WATERBEACH BRASS

Under the baton of James Utting Waterbeach Brass continued with full rehearsals and a full line-up and maintained the programme of local outdoor and more formal concerts and achieved (mostly) good contest results including: Butlins Mineworkers, Leicester, Bolsover in addition to the 'areas'. Waterbeach Brass also continued to play in the London Parks each year until the Sunday bandstand programme was stopped as a result of funding being diverted towards the Olympics. In addition to Greenwich Park, we played St James Park and Kensington Gardens. The successful formula for each year involved: coach + band picnic lunch from the band's professional college chef and catering manager + full well received programme + returns for the lunch table during the interval and after the performance to be sure that all the food and beer was not wasted + coach home = successful day. After the London Parks' work stopped, this formula was transferred to the annual seaside trip to play at Hunstanton..