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Youth and Open titles up for grabs in Perth

There will be plenty of great brass band contest action to enjoy in Perth this weekend with the Scottish Youth and Scottish Open Championships taking place.

Perth Concert Hall
  There is plenty of great contest action on show in Perth this weekend

Although European eyes and ears will be geared towards the National Championship action taking place in Switzerland and Belgium this weekend, there is also a very tasty couple of days of competition to enjoy in Scotland.

The Scottish Youth Championships and the Scottish Open Championship will take place at Perth Concert Hall, and there is sure to be plenty of great competitive music making to enjoy.

Youth kick-off

Saturday will kick off with the Preparatory and Novice Sections of the Youth Championships starting at 9.00am, followed by the cross border senior battle for the Scottish Open Championship which starts at 1.30pm.

Sunday sees the youth return with the Development, Percussion, Senior and Premier titles up for grabs.

All this and you can also enjoy a number of free workshops and masterclass sessions on conducting and performing as well as Chris Fower on hand to show you how to enjoy playing the amazing pBone trombone.

Scottish Open line-up

The line-up of contenders for the Scottish Open, hoping to catch the ears of adjudicators Sandy Smith and Russell Gray with their own-choice selections are:

Blackburn & Darwen
Bon Accord
Clackmannan & District
Co-operative Funeralcare
Dalmellington
East London Brass
Fishburn
Kingdom Brass
Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass
NASUWT Riverside Brass
Newtongrange
Rainford
Unison Kinneil
Whitburn
Wingates

More information:

For more information about the contest weekend go to:
http://www.sbba.org.uk

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