The Charnwood Concert Band did well in tonight’s gig at St Mary’s in East Leake. There were some shaky moments in the first as we had to get used to a more elongated seating arrangement than we are used to but, when we came back for part two, we seemed to have overcome that. Even trickier pieces like Birdland turned out well and I think it was our finest run through yet of another of my favourite ones, a medley of tunes from the Blues Brothers Revue.

See us next on the afternoon of 26 May in Humberstone Park in Leicester.