The line-up of competing bands that will challenge for the Scottish Championship titles in Perth on the weekend of 12th & 13th March has been announced.
Two qualifiers
54 bands will take to the stage (down 1 from 2015) with two bands in each section qualifying for the Royal Albert Hall and Cheltenham.
Saturday will start with the Second Section followed by the Third and First, with Sunday starting with the Fourth Section, followed by the non-qualification Section 4b and the Championship Section.
54 bands will take to the stage (down 1 from 2015) with two bands in each section qualifying for the Royal Albert Hall and Cheltenham4BR
Championship Section:
Test Piece: Cambridge Variations (Philip Sparke)
Sunday 13th March
Commence: After Section 4B results
Adjudicators: John Miller and Ian Brownbill
Bon Accord Silver (Stephen Malcolm)
Clackmannan & District (Iain Muirhead)
Co-operative Funeralcare (Allan Ramsay)
Dalmellington (Richard Evans)
Kingdom Brass (Paul Drury)
Kirkintilloch (Phillip McCann)
Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Charles Keenan)
Newtongrange Silver (Dr Keith Wilkinson)
Unison Kinneil (Craig Anderson)
Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs)
First Section:
Test Piece: Essay (Edward Gregson)
Saturday 12th March
Pre-drawn
Commence: After results of the Third Section
Adjudicators: David Thornton and John Doyle
Annan Town (Peter Heyes)
Bathgate (Anne Crookston)
Bo'ness & Carriden (Charlie Farren)
Dalkeith & Monktonhall (Alex Knox)
Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace)
Jedforest Instrumental (Phil Rosier)
Johnstone (Martyn Ramsay)
Lochgelly (Paul McKelvie OBE)
Newmilns & Galston (Alan Cameron)
Tullis Russell Mills (Raymond Tennant)
Second Section:
Test Piece: Mermaid of Zennor (Philip Harper)
Saturday 12th March
Pre-drawn
Commence: 9.30am
Adjudicators: Ian Brownbill and John Doyle
Arbroath Instrumental (Michael Robertson)
Broxburn & Livingston (Kevin Price)
Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)
Croy Silver (Kenneth Blackwood)
Dunaskin Doon (Gary J Williams)
Irvine & Dreghorn (Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale)
Perthshire Brass (George D Annan)
Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good)
Shotts St Patrick's (Andrew Duncan)
St David's Brass (John A Dickson)
St Ronan's Silver (Chris Bradley)
Third Section:
Test Piece: A Cambrian Suite (Michael Ball)
Saturday 12th March
Pre-drawn
Commence: at conclusion of Second Section
Adjudicators: John Miller and Kevin Wadsworth
Barrhead Burgh (Brian Keachie)
Buckhaven & Methil Miners (David Neil)
Campbeltown Brass (Gordon Evans MBE)
Langholm Town (Chris Shanks)
MacTaggart Scott (Kenneth Letham)
Selkirk Silver (Stuart Black)
Tayport Instrumental (Frank Culross)
Tullis Russell Intermediate|(Steven Craig)
Whitburn Heartlands (Chris Bradley)
Fourth Section:
Test Piece: The Journal of Phileas Fogg (Peter Graham)
Sunday 13th March
Pre-drawn:
Commence: 9.30am
Adjudicators: David Thornton and Kevin Wadsworth
Bon Accord Silver 'B' (Jennifer Cook)
Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Christopher Mansfield)
Dundee Instrumental (Robert McDonald)
Dunfermline Town (Andy Shaw)
Dysart Colliery (Bruce Fraser)
Forfar Instrumental (Terence Jackson)
Hawick Saxhorn (David Robb)
Highland Brass (Mark Bell)
Newland Concert (Paul McKelvie OBE)
Newmains & District (Peter Holmes)
Peebles Burgh (Stephen Baird)
Penicuik Silver (Stuart Black)
Queensferry Community Brass (James Anderson)
Stranraer Brass (Yvonne Williamson)
