SLFB At West Wickham URC Friday 16th March 2012
The Band’s annual visit to the Emmanuel United Reformed Church in West Wickham was received by a near capacity audience. The programme, compered by the band’s leader Major George Whittingham, included the March ‘Fighting for the Lord’, the Overture from Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’, and ‘A Glenn Miller Collection’.
Solo items were presented by Roger Gadsden (Rondo from Mozart’s 4th Horn Concerto), Les Swift with the vocal solo ‘You Raise Me Up’, and the band’s Associate Conductor, Darrell Scholes, who played the cornet solo ‘Zelda’.
The following is an article which will appear in the April edition of the church’s magazine:-
“We enjoyed an eclectic mix of music from the South London Fellowship Band in the Church, when once more they almost filled the place. Their programme ranged from light classical to Glenn Miller interspersed with beautiful harmonised singing from the band. The melodies they played from Grieg evoked thoughts of Norway with its high mountains, deep fjords, verdant valleys and long summer days, and the words and feelings expressed in “You raise me up” and “Rock of Ages” were truly great.
We are so grateful to the band for their willingness to return every year and we thank them for allowing the collection to go towards the restoration fund for Westminster College, Cambridge. The sum of £613 was raised.”
Engagements have been carried out at the following venues over the years and we are continuing with these on a regular basis:-
Upper Norwood
The United Reformed Church West Wickham
Sutton with guest soloist Maisie Wiggins – trombone
Northampton Central
Eastbourne Citadel
Hadleigh Temple
Royal Tunbridge Wells with guest soloist Nick Hudson – trombone
Gravesend St George’s Church
Penge Salvation Army – Divisional meeting “Come and Celebrate”
The United Reformed Church Herne Hill
Shaw Salvation Army, Lancashire
Redhill Salvation Army
Margate Citadel, Salvation Army
Rochester Prison for a Carol Service
Denmark Place Baptist Church (In aid of the Parkinson’s Disease Society)
Ipswich and Felixstowe
Blackpool Citadel
Thornton Heath
Croydon Citadel with the South London Youth Band (Leader Paul Graham)
Tour of Scotland and Northern England
Plymouth Exeter Hall, Whitleigh
Bromley “Open Rehearsal” and “Composers Night”
Brighton Congress Hall
St George’s Church Beckenham (10th Anniversary)
St Laurence Church Catford
Wellingborough
Boscombe
Chatham
Southend Citadel
Doncaster
Canterbury
Tunstall
Bedford
Ramsgate
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