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St Mary's & All Saints Church Beaconsfield Church.

The Band played their first Formal Concert of the Summer Season with a very well received and enjoyable concert at the St Mary’s & All Saints Church Beaconsfield. The Band (in particular Chairman Ken hall and Musical Director Ian Young) had been working very hard in making this concert known to people all over the local area. Posters had been displayed over a wide area in Libraries. Several of the band went to Beaconsfield the Saturday before to give out flyers for local people.

The Band was delighted to see such a large audience turn up c 200. Having been a sunny and pleasant afternoon, the band had been afraid that many people would take advantage of the weather and go out for the day.

The Concert commenced with the march called Star Lake. The Next piece was ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’. A very big Crowd Pleaser and the band could see many feet tapping in time to the Music, although Ian said that he would report the names of anyone who didn’t enjoy this to the Child Catcher!

We then went onto our next piece of music, which was ‘ I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls’. It was the first of our pieces that was arranged by David Lancaster. By co-incidence, Julian Lloyd-Webber played this piece in concert in London the next day; obviously he was taking a leaf out of ourbook! The bands Principal Cornet Sally Marshall delivered a fine reading and receive warm applause.

The fourth piece of music was the duet ‘Something Stupid’ originally recorded by Frank and Nancy Sinatra and more recently by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. This piece is for a duet of cornets. Up stepped our equivalent of Robbie and Nicole (!) Solo Cornets Sally Marshall and Paul Terrer. The piece was well played and the soloists deserved the large round
of applause that they duly got. Our final piece before our guest soloist was Light as Air. It combined Bach Air on a G String and Procul Harum Song‘Whiter shade of Pale’.

Our Guest Soloist was Charlotte Reid. Charlotte is a very talented Violinist and the band was delighted that she was able to join us. ???????

The band returned and played ‘Do-Re-Mi’ from the Sound of Music, and followed this by playing their first Andrew Lloyd Webber piece of the evening ‘Wishing You were Somehow Here Again’ from phantom of the Opera.

The Penultimate piece of the first half was Irish Blessing, which featured Peter Taylor on Euphonium, Hilary Mills on Flugel, Martin Hissey on Baritone and Margeret Herron on Horn. Some delightful soft playing was particularly well received from the audience. The first half finished with another David Lancaster arranged piece ‘La Morisque’ which brought a medieval air to the proceedings.

After a well deserved break for everyone, the band returned with a piece called Openin’ Brass, which was sure awake the audience I they had to many pieces of cake! The band then returned to a more contemporary feel with the Ronan Keating piece ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’. It was solo time again, this time for the Trombone section. Neil Greggor (Solo), Dieter Kolb (Second) and guest bass trombonist Ray Ayres stood up to play ‘Sad and Blue‘ Ian has always demanded that this piece is played as sleazy as possible, and told the audience that the three trombonist were as ‘sleazy’ as they come!

The band next piece was the theme from the television series ‘Van Der Valk’, more commonly known as Eye Level. Charlotte Reid then returned centre stage and played a haunting violin solo. A perinnial opener for the band has been Goff Richards ‘Barnard Castle’, so it was an odd feeling for the band to play this piece in the middle of the second half. The final Lloyd-Webber piece for the night was ‘Think of Me’ from his musical Phantom of the Opera.

The last Celtic flavoured piece was the melodic Hyfydol, and was followed immediately by the theme from ‘The Great Escape, a contrast if ever there was one. The band final piece of the evening was Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld, or more commonly known as the Can-Can, sadly know one wanted to come and promenade down the aisle.




St Mary's & All Saints Church Beaconsfield Church. The Band played their first Formal Concert of the Summer Season with a very well received and enjoyable concert at the St Mary’s & All Saints Church Beaconsfield. The Band (in particular Chairman Ken hall and Musical Director Ian Young) had been working very hard in making this concert known to people all over the local area. Posters had been displayed over a wide area in Libraries. Several of the band went to Beaconsfield the Saturday before to give out flyers for local people. The Band was delighted to see such a large audience turn up c 200. Having been a sunny and pleasant afternoon, the band had been afraid that many people would take advantage of the weather and go out for the day. The Concert commenced with the march called Star Lake. The Next piece was ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’. A very big Crowd Pleaser and the band could see many feet tapping in time to the Music, although Ian said that he would report the names of anyone who didn’t enjoy this to the Child Catcher! We then went onto our next piece of music, which was ‘ I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls’. It was the first of our pieces that was arranged by David Lancaster. By co-incidence, Julian Lloyd-Webber played this piece in concert in London the next day; obviously he was taking a leaf out of ourbook! The bands Principal Cornet Sally Marshall delivered a fine reading and receive warm applause. The fourth piece of music was the duet ‘Something Stupid’ originally recorded by Frank and Nancy Sinatra and more recently by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. This piece is for a duet of cornets. Up stepped our equivalent of Robbie and Nicole (!) Solo Cornets Sally Marshall and Paul Terrer. The piece was well played and the soloists deserved the large round of applause that they duly got. Our final piece before our guest soloist was Light as Air. It combined Bach Air on a G String and Procul Harum Song‘Whiter shade of Pale’. Our Guest Soloist was Charlotte Reid. Charlotte is a very talented Violinist and the band was delighted that she was able to join us. ??????? The band returned and played ‘Do-Re-Mi’ from the Sound of Music, and followed this by playing their first Andrew Lloyd Webber piece of the evening ‘Wishing You were Somehow Here Again’ from phantom of the Opera. The Penultimate piece of the first half was Irish Blessing, which featured Peter Taylor on Euphonium, Hilary Mills on Flugel, Martin Hissey on Baritone and Margeret Herron on Horn. Some delightful soft playing was particularly well received from the audience. The first half finished with another David Lancaster arranged piece ‘La Morisque’ which brought a medieval air to the proceedings. After a well deserved break for everyone, the band returned with a piece called Openin’ Brass, which was sure awake the audience I they had to many pieces of cake! The band then returned to a more contemporary feel with the Ronan Keating piece ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’. It was solo time again, this time for the Trombone section. Neil Greggor (Solo), Dieter Kolb (Second) and guest bass trombonist Ray Ayres stood up to play ‘Sad and Blue‘ Ian has always demanded that this piece is played as sleazy as possible, and told the audience that the three trombonist were as ‘sleazy’ as they come! The band next piece was the theme from the television series ‘Van Der Valk’, more commonly known as Eye Level. Charlotte Reid then returned centre stage and played a haunting violin solo. A perinnial opener for the band has been Goff Richards ‘Barnard Castle’, so it was an odd feeling for the band to play this piece in the middle of the second half. The final Lloyd-Webber piece for the night was ‘Think of Me’ from his musical Phantom of the Opera. The last Celtic flavoured piece was the melodic Hyfydol, and was followed immediately by the theme from ‘The Great Escape, a contrast if ever there was one. The band final piece of the evening was Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld, or more commonly known as the Can-Can, sadly know one wanted to come and promenade down the aisle.