Test Valley Brass has been strengthening links between itself and the city of Worcester after playing in a number of locations including the famous cathedral and the imposing Guildhall.

Enjoyed

Under the direction of new MD Matt Pithers the band certainly enjoyed their mini tour, as they told 4BR:

"Worcester was a fantastic experience for the Test Valley Group as a whole,"Matt said. "It was also a great opportunity for me to get know the people that make Test Valley Brass such a fantastic place to make music.

We now look forward to welcoming Worcester City Brass back to Andover in the near future as part of an enjoyable reciprocal agreement."

We now look forward to welcoming Worcester City Brass back to Andover in the near future as part of an enjoyable reciprocal agreementMD, Matt Pithers

Main performance

The main performance of the weekend saw a joint concert between the bands in aid of the charity 'Support Dogs'. Both bands played a varied set of music before uniting with a couple of rousing joint numbers to finish off.

In a further effort to encourage links between Worcester and Andover both Mayors exchanged gifts.