Festival and fireworks

Posted on 13 March 2010

Saturday 13th March saw the first ever Lancaster University Campus Festival, an opportunity for societies and bands to entertain their fellow students and show what they could do. Four ULMS ensembles participated in the event: Wind Band, Choir, Swing Group and the Symphony Orchestra.

The Wind Band went first opening with Selections from Wicked, followed by the Lion King Highlights and closing with Oregon. This was a great opening for the festival, although slightly delayed and suffering from the problems of wind, sun and flying pegs. The Choir also suffered some problems; the keyboard briefly died, but nevertheless they produced a fine performance. The Swing Group were the third ULMS ensemble to play and were slightly later on in the day. They played a few of their favourites, such as Play that Funky Music, which they most certainly did!

The ULMS Symphony Orchestra had the honour of closing the festival, playing along to a firework display. This was an amazing experience for the orchestra members, as although the stage obstructed the view of the fireworks the atmosphere was amazing. Principal Conductor, Simon Gower, may have wished he was slightly further away from the fireworks on the edge of the stage, but he survived and was delighted with his players. The crowd gave the orchestra the largest cheer any ULMS ensemble has ever had.

Campus Festival was a busy, but rewarding day for the music society, and I’m sure that if it happened again in the future ULMS would love to participate again..