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Entertainment Contest 2014

The band played at the annual scaba Entertainment contest at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley on Sunday 18th May. This contest is judged on music, presentation and entertainment value – which could just be about the music but can also include things like standing up or swaying to the music.

The band played 3 pieces; Music For The Royal Fireworks, To Music (featuring Kelvin Yendall on cornet) and Heykens Serenade. Heykens Serenade is a piece of music that is played in four different styles, including a rendition of it as if it were on a gramaphone – this includes winding the gramaphone up at the start, speeding up and slowing erratically in the middle where it requires it to be wound up again and also a section where the needle gets stuck!

Unfortunately we didn’t return with any prizes this year but the competition marks the end on the contest season for us until it starts again in the Autumn.

Spring Contest 2014

The band played Three Spanish Variations at the annual Spring contest in The Hawth Theatre on 27th April. This piece by Alan Fernie is very melodic and really brings the music of Spain to life with movements consisting of waltzes, romance and a fandago. Unfortunately no prizes this time but as always it was good to take part.

Spring Concert 2014

Cobham Village Hall was the venue for our Spring Concert on April 12th. A fantastic selection of music was played including Sinatra in Concert, The Way We Were and Singing In The Rain. There was a packed audience and great entertainment, including a few jokes from the musical director! Students from University of Surrey attended to record the event as part of their Sound Recording course and the stage had many microphones to capture all the different brass sections. Money was raised during the evening, some of which will go to our nominated charities and some to band funds.