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Galashiels Town

Also/previously known as: Galashiels Band, Galashiels Public, Galashiels Silver, Gala Town

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Date Contest Position Test Piece Draw Conductor
4th Nov 2017 Borders Entertainment Contest W
28th Aug 2004 Brass in the Park - Open March & Hymn Tune 14 Neal Wade
30th Aug 2003 Brass in the Park - Open March & Hymn Tune 18 4 Neal Wade
31st Aug 2002 Brass in the Park - Open March & Hymn Tune 14 Neal Wade
1st Sep 2001 Brass in the Park - Open March & Hymn Tune 16 Neal Wade
12th Mar 1983 Scottish Championship (Third Section) W Wheatlands
13th Mar 1982 Scottish Championship (Third Section) 13 Land of the Ever Young 1 William Ross
14th Mar 1981 Scottish Championship (Third Section) 9 Hinemoa 7 William Ross
8th Mar 1980 Scottish Championship (Third Section) 5 Main Street 13 John Mabon
10th Nov 1979 Whitburn Invitation Contest (Section 3) 2 John Mabon
6th Oct 1979 National Championship of Great Britain (Fourth Section Final) 7 A Suite for Switzerland John Mabon
10th Mar 1979 Scottish Championship (Fourth Section) 1 The Winter's Tale 7 John Mabon
27th Mar 1971 Scottish Championship (Third Section) W Overture for an Epic Occasion
12th Apr 1969 Scottish Championship (Second Section) W Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky [Street]
24th Feb 1968 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 6 Vizcaya 4 James Amos
19th Feb 1966 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 5 King Lear 5 W. Jacques Gray
20th Feb 1965 Scottish Area Qualifying Finals (Second Section) Old English Suite: Three Castles 11 W. Jacques Gray
29th Feb 1964 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 11 The Great City 5 Robert Stein
25th Feb 1961 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) 9 Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer] 16 Robert Stein
27th Aug 1960 Liddesdale Contest Unknown, do you know?
9th Apr 1960 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky] Robert Stein
5th Sep 1959 Galashiels Contest 2 Robert Stein
11th Apr 1959 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Wuthering Heights Unknown, do you know?
25th Oct 1958 National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) Macbeth [D. Rimmer] 16 Robert Stein
30th Aug 1958 Liddesdale Contest 3 W. Stein
23rd Nov 1957 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 2 Venus and Adonis Robert Stein
26th Oct 1957 National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final) Sinfonie Concertante Robert Stein
23rd Feb 1957 Edinburgh Charities Contest 2 James Amos
22nd Sep 1956 Scottish Championship (Third Section) 1 Spirit of Progress 3 James Amos
25th Feb 1956 Edinburgh Charities Contest 22 James Amos
7th Nov 1953 Scottish Championship (Second Section) Overture for an Epic Occasion Unknown, do you know?
10th Nov 1951 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 10 Medea Unknown, do you know?
21st Oct 1950 Scottish Championship (Second Section) Macbeth [Verdi arr. Greenwood] Unknown, do you know?
15th Oct 1949 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 5 Introduction and Fugue James Amos
17th Sep 1949 National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) Sirius [Wright] James Amos
25th Jun 1949 Scottish Unionist Contest James Amos
30th Apr 1949 Scottish Area (Daily Herald Qualifying) Contest, Second Section 1 Sirius [Wright] 3 James Amos
9th Oct 1948 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 4 Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] James Amos
28th Feb 1948 Scottish Area (Daily Herald Qualifying) Contest, Second Section 3 Four Preludes Unknown, do you know?
28th Sep 1946 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 4 Aroldo [arr. Godfrey] James Amos
29th Sep 1945 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 4 The Mountain Sylph James Amos
20th May 1939 Edinburgh Charities Contest Unknown, do you know?
22nd Oct 1938 Scottish Championship (Second Section) L'italiana in Algeri [unknown arranger] Unknown, do you know?
21st May 1938 Edinburgh Charities Contest Unknown, do you know?
2nd Oct 1937 Scottish Championship (Second Section) La Regina di Golconda Unknown, do you know?
30th May 1936 Borders and Lothian Brass Band League 2 Unknown, do you know?
18th May 1935 Borders and Lothian Brass Band League 3 James Amos
27th Oct 1934 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Haydn Unknown, do you know?
2nd Jun 1934 Galashiels Contest 4 L'Africaine [arr. Grosse] Unknown, do you know?
28th Oct 1933 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Rienzi [arr. Cope] James Amos
19th Aug 1933 Newcastleton Contest 2 Gounod [arr. W. Rimmer] Unknown, do you know?
6th Jun 1933 Borders and Lothian Brass Band League 2 Gounod [arr. W. Rimmer] James Amos
22nd Apr 1933 Edinburgh Charities Contest James Amos
