A Film Themed Concert

Cranbrook Town Band performed at St. Dunstan’s Church on Sunday 17th May as part of the church’s fundraising Music Festival. The concert was themed on music from Films and also featured our two Training Bands.We were finally able to perform  “Hollywood” by Goff Richards,  which we had rehearsed for contesting purposes earlier in the year but when we had to pull out of the scaba Spring contest due to player illness, we wondered if our efforts rehearsing this piece  would ever be put to use, however as a concert opener it certainly hit the mark and everyone enjoyed the belated performance.

As a tribute to Graeme who we sadly lost recently, we played one of his favourite pieces in the first half of the concert. “Amazing Grace” has even been used in films including war movies like Memphis Belle to crime thrillers like American Gangster and so fit in with the programme theme perfectly.

In recent times we have tried to feature our two training bands throughout the year, and Sunday was no exception. The Second half of the programme started with the juniors and it was the first time many of the Foundation band had performed in public, some having started playing a few months beforehand. They did a great job with a rendition of the March Colonel Bogey and  When the Saints Go Marching in.

After the Training Band’s superb set, the trombone section (of whom there were a near record 7 players at rehearsals and 6 on the day) entertained with a fully costumed version of “I Will Follow Him” most famously featured in the 1992 musical comedy Sister Act.

You can hear the programme in full from our YouTube page or use the playlist in the next tab. (Videos are currently being added, so check back if not all pieces are available yet.)

Pirates of the Caribbean Started by our Principal Euphonium player in Fabulously “Drunken” style ended another great concert which hopefully raised some funds for the Church.

The next Sunday will see us play once again at the Kent Gardening Show at Detling Hill, Maidstone where we will be performing 3 sets throughout the day.

First Half

• • • Hollywood
    • Rocket Man
    • Music for a Silent Movie
    • Don’t Stop Me Now
    • The Way We Were
    • The Lion King
    • Amazing Grace
    • A Disney Fantasy
    • Foundation Band –
      • Colonel Bogey
      • When the Saints go Marching
    • Training Band –
      • Bab Yetu
      • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
      • Born to be Wild
    • I will Follow Him
    • ⁠Somewhere from West Side Story
    • Over the Rainbow 
    • Robin Hood
    • Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest