Saturday, 9 July 2011

Pershore Midsummer Brass Festival


Kaitlin & Lara Leading YMCA
The band was delighted to take part at this years Midsummer Brass Festival in Pershore. 40 concerts were given by 20 bands in four venues around Pershore. The bands first programme was held at the Angel Inn Riverside Garden. The band started with a bang with music from the theme tune Stingray and includes solos from Kevin Lea on Solo Trombone, George Draycott on Solo Baritone and Lara Jones on Solo horn. The audience also took part in a a unique version of YMCA.

The opening fanfare

Later on the same evening the band gave its second programme to a capacity audience in the spectacular surroundings of Pershore Abbey. The band included Heroic Fanfare, Solos from Darren Lea on Solo Cornet, Andrew Bates on Flugel Horn and Ian Wright on Solo Euphonium. The band concluded their programme with Eric Balls epic Kingdom Triumphant. 

An attentive audience in the Abbey
The band was once again thrilled by the response received in Pershore and hopes to be playing there again in the very near future.