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Silkstone line up announced

The line up of bands for the 8th annual March & Hymn Tune has been announced.

Old Silkstone
 

The final line up for Old Silkstone's 8th annual March and Hymn Tune Contest has been announced.

Line up

The competing bands are as follows:

Barnsley Building Society Band
Crofton Silver Band
Deepcar Brass Band
Dodworth Brass Band
Frickley South Elmsall Band
Shirland Welfare training band
Skelmanthorpe Band
Skelmanthorpe B band
St Johns Castle Band Droylsden
Stocksbridge Band
Thurlstone band
Wakefield Metropolitan Band
Worsbrough Brass.

First band

The first band will play their Hymn & March at the Red Lion in Silkstone at 4pm where Alan Morrison will be adjudicating.

Then they will complete the road march in front of the Ring O' Bells where there is a deportment prize up for grabs. They then move onto Silkstone Lodge where they will play the hymn and march for Colin Hardy to adjudicate.

The last band will play at the Red Lion at 8pm.

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