St George’s Day Concert 2008
Devizes Town Band has raised £600 for the Mayor’s Appeal at its second St George’s Day Concert.
Due to the band’s growing popularity the event was held at the Corn Exchange. Gazette reporter, Lewis Cowen, was compere.
Featured for the first time at Devizes Town Band Concerts, Trombonist Becky White captivated the audience with a rendition of ‘Autumn Leaves’.
Other items included Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Memory’ from ‘Cats’ and Khachaturian’s ‘Adagio from Spartacus’, better known as the theme from ‘The Onedin Line’.
Members of the Devizes Light Operatic Society made a guest appearance with a selection of songs from the shows, accompanied by Victoria Winchcombe.
The finale of the first half gave the percussion section a chance to shine with a rousing Tudor tune attributed to Henry VIII called ‘Pastime with Good Company’.
After the interval the band celebrated St George’s Day in ‘proms’ style. ‘The British Grenadiers’ featured flutes and drums, and the band’s B flat bass player, Philip Hiscock, lead the audience in ‘There’ll Always Be an England’. Flags were waved and hooters blown as the audience sang ‘Rule Britannia’, ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ lead by DLOS members.