As last year, the band were pleased to support the Great Ormond Street Hospital Carol Concert with preconcert music and at the after reception at the neighbouring Berkeley Hotel. You can read a full report on the carol concert by clicking on the image below.
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Partnership at Hemel Hempstead
A good evening of banding was enjoyed with our friends from the Aveley and Newham Band. Aveley conducted by John Ward kicked off with the first tranche which included the SA festival march, Able, Horn Concerto No.1 by Richard Strauss ably played by David Howell and The Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov. A quick change round […]
An Indian Summer in Sweden
Well almost…..an on going autumn with a hint of summer which the UK experienced well into October of 2014 was still evident as we travelled to Stockholm in mid October . We were the guests of Stockholm South Band, perhaps better remembered as Stockholm vii, although all activities during the weekend were centred at the […]
Morecombe and Wise
Ernie Wise and Eric Morecombe were probably one of the most successful duos of their kind bringing laughter and sunshine to so many of us. Do you remember this one? Ernie: “It was a summer evening. The Salvation Army band was playing outside the back door of the warehouse by the canal.” [Pause] Eric: “Ummmmm…that seems a strange […]
Hendon Night 2014
With the summer break over it was back to some intense rehearsals ready for what has become something of a fixed event in our diary. Our “Hendon Night” this year, as well as launching the Abundance CD, featured, as guest soloist, Ruth Betteridge, soprano. Ruth has recently completed studies at The Royal Northern College of […]
2012-13 Season
As previously reported the season kicked off with concerts at Hendon, Leigh on Sea, Milton Keynes and for the second year an appearance at The Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 2013 saw further concerts at Newport Parish Church , Saffron Walden in February and East Bergholt Parish Church, Ipswich the following month. April witnessed a return visit […]
Visit to Reading Central
The band were pleased to contribute to a building fund event at the Reading Corps with the support of the Reading Central Songsters. The corps provided refreshments before the commencement of the Festival which included some well established numbers from the bands current repertoire. After opening up with Kevin Norbury’s Orwell Park, we Breezed Down […]
LCFB in Belfast
Liverpool and the Mersey, the birthplace of much of Britannia’s mighty navy including the first two Ark Royal aircraft carriers, and once described as “the Gateway to the new world” greeted the LCFB’s intrepid answer to Eddie Stobart, Don Jenkins and Mel James. It was a June Friday evening, the promenade at New Brighton looked […]
Stotfold Salvation Army Anniversary Celebrations
With a capacity crowd, the LCFB, with the support of Letchworth Songsters, provided an Anniversary Festival at the hall in Church Road. Saturday evening event was an introduction to the week end celebrations led by Commissioners Alex and Ingeborg Hughes . The event was reported in Salvationist…. Clique on….
Pre-Christmas Concert at Lovat Fields Retirement Village, Milton Keynes
The band returned to Lovat Fields Village, Milton Keynes on 26 November 2011 to start the Christmas season, and played to an audience of over 200. Having taken the opportunity to arrive early and “exercise their plastic” at the shopping centres in Milton Keynes, the band started its concert with the classy march Orwell Park, […]