After a long struggle to overcome a shortage of players, the North Ayrshire Band has now officially disbanded. The Lottery Funded instruments have been returned to The Scottish Arts Council and have been re-allocated to Hillfoots Music for Youth and Kings Park Brass. The band started life in 1975 as North Ayrshire Schools’ later became North Ayrshire Youth and subsequently The North Ayrshire Band. Over its short history the band led an active and fairly successful life. They toured Germany and Switzerland 6 times as well as making a number of radio and television appearances. In the 1980s they won the Scottish Youth Championship 3 times, coming 4^th at the Royal Albert Hall in 1981. They won the Scottish 4^th Section contest at their first attempt in 1994 and were second in 2000. Members of the band won the Strathclyde schools quartet championship on no fewer than 10 occasions and the Scottish schools quartets 5 times. Former band members are to be found in bands and orchestras in all corners of the globe. The band would like to thank all who have contributed to their successes in any way and wish them well. The band’s constitution required that any surplus funds should be distributed to like-minded bodies and this has been done with donations being made to various banding bodies throughout Scotland