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Love in the air for BBO

Brass Band Berner Oberland and Philip McCann become the Kings of Cool in Switzerland.

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At their recent traditional Whitsun concert, Brass Band Berner Oberland celebrated its first appearance in their new bespoke uniforms, with a bit of 'Cool' playing....

New outfits

The new outfits combine BBO's well-known royal blue colour with gold braiding in what they see as a more modern, elegant way.

The band thanked their supporters at the twin concerts by getting them in the mood for love, with the evening's music based on the soft swing of the Rat Pack inspired 'That's Amore'.

BBO under the direction of Philip McCann became the 'Kings of Cool' with selections of music from an era of great music making with a hint of the romantic4BR

Kings of Cool

BBO under the direction of Philip McCann became the 'Kings of Cool' with selections of music from an era of great music making with a hint of the romantic.

The band thoroughly enjoyed itself with their soloists Matthias Siegenthaler and Philipp Renggli in particularly good 'Rat Pack' form.

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