8th Oct 1932 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 5 I Capuleti [unknown arranger] James Amos
27th Aug 1932 Peebles Contest 2 James Amos
18th Apr 1931 Edinburgh Charities Contest 10 Joseph Mains
25th Oct 1930 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 9 Hamlet 6 Unknown, do you know?
26th Oct 1929 Scottish Championship (Second Section) The Merry Wives of Windsor [Keighley] Unknown, do you know?
3rd Dec 1927 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 13 Dinorah [arr. Godfrey] Unknown, do you know?
28th May 1927 Galashiels Contest 3 Herbert Bennett
4th Dec 1926 Scottish Championship (Second Section) Magic Flute [unknown arranger] Unknown, do you know?
5th Dec 1925 Scottish Championship (Second Section) Gems from William Tell [arr. Hawkins] Unknown, do you know?
6th Dec 1924 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 6 Tchaikovsky's Works [arr. Reynolds] Unknown, do you know?
22nd Nov 1924 Dalkeith Contest 5 Unknown, do you know?
22nd Oct 1921 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Echoes of Meyerbeer [arr. Hawkins] Unknown, do you know?
30th Oct 1920 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Le Prophete [arr. R. Rimmer] Unknown, do you know?
12th Sep 1914 Scottish Championship (Second Section) 5 Le Duc d'Olonne George Hogg
31st Oct 1908 Scottish Championship (Second Section) Il Crociato in Egitto [arr. Ord Hume] 13 Unknown, do you know?
2nd Sep 1905 Border League (Galashiels) 2 National Airs Unknown, do you know?
22nd Jul 1905 Border League (Peebles) 2 Thomas Moore
3rd Sep 1904 Border League (Galashiels) 2 Songs of Ireland Unknown, do you know?
7th May 1904 Border League (Peebles) 2   Maritana [arr. Round] 3 Unknown, do you know?
12th Sep 1903 Border League (Galashiels) 3 Border Melodies 2 Unknown, do you know?
4th Jul 1903 Border League (Peebles) 2 Rossini [arr. Round] 2 George Hogg
23rd May 1903 Border League (Hawick) 2 Rossini [arr. Round] 1 George Hogg
6th Sep 1902 Galashiels Contest (Confined)   Songs of England (Scholes) 2 George Hogg
9th Oct 1897 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) 13 Scotland Unknown, do you know?
28th Aug 1897 Grangemouth Contest Unknown, do you know?
15th May 1897 Bo'ness Contest Unknown, do you know?
17th Oct 1896 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Atilla [arr. Round] Unknown, do you know?
19th Oct 1895 Scottish Championship (Championship Section) 7 Eureka Unknown, do you know?
17th Aug 1895 Kirkcaldy Contest 8 Tam O'Shanter [Round] Thomas Moore
8th Jun 1895 Falkirk Contest 2 Faust [Berlioz, unknown arranger] 4 Thomas Moore
25th May 1895 Alloa Contest 5 Unknown, do you know?
18th May 1895 Jedburgh Contest 1 Great Britain Thomas Moore
11th May 1895 Bo'ness Contest 4 Faust [Berlioz arr. Owen] Thomas Moore
11th Aug 1894 Dumfries Contest 4 Thomas Moore
7th Jul 1894 Stirling Contest W
23rd Jun 1894 Musselburgh Contest 5 Meyerbeer's Works [unknown arranger] Thomas Moore
26th May 1894 Alloa Contest 4 Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 4 Thomas Moore
12th May 1894 Bo'ness Contest 4 Thomas Moore
29th Jul 1893 Linlithgow Contest W
17th Jun 1893 Musselburgh Contest Unknown, do you know?
6th May 1893 Jedburgh Contest 3 Rossini [arr. Round] 3 Thomas Moore
10th Sep 1892 Hawick Contest 4 Weber [arr. Round] 3 Thomas Moore
18th Jun 1892 Alva Contest Unknown, do you know?
28th May 1892 Alloa Contest D 4 Unknown, do you know?
14th May 1892 Bo'ness Contest 5 Lyric Garland 2 Unknown, do you know?
7th May 1892 Innerleithen Contest 5 Unknown, do you know?
12th Sep 1891 Uddingston Contest 2 Weber [arr. Round] 3 Thomas Moore
22nd Aug 1891 Hawick Contest 2 Weber [arr. Round] 3 Thomas Moore
15th Aug 1891 Kirkcaldy Contest W Rossini [arr. Round]
11th Oct 1890 Galashiels Contest 1 Linda di Chamounix [unknown arranger] 2 Thomas Moore
16th Aug 1890 Hawick Contest 2 Weber [arr. Round] 4 Thomas Moore
7th Jun 1890 Edinburgh International Exhibition Contest (Scottish Section) 5 I Due Foscari 7 Thomas Moore
17th May 1890 Kinneil Contest 4 5 Thomas Moore
17th Aug 1889 Kirkcaldy Contest 3 Beethoven's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] Unknown, do you know?
27th Jul 1889 Stirling Contest 2 Beethoven's Works [arr. Swift] 6 Thomas Moore
25th May 1889 Alloa Contest 1 Beethoven [arr. Round] 4 Unknown, do you know?
26th Oct 1888 Glasgow International Exhibition contest (Scottish Section) 1 9 Thomas Moore
18th Aug 1888 Kirkcaldy Contest 2 1 Thomas Moore
9th Jun 1888 Waverley Market (Edinburgh) Contest 3 Beauties of Weber 6 Thomas Moore
26th May 1888 Alloa Contest 5 9 Unknown, do you know?
13th Aug 1887 Galashiels Contest (Confined) Wesley Johnstone
22nd Oct 1886 Edinburgh International Exhibition Contest The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 6 W. B. Wesley Johnstone

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