Help for Heroes Concert

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This concert held on Wednesday October 7 was one in which the choir was immensely proud to have taken part. Like the other two contributing choirs, the Cotswold Male Voice Choir and Churchdown Choral Society, this concert was in addition to our very busy programme but there was an excellent turn-out on the night.

All three choirs were on top form and our own choir's contribution of The Battle Hymn, Comrades in Arms and The Soldier's Chorus with Ralph on the stand were well received by the 1000 strong audience.

The Band of Gloucestershire Constabulary were in sparkling form with an up-beat arrangement of JS Bach's Toccata in D Minor, and their choice of Hymn to the Fallen, from the film Saving Private Ryan fitted well with the atmosphere of the concert. The final song, Bring him Home by all three choirs, the band and cornet solos was particularly poignant following as it did a speech by the Mayor of Wooton Bassett, Steve Bucknell. The audience had listened in silence as he described in some detail how the people lined the streets of this small town to pay their homage to the service personnel being brought home for the last time.

The compere Ian Mean told of the tremendous efforts of the main concert organsier, Pat Grant-Hudson to put the concert together in such a relatively short time and Pat was presented with a bouquet of flowers as a small token of thanks for all her hard work.

A truly memorable evening which will live long in the memory and from which the proceeds will, in a small way, help to aid members of the armed forces to get their lives back together after suffering in the conflicts.

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