Wire Brass

It was a long weekend of travelling, but once again Bactiguard Wire Brass showed their class in a strong field of bands to finish 6th at this years Scottish Open Brass Band Championships.

The band didn’t arrive at Stalag Luft Perth until midnight on Friday after a long 6 hour drive – and an early start the next morning wasn’t what we needed, especially as we drew band number 16 (thanks George!) and had to hang around all day until we finally played at 8.30pm. The bands performance of Masquerade was well recieved by audience and judges alike, and a few ‘wee drams’ were consumed afterwards to celebrate!

The full results are below

1. Fountain City, Dr Joseph Parisi, 5, 198
(Dreams)
2. Pemberton Old Wigan DW, Mark Bentham, 14, 195
(Music of the Spheres)
3. Whitburn, Steven Mead, 17, 194
(Titan’s Progress)
4. Co-op Funeralcare, Russell Gray, 8, 193
(Titan’s Progress)
5. Kirkintilloch, Selmer Simonsen, 11, 191
(Titan’s Progress)
6. Wire Brass, Paul Andrews, 16, 190
(Masquerade)
7. Marsden Silver Prize, Glyn Williams, 13, 189
(Rococo Variations)
8. Fishburn, Alan Morrison, 9, 188
(Journey to the Centre of Earth)
9. Unison Kinniel, Alan Ramsay, 4, 187
(Whitsun Wakes)
10. Bon Accord Silver, John Maines, 15, 186
(Journey to the Centre of Earth)
11. Kingdom Brass, Andrew Duncan, 10, 185
(Extreme Make Over)
12. United Co-op Milnrow, John Ward, 3, 184
(Paganini Variations)
13. Dalmellington, Ian Porthouse, 6, 183
(Dances & Alleluias)
14. Newtongrange, Nigel Boddice MBE, 1, 179
(A Lowry Sketchbook)
15. Kirbymoorside Brass, John Woodward, 7, 178
(The Essence of Time)
16. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass, Charles Keenan, 177
(Rienzi)
17. Easington Colliery, Roy Curran, 12, 176
(Tristan Encounters)