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The Lochgelly Band are a traditional brass band based in the town of Lochgelly
which is in the county of Fife in Scotland. The band were formed
at some time during the early to mid 19th century although the first
recorded instance of a brass band in the town dates from 1854 so
this is generally regarded as the date of formation. Since its formation
the band have been active participants in both the contest arena
and in public performance. The band are regularly seen at most of
the local childrens gala day parades and regularly play concerts
throughout the year including an annual Carol concert in the St
Andrews Church in the town. On the contest stage the band were Scottish
Champions in 1973 and gained a creditable 6th place at the National
Championships of Great Britain in the Albert Hall, London later
that year. More recently the band has had a difficult time in the
90's suffering successive relegations. However at the beginning
of the new millenium the band has surged back to prominence with
two successive Scottish Championship victories in 2002 and 2003
bringing us back into the second section. During this successful
run the band also won the 4th section of the National Mineworkers
Championships in 2002. In 2005 the band gained second place in the
2nd Section of the Scottish Championship contest to qualify for their
third trip to the National Finals in four years and also acheiving
promotion to the 1st Section for the 2006 contest year.
The band can
also provide a small ten piece group which plays traditional beir-keller
style "Oompah" band music. This group goes by the name
of Stadtkapelle Lochgelly and more information can be found by following
the link on the left.
The band recently
has started a training group for beginners and all ages are welcome
to come along. It is eventually hoped that we can have enough players
to constitue a junior band with the aim of providing future stars
for the senior band. In this respect the Lochgelly band welcome
applications from all age groups wishing to learn to play a brass
instrument. Please use the contact information on this page to get
in touch.
The band rehearse
on Tuesday and Friday nights at 7:30pm. The bandhall address is
37 Russell Street
Lochgelly
Fife
KY5 9DD
The band can be contacted by telephone on
01592 782414
