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Dalmellington Band celebrates the 65th year of the Cecil Oughton Slow Melody tradition with two great events in Dalmellington Community Centre:
Event No1:
The Junior Band event will be held on Saturday 13th February at 4pm and, for the first time ever, we have a Special Guest Soloist to adjudicate the competitions and appear with our junior band in the evening concert.
Alison Bonnar, the Principal Euphonium with the famous Co-operative FuneralCare Band in Glasgow (current Scottish Champions) will make a return to Dalmellington as our Special Guest. Alison was also the former Principal Euphonium with Dalmellington Senior Band back in the 1990s and is a superb soloist, having appeared all over the UK at prestigious events with Dalmellington Band and the Co-operative Band. Remarkably, Alison was the first ever lady to win the Senior Slow Melody Event in 1997.
Again this year, the top 4 junior prize winners will be invited to compete in the senior event the following week, Saturday 20th. The prizes will be presented by Alex and Helen Yates from Bellsbank.
Tickets for this event, including a buffet meal and the evening concert, are £8.00.
Event No2:
The 65th Senior Band event will be held on Saturday 20th February at 3.30pm and we are thrilled to have one of the world’s top cornet players as adjudicator and guest soloist.
Roger Webster, formerly Principal Cornet with the famous Black Dyke Band in Yorkshire, will adjudicate the senior competition and appear as guest soloist in the evening concert. Roger has held principal cornet positions with the Grimethorpe Colliery and CWS Glasgow (Co-op) bands and now appears all over the world as Virtuosi Cornet Soloist. The prizes will be presented by Jan Murray, Dalmellington Band secretary.
Tickets for this event, including a 3 course dinner and the evening concert, are £12.00.
Tickets for both events are still available from Bert Ritchie ….. tel: 01292-550250.
Note:- Discounted combined tickets, at £17.50 for both events, are also available |
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Alison Bonnar |
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Roger Webster |