For some players this was a very busy day. The Youth & Training Band played in the morning and the Senior Band played in the afternoon aswell as the Last Night of the Proms concert with the Jackfield Elcock Reisen Band.

Brian Eggleshaw, from the brass band website 4BarsRest reported from the recent Ironbridge Festival in Shropshire, where a variety of brass bands played their part in a celebration of all things iron.

A quote from his report stated:

On the Saturday night, the climax of the day came with a wonderful ‘Last Night of the Proms’ Concert at the Enginuity Building, which was very ably compered by Jim Hawkins of BBC Radio Shropshire.

First to take the stage was the Porthywaen Silver under the baton of Mark Parry, who gave the appreciative full house a well chosen programme of music, played with real enthusiasm and plenty of quality.After a short break came Jackfield Elcock Reisen under the superb direction and control of Simon Platford, who also showed off their talents to fine effect with a wonderfully broad based programme, extremely well performed, the highlight being a very slick and humorous performance of all the bells and whistles of ‘Mr Sandman’.

With both bands coming together for the finale, the stage was re-set so that mezzo soprano Helen E May and audience to join in all the traditional ‘Last Night of the Proms’ celebrations – all packaged by the organisers in a brilliant showcase for the brass band movement.

To read the full report, please follow the link at the bottom of this page.