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Spring 2007
2 March
- Rotary Club
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March - Holbeach Community Centre
10 June
- Springfields Retail Outlet
17 June
- Holbeach Vintage Rally
2 March - Rotary Club
The President of the
Royal British Legion Band (Lincolnshire) has been elected President of
the local Rotary Club, and a few of their players and a couple of ours,
played for a sing-along at his reception.
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10 March - Holbeach Community Centre
Our first concert of the year was organised by the Holbeach
Community Centre to raise funds for an air-conditioning system
at the Centre. We had some help from colleagues in the Royal British
Legion Band (Lincolnshire) and from Kirton Brass Band to whom we
are very garteful. Although the bottom end of the band was a bit
weak and outnumbered by the top end, the sound was remarkably good
- helped, no doubt, by the excellent accoustics. The audience was
disappointing in number, but those who attended enjoyed a high quality
concert.
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Highlights included All in the April Evening played with great
feeling, Mack the Knife which really went with a swing and I Don't
Know How to Love Him beautifully played by 14 year old Steven. Four
of the pieces were successful additions to our repertoire - Pour
un Flirt, Army of the Nile, Mack the Knife and Young Amadeus.
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Happy Bandleader - Johnny Ocean
Aces High - Ron Goodwin
March of the Peers - Sullivan arr Drake Rimmer
Rose - Amanda McBroom arr Frank Bernaerts
One Voice - Barry Manilow arr Ray Farr
All in the April Evening - Traditional
Pour un Flirt - Michael Delpech & Roland Vincent arr Johnny Ocean
Second Suite in F Major - Gustav Holst arr Sydney Herbert |
Army of the Nile - Kenneth J Alford
Mack the Knife - Kurt Weill, Bert Brecht & Marc Blitzstein arr
Frank Bernaerts
I Don't Know How to Love Him - Andrew Lloyd Webber arr J Graham Wlaker
Amparito Roca - Jaime Texidor arr Aubrey Wright
Young Amadeus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr Jan van Kraeydonck
Keep Smiling Through - arr Darrol Barry
Land of Hope and Glory - Sir Edward Elgar arr J Ord Hume
Salamanca - Dave Baker & Pol Stone arr Dennis Wilby |
10 June - Springfields Retail Outlet
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We played at the Springfields Retail Outlet, Spalding on Sunday
afternoon 10th June. It was a lovely afternoon with a very receptive
audience. We were pleased to play Happy Birthday to 1 year old Alfie
at the request of his grandfather. We will be returning in July.
We had a reasonable sized band for the occasion and, although there
were a couple of slips the band played well. Solo items were ably
played by Steven Butter (cornet) and Dennis Skinner (flugel horn).
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17 June - Holbeach Vintage Rally
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On a very wet weekend, we played at the Holbeach Vintage Rally.
We had a small band but it went well. It had rained heavily in the
days leading up to the event, so the ground was very wet and vehicles
had some problems.
The vintage rally was founded in 1995 and features parades of vintage
motorcycles, classic cars, vintage and modern tracors and steam
engines.
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