Calendar

May
8
Sun
East Anglia Brass Band Association Gala Concert – “Brass to the Fore” @ Norwich
May 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

The finale of the EABBA spring festival is provided by Leyland Band who will perform the Gala Concert, and later in the year the band’s tutors will return to Norwich to lead the EABBA Brass Training Day.

“Brass to the Fore” will feature a programme packed with the band’s soloists in a programme forged in the band’s unique style:-

Assignment March, WIlliam Tell Overture, Bumble Bee Fantasy, Out of Africa, Safe in the Promised Land, Demelza, Prismatic Light

Unter Kaisers Fahnen, Domen, Artistry in Bolero, Shout!, Theme from Dragnet, Carnival for Bass, Benedictus, Finale from the New World Symphony

May
7
Sun
Coronation Celebration @ Avenham Park
May 7 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Coronation Big Lunch, Avenham Park, May 7

Grab your picnic hamper and Union Jack flags and head down to the centre Preston park and raise a toast to His Majesty The King.

From 10:00am to 4:00pm visitors are invited to tuck into butter pies, quiche and a glass of fizz while taking in live music and performances from Leyland Band 10 piece ensemble, One Voice Community Choir, Preston City Mela, Caribbean Carnival, and singer Hattie Bee.

There will also be fairground rides and stalls from Preston Market. Just don’t forget your picnic blanket.

 

Jun
16
Fri
Prescot Music Festival @ Prescot Parish Church
Jun 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Programme

Prismatic Light, The Thievish Magpie, Grand Russian Fantasia (cornet soloist Iain Culross), It’s a Long Way to Tipperary/Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag, Anything Goes, When She Loved Me (flugel soloist Ryan Broad), Sosban Fach

Interval

Olympic Fanfare & Theme, Harlequin (euphonium soloist Daniel Holm), Besame Mucho, Hora Staccat0, The Fields of Atheny (tuba soloist Chris Doran), Over the Rainbow, Finale to the New World Symphony

Jun
24
Sat
Armed Forces Day Concert @ Lancastria Suite, Chorley Town Hall
Jun 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm

Programme:-

Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion (Bliss), I Vow to Thee My Country (Holst), Evening Hymn & Sunset (Schofield), Nimrod (Elgar), Heart of Oak (Boyce), Life on the Ocean Wave (Russell), The Great Escape (Bernstein), Colonel Bogey (Ricketts), 633 Squadron (Goodwin), The Dambusters (Coates), Old Comrades (Teike), Zadok the Priest (Handel), Ukranian Cossack March (traditonal), It’s a Long way to Tipperary (McCormack), Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell), Army of the Nile (Alford), Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Wood), Jerusalem (Parry), Pomp & Circumstance No.1 (Elgar)

May
8
Sun
East Anglia Brass Band Association Gala Concert – “Brass to the Fore” @ Norwich
May 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm

The finale of the EABBA spring festival is provided by Leyland Band who will perform the Gala Concert, and later in the year the band’s tutors will return to Norwich to lead the EABBA Brass Training Day.

“Brass to the Fore” will feature a programme packed with the band’s soloists in a programme forged in the band’s unique style:-

Assignment March, WIlliam Tell Overture, Bumble Bee Fantasy, Out of Africa, Safe in the Promised Land, Demelza, Prismatic Light

Unter Kaisers Fahnen, Domen, Artistry in Bolero, Shout!, Theme from Dragnet, Carnival for Bass, Benedictus, Finale from the New World Symphony

May
7
Sun
Coronation Celebration @ Avenham Park
May 7 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Coronation Big Lunch, Avenham Park, May 7

Grab your picnic hamper and Union Jack flags and head down to the centre Preston park and raise a toast to His Majesty The King.

From 10:00am to 4:00pm visitors are invited to tuck into butter pies, quiche and a glass of fizz while taking in live music and performances from Leyland Band 10 piece ensemble, One Voice Community Choir, Preston City Mela, Caribbean Carnival, and singer Hattie Bee.

There will also be fairground rides and stalls from Preston Market. Just don’t forget your picnic blanket.

 

Jun
16
Fri
Prescot Music Festival @ Prescot Parish Church
Jun 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Programme

Prismatic Light, The Thievish Magpie, Grand Russian Fantasia (cornet soloist Iain Culross), It’s a Long Way to Tipperary/Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag, Anything Goes, When She Loved Me (flugel soloist Ryan Broad), Sosban Fach

Interval

Olympic Fanfare & Theme, Harlequin (euphonium soloist Daniel Holm), Besame Mucho, Hora Staccat0, The Fields of Atheny (tuba soloist Chris Doran), Over the Rainbow, Finale to the New World Symphony

Jun
24
Sat
Armed Forces Day Concert @ Lancastria Suite, Chorley Town Hall
Jun 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm

Programme:-

Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion (Bliss), I Vow to Thee My Country (Holst), Evening Hymn & Sunset (Schofield), Nimrod (Elgar), Heart of Oak (Boyce), Life on the Ocean Wave (Russell), The Great Escape (Bernstein), Colonel Bogey (Ricketts), 633 Squadron (Goodwin), The Dambusters (Coates), Old Comrades (Teike), Zadok the Priest (Handel), Ukranian Cossack March (traditonal), It’s a Long way to Tipperary (McCormack), Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell), Army of the Nile (Alford), Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Wood), Jerusalem (Parry), Pomp & Circumstance No.1 (Elgar)