Concert Brass Annual Concert
Jun. 20, 2015
The Concert Brass Annual Concert was held on a beautiful early summer evening and it seemed that the weather was a theme throughout the show. Included in the performance were Singing in the Rain, Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain and the Morecambe and Wise classic, Give Me Sunshine. Gardeners like a bit of sun and rain, though Andrea admitted to a total hatred of gardening. Nevertheless, Concert Brass played the theme to the TV programme, Ground Force and Andrea reminded us that the female presenter, Charlie Dimmock was particularly popular with male viewers. Whatever did she mean??
Andrea drew attention to the age range of the band, pointing out that the youngest was only 12. There was hearty applause when she thanked Hathern Band Musical Director Dave Newman for the work he puts into the Training Band which results in so many talented youngsters coming through to Concert Brass and then eventually to the Main Band.
Old rockers like me were delighted to hear Jackie Wilson’s Reet Petite performed by the flugel and horn section. Sadly I’m now too old to jive in the aisle. Other numbers included the jaunty Bandology, Gabriel’s Oboe from the film The Mission, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s With One Look and the rousing March of the Cobblers from Brassed Off.
The concert ended with Pharrell Williams’ Happy which summed up how we all felt. Another great performance from our outstanding Concert Brass.
Dave Neville – Friends of Hathern band