Westerville Concert Band 11/1

This performance featured Alfred Reed's "Festive Overture", fondly remembered from my high school days in the late '70s. We also did Jack Stamp's "Chorale and Toccata" which we struggled with through the rehearsals but it seemed to go ok in the performance. Special mention goes to the woodwind section for its performance of an arrangement of the "Royal Fireworks Music". The Bouree was, for me, the highlight of the concert. A somber piece, Robert Spittal's "Pacem - A Hymn for Peace" was also done. When done well as it was in a performance shown on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kURSI4Ua3hQ it is a captivating piece. In my view, we never seemed to get it. The piece is launched by short solos in the trumpet and horn and takes off from there. The solos weren't good and we didn't recover, though the performance as a whole wasn't terrible. We also did a few lighter pieces - show tunes, marches, jazzy things, etc. which went pretty well.