SCHOOL BRASS BAND
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE r- T ’ The newly-formed -Albany .Street School Brass ■Bn niß made • -its, first • aiS■ pearauce' in public 'ftt ■ a -.concert ~ih the Bums Hall last night. Though the combination has been an existence for only lour months, each of the ..thirtyfive players, has, mastered .his .instrument. The hall' was well filled, am] on all sides were heard -dr wonder . at the excellent., results; achieved _ hy Mr A. Hamm,,. the, con-: doctor,i in so .short a ' time and., withi< such young material, ip work upon. ;,.J The programme opened with the 1 march ‘The Joyous .Greeting,’, by ,tjie ! whole band, which ■ was an eye-opener •' to the listeners. The other. Bettis', by] the band —‘Eosary,’ ‘Lead, Baldly I Light,’ ‘Mello” ‘Son .of My.Sou),’i and ‘The Young'Beeruitwere given j with the same degree •; of . excellence, i Other 'popular items wore a. cornet I solo, ‘Melodic d’Amotir,’ by J. Doig ; i ‘ 'Remembrance,’' played ns a 1 quartet I of juvenile j bandsmen, and ‘ Rocked iii i the Cradle of the Deep,’ ,irendered: as ■ a solo on the E flat bass by H. Looker, j The supporting items'were contributed by Messrs ’H. ITnwkins, (recjtation), 1 Mills (song), - Russell (recitation), Bryant, I).' Forsyth, and A. .Rawliiison (songs), 'Miss' F.- Sumner (songs), and Mrs D. Forsyth (violin solos),. Miss C. M. King was the accompanist.
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Evening Star, Issue 19549, 6 May 1927, Page 12
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224SCHOOL BRASS BAND Evening Star, Issue 19549, 6 May 1927, Page 12
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