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It starts the countdown to Lockerbie's big day next Saturday with the principals on duty on Sunday (June 2) with the Kirkin' of the Cornet taking place from 11am to noon (meeting at Station Square at 10.30am for the parade).

Joan said that her hardworking parents "scrimped and saved" to buy her the cornet as a gift for her 18th birthday.

The award-winning A 4 Brass Quartet, based at the Royal Northern College of Music where the musicians are studying, comprises one cornet, two horns and a euphonium.

To serve: Pipe pear puree into each cornet until three-quarters full.

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THE chimes of one ice-cream van will no longer alert children for a cornet - instead, they will lure thirsty adults to a quick, crafty pint.

"This pounds 1,000 donation will be of great use to us as it will provide us with new cornets and help us to carry on teaching children, giving them an interest they can treasure for the rest of their lives."

The bowler-hatted Lord Cornets play a key role in Lanark's annual Lanimer Festival.

Neon ice turns to vapor at 25 kelvins, readily escaping the nucleus of a cornet. The absence of neon suggests that the grains of interstellar ice that built Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake must have done so in a part of the solar system where temperatures are above 25 kelvins.

Cameron Sanderson and Rachael Houston are the Cornet and Lass elect for 2019 and both have long family connections with the festivities.

Remove cornets from oven and allow to cool 30 seconds before gently

Colin Brook joins to add his great experience to the cornets' back row and Stephen Peacock switches from horn back to cornet.

Saturday saw the barbecue take place on Church Road, with a free bouncy castle at the town hall to keep the kids amused while the Cornets Club was given the chance to throw wet sponges at the principals in the stocks.

John Caskie - who was presented with the Solley Trophy for contributions to both the Guid Nychburris Association and Dumfries Cornets Club - wished everyone a safe week.

They are: Wednesday, June 6: The Firth Rideout (Newbie); Tuesday, June 12: Queensberry Bay Rideout (Powfoot); Friday, June 22: Supports Rideout (Brydekirk); Saturday, June 30: Cornets Lasses Rideout (Cummertrees Mill); Monday, July 2: Cornets Rideout (Town).