Woburn Sands Band
Tonight I had the absolute treat to go to a local venue and see the Woburn Sands Band perform. The band consists of people from age 2 up to, well, much older! The band is divided into different groups based on ability; the youngest ones, the little recorder players, did not play tonight, but four different groups within the 100+ member band played this evening. Some groups were mainly children with adults sprinkled throughout and some groups were mainly adults with children sprinkled without.
The school had been given a few free tickets and I was lucky enough to snag one of these VIP front row tickets so that I could clearly see (and they could see me!) seven of my students and multiple other Fulbrook pupils.
It was very impressive to see so many people of so many different ages enjoying playing together. They played some great hits such as "Super Trouper," "Rolling in the Deep," "500 Miles," and "Haven't Met You Yet," before the entire band came out to play the very impressive "1812 Overture" followed by "The Locomotion."
I was even more impressed to hear more about the band towards the end of the evening. Tonight was the 50th concert for the band that holds on average two concerts a year. The band is actually a charity - no one involved gets paid and new pupils who are starting off can borrow older instruments. Watching the director and knowing how much time and energy he put in to it, all for the love of music and sharing his passion for music thoroughly impressed me. I was impressed even more when a few honors were given out, one to a man who had been played in all 50 of the concerts! What a remarkable gift in this little town!
The school had been given a few free tickets and I was lucky enough to snag one of these VIP front row tickets so that I could clearly see (and they could see me!) seven of my students and multiple other Fulbrook pupils.
It was very impressive to see so many people of so many different ages enjoying playing together. They played some great hits such as "Super Trouper," "Rolling in the Deep," "500 Miles," and "Haven't Met You Yet," before the entire band came out to play the very impressive "1812 Overture" followed by "The Locomotion."
I was even more impressed to hear more about the band towards the end of the evening. Tonight was the 50th concert for the band that holds on average two concerts a year. The band is actually a charity - no one involved gets paid and new pupils who are starting off can borrow older instruments. Watching the director and knowing how much time and energy he put in to it, all for the love of music and sharing his passion for music thoroughly impressed me. I was impressed even more when a few honors were given out, one to a man who had been played in all 50 of the concerts! What a remarkable gift in this little town!
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