This evening at St Helen’s Church there was a concert to celebrate fifty years of Abingdon Town Band.
Steve Rich, the musical director for thirty years, looked back to the days when rehearsals began at Dunmore School in 1965, and now to the excellent facilities they use at John Mason School in 2015. He looked forward to 2065 when the Band will hopefully have their own rehearsal hall, and bandstand in the park.
The band play at many civic events including the remembrance day services in Abingdon for the last 45 years. Steve’s wife, Alison, the principal cornet player, has played the Last Post most of those years, and has been complemented by army experts on many occasions.
The band will be doing Proms in the Park again on June 6th, as part of Music in the Park.
This evenings concert began with the National Anthem, and ended with the bands signature tune ‘True and Trusty’. There was a full and varied programme.
That’s great – 50 years!! Congratulations!
Fantastic concert and so professionally executed. I have never been to the Town Band’s concerts before but I will certainly be supporting them in future. Well done and congratulations.
Glad you liked it Melissa, we enjoyed playing too. The under eighteens quartet were little stars.
George, see you in the Legion for a pint.