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Charity Concert in aid of Betesda Charity
Anglia Fellowship Band & Guest soloists
Friday 12th February 2010 - Ipswich Citadel Salvation Army
An excellent evening was held at Ipswich Citadel as a fund raiser for the Betesda Chairty. Betesda, some 19 years ago, undertook to run a number of homes in Romania to care for the elderly, as the state there does not provide adequate facilities. Due to an earth tremor in 2009, one of the properties had to be re-plastered at a cost of £3,600.00. At the concert the sum of £1,700.00 was raised to help support this work. The Charity wishes to thank the Band and Ipswich Salvation Army for a worthwhile event.
For this occasion our soloists were David Winch (Tenor Horn, Norwich Citadel & International Staff Band) and Bram Bryant (Norwich Citadel, Vocal Soloist). The compere for the evening was Matthew Peek who added his usual ‘wit’ to the proceedings.
The Band items included ‘The Wellingtonian’ followed by ‘Ave Maria’. The Band also contributed ‘Sunbeam’, a request from a previous concert. Other items included ‘Viva Scotland’, ‘Peter, James and John’ (a Trombone feature) ‘On the Road’, ‘Hine Hine’, ‘Two Patriotic Airs’, ‘Golden Jubilee’ & ‘St. Teresa’.
David played ‘Over the Rainbow’ and ‘You love me’ and Bram presented ‘This is the moment’ and ‘Spirituals’.
The concert was a great success and it was excellent to be able to support Betesda in this way. If you are interested in the work of Betesda, please look at their website:
Charity Concert in aid of East Suffolk Association for the Blind
Anglia Fellowship Band & Guest soloists
Friday 27th November 2009 - Felixstowe Salvation Army
A packed hall and an enthusiastic audience greeted the Band on it's recent visit to Felixstowe Salvation Army Hall for a concert in aid of the blind resulting on over £2000.00 being raised for the charity. Congratulations to the organisers of this event.
The programme was as follows; 'Under two flags' followed by a
congregational song 'Praise my soul'. Prayer and introductions followed from the Felixstowe commanding officer. The Band then played the selection 'Jesus Folk' followed by our first guest, Cameron Johnson with the trumpet solo 'Tici Tico'. Cameron is the grandson of B/M Ray Todd. The Band then followed with 'Viva Scotland' before the second of the night's soloists, Vocalist Linsday Johnson. Lindsay is the daughter of B/M Ray and Cameron's Mother. The Band then rendered three items namely 'Carnival Parade', 'Gemini', a trombone duet featuring Brian Midgley and Ian Alderton, followed by the well loved 'A Sunbeam'.
Cameron followed with the second of his solos 'Time of Peace'. Major Doug Askew then brought the scriptures followed by the Band with 'Londonderry Air'. Lindsay then brought the second of her vocal solos. The Band followed with 'The Lost Chord'. Compere Matthew Peek concluded with prayer.
To get everyone in the mood for Christmas, the Band featured 'Silent Night', an arrangement from Belgium, which is proving very popular with the Band and audience alike.
It was an excellent evening in every respect.
Our thanks go to Jim Williams for his kind permssion to use his photos from the evening.
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Concert in aid of 'Balloons4Hearts'
Anglia Fellowship Band & Norfolk Fellowship Brass
Friday 16th May 2008 - Norwich Citadel Salvation Army
Approximately 300 people gathered at Norwich Citadel on a recent Friday evening for a festival of music given by Norfolk Fellowship Brass and The Anglia Fellowship Band in aid of ‘Balloons4Hearts’, the guest soloist being Andrew Piper (Clarinet).
‘Balloons4Hearts’ is a charity set up in Norwich to raise funds for a cardiology clinic at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, to alleviate patients in this area having to travel to Papworth Hospital for treatment. Members of both bands having such treatment have experienced these difficulties. This concert was in the way of a ‘thank you’.
The band items featured by NFB included ‘The Singing Heart’, Bram Bryant (Vocal Soloist), ‘Spirituals’, Ray Todd (Cornet and Bandmaster AFB) ‘Say you, say me’ joining with David Woodrow (Cornet and Bandmaster NFB) ‘Variations on a Swedish Folk Song’, ‘Jeannie with the light brown hair’ (Euphonium), ‘English folk songs from Somerset’, ‘True Colours’ and ‘Spirit’. The AFB featured ‘Spirit of Anglia’, ‘Jesus Folk’, ‘Bright and Beautiful’, ‘Take Up Thy Cross’ (Trombone soloist, Brian Midgley), ‘The Lost Chord’ and Tomado De La Mano’. Finally, the two bands united with ‘Hine e Hine’.
