These are the current officials of the Fife Charities Band Association:
FCBA Chairman - John Martin
John has been very active behind the scenes in administration. He has been a committee member with
Lochgelly Band for 15 years, serving as Vice-President and as Secretary. John also had a spell on the SBBA
executive in the 90's during the Chairmanship of James Abbott. He was re-elected to the SBBA Executive
in 2004 and has been an active member since then. John is responsible for the website of the SBBA and is also
a member of the SBBA Development Sub-Committee. Following the resignation of FCBA Chairman Jim Hyslop
in early 2008 John put his name forward for election to the post of FCBA Chairman and was delighted to
be elected by the member bands.
John Martin has been active in brass banding since he started learning tuba at the age of nine under
the tutelage of James McCarroll. John was introduced to brass band contesting initially with the Alva
band then moved to Stirling Public. University, career and a brief sojourn with orchestras got in the
way until 1989 when he was asked to come along to the Lochgelly band by Margaret McLaughlin. He enjoyed
it so much that he relocated to Fife in 1993 and has stayed loyal to Lochgelly band ever since. His
time with Lochgelly has seen him endure some bad times in a slide to the fourth section. More recently
though he has enjoyed good times with Lochgelly and was instrumental in their dramatic resurgence
in the 21st century which has seen them return to the 1st section and narrowly miss out on promotion
to the Championship section in 2008.
Danny started playing with Dunfermline Town in the late seventies, and was appointed as Chairman of the band
in the early 1980’s, a position he still holds to date.
In 2000 he was appointed as an executive member of the Scottish Brass Band Association and continues to be part
of the SBBA Executive, recently appointed as Child Protection officer and lead signature on behalf of SBBA.
Danny was appointed as Vice Chairman of the FCBA in 2006, and in 2007 was appointed Chairman of the Fife Youth
Initiative, with responsibility of organising the regional youth band, Fife Youth:Next Generation.
Danny Harrison, Vice Chairman of the FCBA, has been playing in brass bands for more that 40 years. He
has played at all levels with most bands in Fife and with Broxburn Public band.
After less than a year John joined Cowdenbeath band on 3rd cornet, moving up through the ranks to eventually
take a seat on the front row.
His playing career has seen many highlights and countless contest wins. He's been part of the winning
performance at the Scottish Championships (in the Second, First and Championship Sections), Forth Valley,
Land O' Burns, Carnegie Invitation, Northern Counties, Fife Charities, Fife Brass Band Festival, Miners Gala,
Strathclyde Charities and Brass In The Park Contests, as well as the Senior Trophy and Grand Shield.
Playing in the band has allowed John to perform all over the UK, including performances in the Royal
Albert Hall, as well as across Europe, with appearances in France, Germany and Switzerland.
John is also the Secretary of Kingdom Brass (and before that Secretary of Cowdenbeath Band, since 1993) and is
Treasurer with the Kingdom Brass Youth Initiative. He is also a member of the Scottish Brass Band Association
(SBBA) Executive Committee, and a member of the SBBA Development Sub-Committee.
John Todd, Secretary of the FCBA, began playing cornet at the age of 9 in his local primary school.
Jayne started off on 3rd cornet and worked her way up to Principal cornet, until she left Buckhaven in 1982
and progressed to Tullis Russell Mills Band playing on the Front Row. Jayne has been with Tullis Russell ever since
(apart from having some time out to raise her family).
In the early years with Tullis Jayne was Assistant Librarian and on the Ladies Committee for Fundraising, then
later a committee member. In 2006 she took over the role of Chairperson, and continues to hold that post.
Jayne took on the role of Treasurer for the FCBA in June 2008.
Jayne Jones, Treasurer of the FCBA, started playing at the age of 9 at Kennoway Primary School. She started playing
with Balfours Silver Band, who then amalgamated with Buckhaven and Methil Brass Band in the early 1970's.
During meetings of the FCBA bands in 2008, the outdated constitution of the Association was rewritten
to allow expansion of the management committee of the organisation.
The General Committee of the FCBA is now made up of the officials named above, as well as one representative
from each of the FCBA member bands. This brings the FCBA in line with the Scottish Brass Band Association's
guidelines on how the area associations should operate. It also allows greater distribution of work,
allowing the association to be more ambitious in the events it organises, and allows each of the bands much
more say in the administration of the association.
Buckhaven Youth Delegate - Brian Hutchison
Clackmannan District Delegate - Anne McInnes
Dunfermline Town Delegate - Dorothy Hall
Dysart Colliery Delegate - Dougie Harrower
Kingdom Brass/Kingdom Brass Youth Delegate - William Sandell
Lochgelly Delegate - Bryan Johnstone
Tayport Instrumental Delegate - Eric Blyth
Tullis Russell Delegate - Paul Hamilton