Oban Parish Church can list an 18-piece brass band from Germany among its summer visitors so far. The band from Esslingen, near Stuttgart, were guests of the church at a ceilidh in the Glencruitten Centre.
Parish minister the Reverend Dugald Cameron and Pfarrer Christoph Bauerle from the StadtKirche and Frauenkirche in Esslingen became friends after studying for the ministry both in Edinburgh and Tubingen.
Last May, 28 Oban parishioners went to Germany and met up with Pfr Bauerle’s congregation and the Esslingen brass band who regularly entertain in the city.