John Culshaw and Leyland players

Leyland meet Jon, ‘Boris’ and ‘Prince Charles’!

John cuts the ribbon

With a fanfare from the Leyland quintet and a slice of the ribbon from top comedian Jon Culshaw, a new era of the Ormskirk Civic Hall is underway.

The full Leyland Band will perform the first concert in the hall since the opening, on Sunday 17th April with a special program to celebrate the upcoming St George’s day.

TV celebrity Jon, hails from Ormskirk and he was delighted to be reopen the Civic Hall, as he explained, a hall that played a huge role in learning his craft in his teenage years. He broke into a hilarious Boris Johnson impersonation, before introducing Prince Charles to proceedings to complete the ribbon cut and invite the large crowd to join him inside the new look venue. The quintet then took to the stage and performed a set as the assembled crowd got their first look at the future of the historic hall.

Fanfare

Quintet on stage

 

 

 

 

 

 

The full band are looking forward to the first of many appearances at the revamped hall, presenting a wonderful program of popular music (see more details here):-

1 The President W German
2 The Bat J Strauss
3 Cleopatra E Damare
4 Shepherd Song arr. Richards
5 Concerto D’Arunjuez arr. Bolton
6 ET Symphonic Fanfare & Theme John Williams
interval  
7 For All the Saints Vaughan Williams
8 I Vow to Thee My Country Holst
9 Rule Britannia J Hartmann
10 Greensleeves arr. Snell
finale set  
11 Fantasia on British Sea Songs Henry Wood
12 Jerusalem Parry
13 Pomp & Circumstance No.1 Edward Elgar