The Jedforest Instrumental Band Hosted the 13th annual Borders
Entertainment Contest on Sat 2nd Nov in the Town Hall, Jedburgh.
A
total of 20 Bands entered from all over Scotland and North England
and the contest was confined to the 2nd 3rd and 4th sections. Each
band was asked to play 15mins worth of music with one of the pieces
to be written or arranged by Gordon Langford.
The Contest was
won on the day by the Tullis Russell Mills Band from Fife conducted
by Paul Drewry.
Jedforest, conducted by Philip Rosier, came in
3rd overall but did manage to win the Entertainment prize for the
most entertaining programme on the day.
The host band opened
their performance with the Jazz/Funk infused 'The dreaded groove and
hook' by Simon Dobson. The band then showed off principle Trombone
player Gordon Melrose with the wonderful Don Lusher solo 'Dark
Eyes'.
A change in style showed off the bands sound when they
played the sonorous Organ and Vocal piece ' The Lost Chord' arr by
Gordon Langford.
The band then closed their set with a
wonderful arrangement of the Elton John hit 'The Circle of Life' from
the Lion King, with the vocals of the band impressing the judges just
as much as the playing.
To hear the bands performance along
with adjudicator Philip Harpers live comments click here.
Full Results: SCOTTISH
BORDERS BRASS BAND ASSOCIATION Borders Entertainment Contest
2013 Saturday 2 November Town Hall, Jedburgh
Music
Adjudicators: Philip Harper, Gareth Bowman First
Prize: The Scottish Borders Trophy & £150 : Band 11, Tullis
Russell Mills
Entertainment Prize: The Queen's Head Inn Shield
& £150: Band 4, Jedforest Instrumental
Best Second
Section Band: The Souter Ronnie Trophy & £100 : Band 11, Tullis
Russell Mills
Best Third Section Band: The John A. Wilson
Memorial Trophy & £100 : Band 15, St Ronan's Silver
Best
Fourth Section Band: The Harry Pearce Memorial Trophy & £100 :
Band 18, Tullis Russell Intermediate
Highest placed Borders
Band: St Ronan's Bicentenary Trophy : St Ronan's Silver
Best
Soloist: The Walter Nichol Memorial Trophy & Medal : Soprano,
Band 8 Kilmarnock
Best Instrumentalist : The Jedforest
Instrumental Band 150th Anniversary Trophy & Medal : Euphonium,
Band 6 Annan
Best Solo Cornet : The Dave Young Trophy &
Medal: Band 3, St David's Brass
Best Basses : The Bert Neil
Memorial Quaich : Band 11, Tullis Russell Mills
Best
Percussion : The Jenny Corbett Memorial Cup: Band 11, Tullis Russell
Mills
Position - Total - P H
- G B - Band - Conductor - Section - Draw 1
- 2 1 1 Tullis Russell Mills Paul Drury 2 11 2 - 4 2
2 St Ronan's Silver Chris Bradley 3 15 3 - 6 3 3 Jedforest
Instrumental Phil Rosier 2 4 4 - 9 4 5 Shotts St
Patrick Mike Marzella 2 21 5 - 9 5 4 Kilmarnock Concert
Raymond Tennant 2 8 6 - 15 6 9 Selkirk Silver Alan Fernie 3
16 7 - 17 7 10 Langholm Town Chris Shanks 3 2 8 -
17 10 7 Irvine and Dreghorn John Boax 2 1 9 - 19 11 8
Renfrew Burgh Mark Good 3 9 10 - 21 9 12 Durham Miners
Stuart Gray 2 14 11 - 22 8 14 Tullis Russell Intermediate
Steven Craig 4 18 12 - 23 17 6 Annan Town David Shanks
2 6 13 - 26 15 11 Dumfries Town Neil McDonald 3 5 14
- 27 14 13 St David's Brass John Dickson 2 3 15 -
28 12 16 Hawick Saxhorn Alan Fernie 4 7 16 - 31 16 15
Peebles Burgh Stephen Baird 3 10 17 - 33 13 20
Penicuik Silver Stuart Black 4 13 18 - 36 19 17
MacTaggart Scott Jamie McVicar 3 17 19 - 37 18 19 Jayess
Newbiggin' Andrew Griffiths 4 20 20 - 38 20 18
Queensferry Community James Anderson 4 19
The 13th annual Borders Entertainment
Contest will this year be hosted by the Jedforest Instrumental Band
on Saturday 2nd November, when the JIB will be amongst the 20
competitors that will battle it out for the Scottish Borders Trophy.
The Scottish Borders Brass Band Association (SBBBA) is
organising the exciting event, which will be held in the Jedburgh
Town Hall, with the first band taking to the stage at around 9am and
with the final performance around 6pm.
As well as the JIB,
other local Border bands such as Hawick, Langholm, Peebles, Selkirk
and St. Ronan’s will battle against rivals from all over Scotland,
with each competitor giving a 15 minute concert programme to try and
tickle the fancy of judges.
