Portlethen Academy Concert Band is one of three Aberdeenshire schools performing in a national final of the Scottish Concert Band Festival on Saturday (17 March).
Portlethen Academy Concert Band received a Gold Award at the Aberdeen Regional Festival last November, while the South Central Aberdeenshire Music Centre Youth Band and Mackie Academy Concert Band were awarded Gold Plus Awards.
Mackie and Portlethen will be conducted by Sarah Gove while Bruce Wallace will lead South Central when the schools compete for the national title in Perth.
The schools will be judged on rhythm, melody, tuning and intonation, articulation, dynamics, communication, musicality and interpretation and choice and balance of programme.
That is certainly worth a compliment The Mackie Academy do their bit at the Fee’in Market. Well worth the birl around.