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Time for Brass:
6th February

1. Soldiers in the Park
Monckton arr. Duthoit
London Central Fellowship Band
David Dawes

2. New York Profile
Richard Phillips —
Kettering Citadel Band
Richard Phillips

3. Romance
Andrew Duncan
Kingdom Brass
Soloists: Anne Crookston & Andrew Duncan

4. Allegro from Canonic Sonata No.1
Telemann
Soloists: Derrick & Stephen Kane

5. English Folk Song Suite
Vaughan Williams
Black Dyke
Nicholas Childs

6. Children of Sanchez
Mangione arr. Reid Gilje
Boobs and Brass
Soloist: John Lee

7. Torch of Freedom
Eric Ball
London Central Fellowship Band
David Dawes

8. Mongolian Folk Tune
arr. Judith Hayes
Boobs and Brass

9. Donegal Bay
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Derrick & Stephen Kane

10. Bolivar
Eric Cook arr. Derek Ashmore
Kingdom Brass
Anne Crookston

11. I Dreamed a Dream
Claude Michel Schonberg arr Wyss
Wingates

12. Bring Him Home
Claude Michel Schonberg arr. Phillips
Kettering Citadel

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