On 20 March 2010, the Enfield Citadel Band (Bandmaster Jonathan Corry) was privileged to take part in the 125th Massed Band Concert hosted by the famous Brighouse & Rastrick Band. Held at the Huddersfield Town Hall, this was the first time that a Salvation Army band had been invited to participate in this long-running concert…
An enthusiastic audience greeted the South London Fellowship Band (Bandmaster Major George Whittingham) and guests for a Spring Festival in support of the Haiti Hospital Appeal. The event was held at Emmanuel United Reformed Church, West Wickham, on 12 March 2010. The classic opening march, The Young Salvationist (Bramwell Coles) set the scene for an…
Bandmaster Richard Phillips (Kettering Citadel, UK) was the guest for the 31st annual Profile Night, held at the Centennial Memorial Temple in New York. The event featured the New York Staff Band, the Greater New York Youth Chorus, and a massed adult chorus of some 200 voices. Phillips, an accomplished pianist, performed the first movement…
The Whytescauseway Baptist Church was the venue for the visit of the Hythe (Kent) Band and Songsters to Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on 27 – 28 March 2010. Saturday, 27 March 2010 The songsters, under the leadership of Wes Carroll, set the standard for all that was to come with Holy Ground, featuring Robert Washford as soloist….
On the weekend of 6–7 March 2010, the Canadian Staff Band (Bandmaster John Lam) visited the Meadowlands Corps in Hamilton, Ontario. Formerly known as Hamilton Temple, the corps is one of the oldest in the Canada and Bermuda Division. It was relocated to a new subdivision several years ago – hence the change in name…
Saturday, 27 February 2010 At seven o’clock on a warm Saturday evening, the International Staff Band (Bandmaster Dr. Stephen Cobb entered onto the platform at the Gloucester Salvation Army hall. A certain air of excitement and expectance abounded; the opportunity to play to a capacity crowd in a Salvation Army hall was one the Staff…
The Canadian Staff Band will be “under the mics” on 7, 9 and 10 April 2010 to record their second album under the baton of Bandmaster John Lam. Sessions will take place at Brampton Corps and will once again be under the technical expertise of Ted Marshall. Featured on the recording will be the title…
Saturday, 6 March 2010, was the long-anticipated concert, Premier Brass 2010, featuring the Amsterdam Staff Band (Bandmaster Olaf Ritman) and Brassband Rijnmond (Conductor Anno Appelo). The subtitle of the event was “Re-Union”, as Brassband Rijnmond was one of the first bands with whom the Amsterdam Staff Band did such a concert, several years ago. The…
The Solent Area Fellowship Band (Bandmaster Chris Kennett) presented their latest concert at Eastleigh Salvation Army Corps on Friday, 5 March 2010. Following the band’s first item, Emblem of the Army (Arthur Gullidge), Envoy Margaret Moore, the corps officer, welcomed the band and congregation. After the band and congregation joined in the song “He Who…
The Canadian Staff Band (Bandmaster John Lam) has welcomed Jeremy Smith into the group on first baritone. Jeremy attends the North Toronto corps, where is a bandsman and songster, plays piano and gives leadership to the corps worship team. He is in his second year of the concurrent teacher education program at the University of…