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Bon Accord set for Linz

The Bon Accord Band will represent Scotland at the European Championships in Austria next year.

Bon Accord
 

4BR has been informed that Aberdeen’s Bon Accord Band will head to Austria next year as Scotland's representative at the European Championships in Linz.

Decline

The band, which was formed in 1961, came 4th in the Scottish Championships in Dundee this year, but due for various reasons, Champions Co-operative Funeralcare, runner up Kirkintilloch and third placed Whitburn, declined to take up the invitation to compete as Scottish representatives.

the Scottish Brass Band Association have congratulated Bon Accord and all its members for taking on the task of raising around £21,000 needed to finance the trip

Congratulations

A spokesperson for the band told 4BR that the Scottish Brass Band Association have congratulated Bon Accord and all its members for taking on the task of raising around £21,000 needed to finance the trip.

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