Loughborough Concert Band

For this concert we were joined by the Caroline Sharp Singers. The evening opened with a spirited arrangement of Liberty Bell (Sousa) and then went into the moody The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Morricone)

The Singers first songs included songs about love –When I fall in love and a very surprising madrigal arrangement of Wannabe. And being a child of the 1950s, I had to look the spelling of that up!

The band closed the first half of the evening with the theme from Hawaii Five-O, the beautiful Gabriel’s Oboe, with the solo played by Paula Gardner and the jaw dropping Magnificent Seven (Bernstein).

The second half included Superman and Come fly with me and a talk from Anne at the Food Bank and Karen from the Volunteer Centre. The Food Bank now provides food to 23 000 individuals, 10 000 of whom are children. The whole evening ended in a mass singalong as the band played- the audience sang their hearts out to - Abba’s Mamma Mia.

Hats off to Dave Coble and Yvonne Renouf who combined playing flute and conducting with singing. Wendy Burns compered the whole evening with style and grace, the band was helped out by deps Joe Simpson on trumpet, Andrew Beaumont on trombone and Steve Boyles on tuba. Although not all the money has been collected (it’s now Monday 16th September) but I am advised the evening raised over £700. A magnificent amount!

New concert dates are still being added but for up-to-date concert listings please visit www.loughboroughconcertband.co.uk  where you will also find details of playing opportunities.