Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

1979/80 - If enthusiasm was all one needed to become a musician, then Apprentice Steelworker Brian Welsh would already be a virtuoso. For Brian, this year's winner of the Samuel Bailie Musical Award for the most promising young H&W instrumentalist, just bristles with excitement when he talks about the great love of his life - flute-playing. His face lights up, his eyes shine and his conversation rattles along at "nineteen-to-the- dozen."