| Performing several tunes
including; Mucho Mambo Sway, ‘A’ Team, You Raise Me Up and You’re my
First Love, as we marched around the area, backwards and forwards in
slow and quick, this gave the growing crowd an insight as to what to
expect later when the Musketeers were to give their entertaining new
display programme later in the show. First though, the members were
soon changed out of their already damp blouses, which they hung up in
their parking area in preparation for the later performance, now it
was time to grab a snack and a walk around the festival field, meanwhile
our support team of Tom and Sylvia were doing a brisk trade on the bands
fund raising Tombola stall situated on the edge of the entertainment
area. |
Following a rousing announcement of the Phoenix
Musketeers Showbands current seasons activities and a request for
new recruits from the large local community the band took up their
position at the entrance to the arena, with the sun still burning
down the band struck up their opening tune of ‘Gonna’ Fly’ and the
fifteen minute programme of colourful music, dancing, slow and quick
marching which according to the resounding applause at the conclusion
was very well received by the large crowd mostly seated on the grassed
area in picnic mood.
With the show coming to a close the members decided on an impromptu
return to Drum Major Mark’s Hollingwood Community Pub for a few hours
of socialising in the beer garden and a bite to eat whilst the younger
members burned themselves out on the bouncing castle and other activities,
everyone agreed it had been a very (moist) good day all round.
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