The magnificent sum of £1,248.00 was raised, a late night for the members of the AFB but well worth the effort.
More information on Balloons4Hearts can be found HERE.
Senior Celebration Rally, May 13th 2008
Felixstowe Spa Pavilion
The Band featured in the Senior Rally at Felixstowe Spa Pavilion, The Rally was entitled "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and was led my Majors Peter & Valerie Mylechreest, previous Commanding Officers of the Felixstowe Corps.
Prior to the first part of the proceedings the Band featured The March "Mighty to Save" followed by the "Piano Trio" (Op 97), "Bright & Beautiful" & the ever popular "Carnival Parade" with it's reference "I do like to be beside the seaside" written by Ken Ketteringham for the Band.
During the programme the Band contributed "Jesus Folk" as well as accompanying the singing.
Prior to the second part the Band played to warm up the crowd, The March "New England" "Tomado De La Mano" & the March "Flag of Freedom"
During the programme the items played were the March (written for the Band again by Ken Ketteringham ) "Spirit of Anglia" & "Take up thy Cross" - a trombone solo featuring Brian Midgley and finally "Hine E Hine".
(Photo courtesy of Anglia DHQ, report courtesy of Band Secretary)
Winter Festival - Saturday 1st December 2007
Ipswich Citadel Salvation Army
On Saturday evening, 1st December, a near capacity congregation settled into the Ipswich Citadel for a ‘Winter Festival’ arranged by John Askew, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Anglia Fellowship Band, supported by Ipswich Citadel Songsters and Timbrels and special guests. The programme was compered by our own Divisional Commander Major Alan Burns.
The event got off to a good start with the band playing a march ‘Spirit of Anglia’ which has been written specially for them by Kenneth Ketteringham. This was followed by a good old army traditional congregational song: ‘Keep in Step’, and then by two further golden oldies – the vocal march ‘Flowing River’ by Ipswich Citadel Songsters and the air varie ‘The Old Wells’ by the AFB.
The Band, under the baton of their bandmaster Ray Todd, presented a variety of music, both old and new, which included a selection from the SA musical Jesus Folk, a modern composition by Erik Silverberg entitled ‘Tomado De La Mano’ and an old meditation ‘Light of the World’ by Dean Goffin. For the solo trombone player, Brian Midgley, this was the first time he had played with the band in a festival setting and he enhanced his reputation as a renowned soloist with a sensitive rendition of ‘Take up Thy Cross’.
Ipswich Citadel Songsters, under the leadership of Jeff Layton, treated us to a mixture of music including ‘Dear Lord’, ‘Under His Wings’, ‘Take my love’, and ‘I know a Fount’. The timbrelists played two Christmas marches ‘The Carollers’ and ‘Christmas Praise’, which were well received, both of which were accompanied by the AFB.
Several guests added variety and novelty to the evening. Michael Blackburn (Diss) amused us with a monologue about the Creation, which he presented in a Norfolk accent. Patrizia Tazzini-Lloyd (Woodbridge CO) and her husband David captivated us with an excellent puppet show, in which Christian lyrics were presented to the well-known popular song YMCA. Juliet Parker (Ipswich Citadel) presented two items, the first one being a ‘quodlibet’, which was a quartet in which sections of three popular carols were sung consecutively and simultaneously, by herself and three other members of Ipswich Citadel songsters, and then she sang a solo entitled ‘I’ve got Joy’.
Former executive officer to the band, Lt Col Ray Caddy, led the devotional section, bringing us a message and bible reading, which was followed by ‘The Light of the World’.
Band Secretary Derek Mapes thanked all those who had been involved in an excellent evening and paid tribute to former members of the band, many of who were present, and also to the bandsmen who had been promoted to glory over the past 10 years. The baton was handed to founder Bandmaster Bram Scott to conduct the band in the final march of the evening ‘The Flag of Freedom’, before the benediction was pronounced and the evening came to a conclusion with an arrangement of the hymn tune St Clements, with the congregation being invited to join in the last verse.
Many thanks to Clive Harrold for the report and to Sheila Harrold for the photos... more photos will appear in our Gallery soon.
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