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When the boat comes in...

Shrewsbury Brass help the RNLI continue to save lives on the seas.

Shrewsbury Brass
 

During the recent Easter weekend, Shrewsbury Brass, conducted by Steve Pritchard-Jones joined forces with the RNLI for a tour of Scarborough and Whitby.

Warm welcomes

The band received warm welcomes in the Pavilion Theatre, Whitby, and a floating bandstand in Peasholm Park and at Albemarie Baptist Church, where they performed an eclectic programme of music including ‘Joy, Peace and Happiness’, ‘Nabucodonosor’, ‘A Time for Peace’, ‘Suite Gothique’, ‘Padstow Lifeboat’, ‘An Irish Blessing’, and a selection of swing music transformed into a three part choir to perform the South African hymn ‘Siyahamba’.

The mini tour was hailed as a great success and although the band has only been in existence for 12 months, now with 38 members, it is going from strength to strengthShrewsbury Brass

Great success

A spokesperson told 4BR: "The mini tour was hailed as a great success and although the band has only been in existence for 12 months, now with 38 members, it is going from strength to strength."

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