The New Year Heralds a New Season for Nottingham Concert Band

15 Jan 2009

Despite the wintry conditions, over 60 members of West Bridgford-based Nottingham Concert Band (Robert Parker) turned out to begin rehearsals for the coming season of events.

Plans are already underway for the band’s Spring concert, which is being staged on Saturday 7 March in the De la Beche Theatre at the British Geological Survey headquarters in Keyworth at the invitation of the Mayor of Rushcliffe, Councillor Barrie Cooper. All proceeds will go to the Mayor’s chosen charity, which this year is the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Nottingham University Hospital. Councillor Cooper aims to raise enough money to purchase an Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor (Uscom) 1A FlowTracer, a non-invasive cardiac output monitor which monitors the heart function of critically ill children.

The Band is preparing a varied programme for the evening, promising a mix of swing-time favourites, solo spotlights and medleys from stage productions peppered by less familiar works from the contemporary wind band repertoire.