Hardraw Scar Contest - Photo gallery

The bandstand is dwarfed by the scenery	A full bandstand on a sunny day
Getting ready	How many stands??
A drink, a brass band and a bit of shade on a hot day - heaven!	Just like every other contest there's still a nervy wait!
A band fills the valley with music	A full bass sound
Band's-eye view of the audience	Not just for the old-fashioned - banding is for all generations!
Harrogate Band open procedures	Just because we're sponsored by a brewery doesn't mean we can't have a sophisticated audience!

We've made it! Elland Youth sign in.	A packed bandstand for the massed bands finale!
A grand day out!	Hade Edge Band at the time they were due to start!
They got there in the end - Hade Edge on stage!	The down-side of open adjudication!
Stewarding doesn't have to be such a tough job - and somebody has to do it!	Are they in tune? - a young timpanist prepares for action
The sun shines down on a record breaking audience. Not since the nineteenth century has there been such a turnout!
A damp day at Hardraw - and then it got wetter!!	The adjudicators in action - damp but determined. And then it rained!