‘The best entertainment we’ve ever had’ was a frequent comment from delegates to the annual assembly of NAFAS, the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies, when Newstead Brass performed for them at Nottingham University on Tuesday August 23rd.
The band, with guest conductor James Stretton, gained a host of new admirers with a typical Newstead Brass programme demonstrating once again the band’s ability to provide entertainment matched by few other ensembles. High quality playing from the band and soloists enhanced by effective presentation and choreography received a deserved standing ovation, even if the ‘Floral Dance’ was the obvious encore for an evening which will long be remembered by the band and audience.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Newstead Brass Set for Palace Appointment
Award winning Newstead Brass lead the bill for an evening of musical variety at the Mansfield Palace Theatre on Saturday September 17th.
‘Brass and Voices at the Palace’ features leading local and national musical groups as Newstead Brass are joined by Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir, Derbyshire saxophone quartet ‘Imperfect Fifth’ and ‘Four Tubby Tubas’, a top prize winning ensemble from the University of Salford, one of the leading colleges for brass musicians.
This event follows on from the critically acclaimed and audience pleasing production of ’Brassed Off’ by the Mansfield Community Theatre Group with Newstead Brass at the Mansfield Palace Theatre earlier this year.
Tickets are now on sale, priced at £8, (£7 concessions) from the Mansfield Palace Theatre box office on 01623 633133.
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