As I write, the Buy As You View Cory Band will be filling the Regent Hall with beautiful music, but it pails into insignificance compared to Expressions last night.
This is a great start to the season for both the Band and Songsters, and last night was no exception.
It was also my home debut festival as a percussionist.
We started with the festival arrangement "Just Like John", with typical Regent Hall Band moving round and standing up in convenient places.
The songsters contributed a few songs, and even encompassed the occasion by including movements in one piece.
The front row of the congregation, or do I mean audience was, of course, made up of the young people, who took it upon themselves to laugh at ecerything we did. They were especially amused by the marching band, who did a "special" rendition of Stars and Stripes.
The guest soloist for the evening was Carl Saunders, who played "When I Remember", "Questions" and "The Amazing Mr Leidzen" in his own inimitable style.
On a personal note, I would like to say it was good to have a proper cornet player around, rather than these ISB and Guards Band types.
The light moment came when the Amazing Mr Whitmore was featured on xylophone, with his 2 "babes", a false moustache, a waistcoat and a blindfold!
The band's big piece for the evening was Eric Ball's classic tone poem, Resurgam.
I can't describe how good it was to be playing the music of such a great, and the reception was brilliant. Credit must be due to Penny, who as always, compiled a very effective multimedia presentation, which only added to the overall effect of the music.
On the whole, a great evening, and my timping/glockenspielende debut went well.
Roll on next year, I think!
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