Association Chairman Alan Fernie
added: "We are delighted with the fantastic entry of bands from
all over Scotland. The contest promises to be a great day's
entertainment in a first class hall and will bring many visitors to
the region."
The contest is confined to Second, Third and
Fourth Section bands with a host of ensemble and individual prizes up
for grabs.
All this and it only costs £5 for all day entry
and U18s go free. So go along and enjoy a full day of brass band
entertainment.
Jedforest Instrumental Band will
be leading a 'Songs of Praise' evening on the 20th of October in
Kelso Old Parish Church at 6.30pm.
The congregation will be
led through a number of favourite hymns accompanied by the
band.
Come along to Kelso Old Parish Church this Sunday for a
Songs of Praise with the Jedforest Instrumental Band. We'll be doing
some of the greatest hymns ever written, with a mixture of old and
new: Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer, Thine Be the Glory, Praise My
Soul, Love Divine, and lots more. The programme will also include,
amongst others, the Benedictus from Karl Jenkins' "The Armed
Man".
Entry is free and the Band will be conducted by
Cameron Mabon.
The Jedforest Instrumental Band will be
holding a concert in the Jedburgh Town Hall on Saturday 21st
September. Doors will open at 7pm with the concert starting at
7.30.
Tickets are priced at £4/£5 and a fully licenced bar
is available/
The Concert will include the Band Buddies as
well as Abbey Brass.
After the success of last years win in
the 3rd Section, the JIB travelled to Perth to take part in the 2nd
Section of this years Scottish Championships with a quiet air of
optimism about them and came away with a fine 4th Place
finish
Playing the stunning but challenging peice 'The
Plantaganets' by Edward Gregson, the band, playing of the no 4 draw,
gave a solid but by no means error free performance of what was once
a top section test peice.
Huge praise has to go the
soloists of Hamish McRichie, David Sutherland and Scott Renwick who
all rose to the occasion and produced some fine playing.
MD
Philip Rosier added "I was very pleased with how the band
tackled the championship piece. It was a huge challenge to
attempt with all it's difficulties but once again the band showed
that teamwork, a good work ethic and a desire to do well pays off
leading to the them equaling their best ever result at the Scottish
nationals. A special mention should also be made to the brave and
talented soloists in the band who play with courage and
musicality."
Summing up the Band are delighted with a top
4 finish on their return to the 2nd Section which gives them a solid
platform for the next year ahead
Our thanks goes to John
Hamilton for helping us out in the Bass Section and to the returning
Jo Mabon on Euph.
As we are sure you appreciate, running Jedforest Instrumental Band
costs a great deal of money each year. To enable us to invest
in its future and that of our many talented young players, we need to
raise an average of £17,000 per year - a substantial amount of
money.
Much of this money goes to funding our tutors and
musical directors, ensuring that your children get the very best
tuition, free of charge, on their chosen instrument. We know how much
you value this opportunity, particularly in today’s financially
challenging times. With the money we raise, our young players can
progress through the different band levels, finally becoming full
playing members of the Jedforest Instrumental Band.
Without
the invaluable generosity and help of our loyal supporters, finding
this money would be an almost impossible task. Many of you have
kindly offered donations in the past, so with this in mind, we have
decided to introduce a new ‘Friends of Jedforest Instrumental Band’
scheme for 2013.
For an annual donation (minimum £10 per
‘Friend’) you will become a ‘Friend of Jedforest Instrumental
Band’ and receive the following privileges: ·
Your name will be included in Concert Programmes ·
You will be entered into an exclusive ‘Friends’ draw for a £30
Prize at both the May & September Concerts ·
You will be entered into an exclusive ‘Friends’
Christmas Draw for a £50 Prize at the Christmas Concert
·
A
chance for one lucky ‘Friend’ to join the Band on stage at the
Christmas Concert!
In addition, if you are a taxpayer the
government will add another 25% to your donation. The more you
donate, the more “Gift Aid” we will receive.
If you
would like to become a ‘Friend of Jedforest Instrumental Band’
please follow the link below and fill in the form and return
to:Mrs Jackie Hill, 26 Bongate, Jedburgh, TD8
6DX
The band, once again took to the
streets of Jedburgh on New Years morning to help the town celebrate
the coming of another year.
Starting at 9 am, the band
paraded around the streets stopping only to take on board some fluids
to aid the hard working players.
A big thanks goes to the Rev
Graham Astles, Adrienne Smith, Alan Jack, Joyce Lightbody, Jeanette
Patterson and Sheila Hudson for their hospitality
After JIB's performance at
last year Scottish Championships, the turn of the New Year
brought the JIB promotion from the 3rd section up to the 2nd.
This
means the band will now compete in the 2nd section of this years
championships and the piece the bands have been asked to play is The
Plantagenates by Edward Gregson.
This is a cracking piece and
one that the band is looking forward to rehearsing over the next few
months.
This years contest will be held in the Perth
Concert Hall on Sat 9th March from 5pm
