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Autumn 2007
9 September
- Patchett Lodge, Holbeach
16 September
- [RBL] Skegness
6 October
- Cultural Festival
13 October
2007 - Last Night of the Proms Concert
3 November
2007 - [RBL] Poppy Concert, Bourne
11 November
2007 - Remembrance Sunday
9 September - Patchett Lodge, Holbeach
| A pleasant sunny Sunday afternoon playing an outdoor concert for
the residents and staff of Patchett
Lodge, Holbeach, (click for location
map) togetheer with a few passers-by. We included items from our
forthcoming Autumn concert, including extracts from Pomp and Circumstance,
and Fantasia on British Sea Songs. Solos were confiently played by
Steven Butter (cornet) and Dennis Skinner (Flugel Horn). The concert
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16 September - Skegness
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Four of us went to Skegness to play with the Royal British
Legion Band (Lincolnshire). We were accompanied by 5 players from
Kirton Brass band and elsewhere. It was a sunny day but very windy
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6 October - Cultural Festival
We were pleased to have a display at the Cultural
Festival held at the Peele Community College, Long Sutton. It was
a whole day event and there was traditional dances and music from: England,
Ireland, Scotland, Poland, Latvia, China, India, Greece and many others.
We were represented by our musical director and band chairman. We had
a display table where we had a cornet, tenor horn and euphonium, together
with photographs, concert programmes, press cuttings, music and leaaflets
about the band. Our area was very popular with visitors and we encouraged
them to try the instruments, with a considerable amount of success. The
local press photographers were there together with a local TV company
who were interviewing all contributors (our visitors had to stop playing
during the TV recordings). We had our photographs taken and were interviewed
by the TV company.
13 October 2007 - Last Night of the Proms
Concert
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We were in top form for our annual autumn concert. The 'Last Night
of the Proms' concert was held at the Holbeach Methodist Chapel
to a large enthusiastic audience. We were joined by players from
Spalding and Kirton bands.
The concert featured a solo by principal cornet Steven Butter who
played a beautiful haunting melody Smaoinich. Flugel horn player
Dennis Skinner played the jazz standard 'Misty'. Musical Director
Mel Hopkin joined principal euphonium Yvonne Butter in the euphonium
duet arrangement of 'Marching through Georgia'.
The band played a wide range of pieces including a selection of
World War II songs, 'Any Dream Will Do' and 'Great Gate of Kiev'.
The highlight of the concert was the 'Fantasia on British Sea Songs'.
Mel Hopkin reminded the audience that their participation was essential
to the performance - mock tears are shed during Tom Bowling, feet
are stamped during the hornpipe Jack's the Lad followed by the honking
of hooters; solemn humming with Home, Sweet Home and then the whistling
of the melody of Hail, The Conquering Hero. The audience enthusiastically
joined in and got the band to repeat the hornpipe to great applause.
By the time the band played Rule Britannia the Union Flags were
waving.
This was followed by Pomp and Circumstance with the audience joining
in again to sing 'Land of Hope and Glory' with much flag-waving.
The concert ended in traditional style with 'Jerusalem', again with
enthusiastic singing and more flag-waving by the audience.
The band had a standing ovation and were not allowed to leave without
an encore.
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PROGRAMME
Royal Salute - I Tomlinson Arr. Chas A Cooper
Happy Bandleader - Johnny Ocean
Keep Smiling Through - Arr. Darrol Barry
Marching through Georgia - Henry Work Arr. Nigel Horne
Any Dream Will Do - Andrew Lloyd Webber Arr.Peter Graham
Smaoinich - Nigel Horne
All in the April Evening - Hugh S Roberton Arr. Eric Ball
Mack the Knife - Kurt Weill, Bert Brecht & Marc Blitzstein. Arr. F.
Bernaerts
Second Suite in F Major (Fantaisa on the Gargason) - Gustav Holst Arr.
Sydney Herbert
Young Amadeus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arr. Jan van Kraeydonck
Misty - Johnny Burke & Errol Garner Arr. Darrol Barry
Great Gate of Kiev - M. Mussorgsky Arr. Nigel Horne
Close to you - Burt Bacharach Arr. W Relton
Fantasia on British Sea Songs - Henry Wood Arr. Denis Wright
Pomp & Circumstance Military March No 1 - Sir Edward Elgar
Jerusalem - Arr. J Ord Hume
3 November 2007 - [RBL] Poppy Concert,
Bourne
A few of us went to Bourne Abbey to join the Royal British Legion Band
(Lincolnshire) in their Poppy concert which also includeda Last Night
of the Proms. We were also joined by players from Kirton band and others.
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11 November 2007 - Remembrance
Sunday
During the morning some of us joined the Royal British Legion Band
(Lincolnshire) for the annual Remembrance Parade at Boure.
In the afternoon members of the RBL band joined us for the annual
Remembrance service at Holbeach St Marks. We played incidental music
at the village War Memorial where principal cornet Steven Butter
sounded Last Post and Reveille. Then we played the hymns for the
service in church.
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