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Cambridge University and ULMS Brass Band
The ULMS Brass Band was joined by Cambridge University Brass Band on Friday 12th March in a joint concert which took place at Lancaster University Great Hall. Cambridge University Brass Band was touring the North West visiting Rochdale, Bolton, Hebdom Bright and Todmorden, as well as Lancaster.
Pass Time with Good Company, written by Henry VIII, to the more lively adaptation for brass band of the Beatle’s Ticket to Ride. There were solos by Laura Hounsome on Tenor Horn playing An Untold Story and Richard Harris on Trombone playing The Acrobat. The finale involved a mass band made up of the two ensembles playing two joint pieces, well known Brass Band classics, The Floral Dance and Clog Dance.
The concert was well attended by ULMS members who took advantage of the free entry. Even Phil Allcock, conductor of the ULMS Big Band, said how he was shocked and commented he “did not know that a brass band could sound that good”. After the concert the two bands went for a few drinks in County Bar and an opportunity to socialise.
