A 3,000 sell out audience enjoyed the annual Music in The Park and the weather could not have been better. It turned into one big party with many people coming in groups with family and friends and a picnic. And by the end of the evening the Loose Cannon Beer Tent had run dry.

Local Band ‘Prisoner of Katrina” had many people dancing at the front and said at the end of their set “Who would have thought at 8 O’Clock ths morning it would have turned out like this.”

Skin the Cat and the Awesome Horns, playing R & B and Soul, also had the party people dancing at the front.

Flags were waved and the Abingdon Community Choir led the singing of the Proms. People at the front sang along with: You will Never Walk, Land of Hope and Glory, Sailor’s Hornpipe, No Place Like Home, Jerusalem …

As in previous years Councillor Angela Lawrence led the singing of Rule Britannia, and this year did it as Mayor. The Abingdon Town Band played under the Directorship of Steve Rich. Heroics by him to even be there. He had been taken to hospital that morning – not feeling well.

The Grand Finale of Music / Party in the Park was the singing of the National Anthem and Fireworks.