The West Midlands Divisional Fellowship Band of the Salvation Army visited Dudley Salvation Army recently as part of their Harvest Festival Celebrations.

Sheaves

Conducted by Bandmaster Charles King, the band presented a varied programme including the march ‘Golden West’ by Percy Merritt, ‘Harvest Praise’ by Ray Steadman Allen and William Himes quirky arrangement of ‘Bringing in the Sheaves’.

Also featured were solo items by Eb Bass tuba John Davoll on, ‘Dear Lord and Father’ specially composed for him by Ian Feltwell and the band’s young euphonium player Micah Parsons who gave an excellent performance of ‘Song of the Brother’.

There was still time for one extra item as the band encored with Charles Dove’s rarely played march ‘Dudley Citadel’ especially written for the host corps4BR

Cleansing Stream

The duet ‘Cleansing Stream’ featuring Eddie Toon and John Shepherd and a selection from ‘Glory’ drew the concert to a close.

There was still time for one extra item as the band encored with Charles Dove’s rarely played march ‘Dudley Citadel’ especially written for the host corps.