Scottish Championships 2008
The band took part in The Scottish Brass Band Championships in March 2008, where we came 2nd in the Fourth Section and qualified for the National Finals, which take place in Harrogate, West Yorkshire on the weekend of 28th September.
Many thanks to all who have supported the band over the past few months; we are grateful to everyone who has put in hard work and dedication to get back into the 3rd Section and give us the opportunity to represent Scotland in the finals for the first time in 10 years.
Another big congratulations goes to our Principal Cornet, Alan Taggart, who won the Best Soloist prize!
4barsRest, the Brass Band "Bible", said this following our performance:
"The early marker on the day was set by Irvine and Dreghorn Brass under the direction of David McKellar. Theirs was a good all round show from a very healthy sounding band which overcame a slightly tentative start to blossom. A classy Paris, atmospheric Rome and final romp through Moscow set them up very well indeed and they fully deserved to claim the second qualification place on offer. This was a very good performance.
No problems for the winners and qualifiers and Renfrew and Irvine should can be confident of more than holding their own at Harrogate come September."