Let All Things Praise
A complex and exciting number under the above title kicked off the concert given by the Kettering Citadel Band on Saturday evening.
Under the leadership of Richard Phillips, a former Chatham Bandmaster, the band continued with more stimulating music in a first half which included ‘Excelsior’, ‘Dance Like David’, ‘Mission of the Millenium’ and ‘Blazon’. Chris Owen brought Debussy’s ‘Sarabande’ as a piano solo.
Bandmaster Richard Phillips
In the second half the band featured less extended numbers including ‘Joy in my Heart’, ‘New York Profile’, and ‘Bring him home’ (Les Miserables).
In recognition of the years of service given by Lt. Cols. Ray and Joy Steadman-Allen at the Kettering Corps (before moving to the Medway Towns), the Colonel conducted his own march ‘Sweet Chariot’ with some interesting comments about its composition.
RSA with the baton
Terry Wright featured Andrew Lloyd Weber’s ‘Love Changes Everything’ from ‘Aspects of Love’ and the band brought the evening to a resounding conclusion with ‘Toccata (J S Bach).
Terry with the microphone
The evening was compered, and a short scriptural talk given, by Lt. Col. Geoff Blurton.
Lt. Col. Geoff Blurton
A good start to what was, as yesterday’s readers will have already discovered, an excellent weekend.
As I browsed through your excellent website I was delighted to read about the Kettering Band visit to Chatham, more so because it included reference to RSA (and a picture too). I learned to play in Kettering during WWII, where I was fortunate to live with Win & Ted Reeve. I became acquainted with Ray at Harlesden SA, where my parents soldiered. I’ve had more recent contact with RSA as a result of your website. I have lived in Windsor, Ontario, Canada for a long time and last met RSA when the ISB visited Detroit many years ago. Coincidentally, Ray Bowes was ISB B/m at that time. I had known B/m Bowes also at Harlesden … long, long ago. Thanks for the memories, and your great website.
Dave Rattray said this on July 25th, 2010 at 7:01 pm