This year's Brass Bands Laikin Championship will take place at the Architectural Carbuncle, Berwick-on-Tweed this Sunday.
It will see effervescent entertainment favourites Windermere Colliery up against arch rivals Emley Potatoe Works in a real humdinger. There are also some bands competing that we aren't really bothered about, 'cos it should all boil down to the ding dong between the big two.
One of the judges, Lawrence Crabtree MBE, will be responsible for seeing if bands walk onto stage properly in order and in a proper line with top buttons done up and stuff. He will be able to award up to 5% of the total marks for each band.
He told the Bandstand, "I am relishing it. For 51 weeks of the year these bands spend their time playing the same old shit to the same old pensioners. Now, for one weekend, there's a trophy and some cash up for grabs. They will think outside the box and suddenly do something outrageous before going back to the same old shit the following week".
It should be an absolute crackerjack and we cannot call it one way or the other.
