciated by the large audience, a fitting finale to a superb Gala Concert which included National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist 2004, Katrina Marzella, Yorkshire Building Society Band, and the House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band, all produced an presented by Frank Renton.

Two weeks later The Kirkintilloch Band were guests at the Annual Concert of the Gledoholt Male Voice Choir Choir in Hundersfield Town Hall. This sellout concert appreciated the items presented by the band and Musical Director Craig Anderson.

The next day at Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, in the steaming heat, they performed to a large and appreciative audience who enjoyed the musical presentation from Kirkie.

In June they take part on 6th June in the first semi-final of the West Lothian Festival Contest. Starting at 6.30, all band friends please come along and support us at this event, Other bands taking part will be Whitburn and Kingdom Brass, it's sure to be great evenings entertaiment.

Later in the year we look forward to the Land O'Burns Contest and the British Open in September

August / September 2003

Kirkintilloch Band win Troon Contest

Kirkintilloch Band returned to their winning ways with first prize at the Land O’Burns Brass Band Contest held in Troon on Saturday, 23 August 2003 in the band’s first contest following their summer break.

Kirkintilloch Band competed against ten other bands from Scotland and England with every band playing a 20 minute concert programme. The band’s new musical director, Craig Anderson, conducted the band in their first public performance together making a great start to what both the band and Craig hope will prove a successful partnership. Craig is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and is one of Scotlands top tuba players. The band’s solo horn player, Allan Wardrope, also won the prize for Best Instrumentalist for his performance of the tenor horn solo “Variations on a Welsh Theme” by Peter Kneale.

Kirkintilloch Band will be very busy over the next three months which sees them competing at four major contests throughout Britain. In September they will compete at the British Open Brass Band Championship in Birmingham Symphony Hall. They will then take part in the Besson National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall, London in October. November will see the band travelling to the Brass in Concert Championships at Spennymoor, County Durham, before competing at the inaugural Scottish Open Brass Band Championships in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 30 November. They will also be performing in the Gala Concert to be held in the Royal Concert Hall on the same day following the Scottish Open Contest, which will have a St Andrew’s Day theme.

BRITISH OPEN 2004

The best result since the band was founded in 1890, was achieved on Saturday 18th September at the British Open Championships in the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. With a lot of hard work by band and conductor, Steve Bastable, they gave a performance Of Montage by Peter Graham that impressed the Adjudicators who awarded them4th place, away ahead of many of the top 'fancied ' bands.

results and report at http://www.4barsrest.com

MORE WEDDING BELLS AT KIRKIE.

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Ball, Jacki & Chris were married in St Dominic's Church, Bishopbriggs, on Saturday 25th September 2004. Members of The Kirkintilloch Band provided an excellent musical contribution Conducted by Bart Simonis, and as we go to press they are all making their way to The Glenskirlie for a good old knees up.

Apart from the weather, the 2006 Scottish Championships was one for the record books.
Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass and The Kirkintilloch Band competing along side each other in the
Championships Section, the first time this has happened anywhere in the UK, that two bands from
the same organisation competed in the Championship section.Kelvin came 9th in a very competitive
section with a respectable performance of 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' by Peter Graham.
The Kirkintilloch Band were runners up in the Championships and also won The James Hillis Trophy
for the best Bass Section, a new trophy being competed for for the first time.

Now a busy year ahead with The Masters in May, British Open in September, the Nationals
in Royal Albert Hall on 28th October, and the Scottish Open on 26th November..