News for March 2006

This concert, titled Blazing Brass, was the fifth since the series was inaugurated in 2002 by the host band, Mountain Citadel, under the leadership of Bandmaster Phil Rayment. The guests this year were London Citadel Band (Bandmaster John Lam), and cornet soloist Captain Stewart Dalrymple, a Canadian and former member of the London Citadel Band, currently serving with the Salvation Army in Ohio, USA.

In a year which celebrates both the 110th anniversary of the Salvation Army corps in Hythe and the centenary of the Hythe Salvation Army Band, Richard Carroll, who has been the bandmaster at Hythe for over 23 years, arranged the fourth annual United Bands Concert, featuring “easy listening” from the Hythe Town Concert Band and “music with a message” from the Hythe Corps Band. Held in St. Leonard's Church, Hythe, on 4 March 2006, the concert also featured the inaugural performance of the Shepway Gospel Youth Choir.

The 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 2006) was the date for the “Five Minute New Year Concert”, held at the Upper Norwood Salvation Army hall. The concert featured the South London Fellowship Band and South London Youth Band.