{"id":1664,"date":"2020-11-22T20:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T20:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2025-06-15T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T22:04:45","slug":"boscombe-band-in-norwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/boscombe-band-in-norwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Boscombe Band In Norwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its been a while since I featured our Band on these Sunday choices &#8211; so I better rectify that! A few years ago we visited Norwich Citadel for the weekend and &#8211; for the first time &#8211; appeared on Facebook Live! Unfortunately they had some technical issues during the first part of the Saturday Evening Festival, so it is not all available.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the first half we played Kenneth Downie&#8217;s Music of Thanksgiving &#8211; and since this is a different type of Thanksgiving in the USA this week it seems an appropriate choice to share.<\/p>\n<p>Ken is, of course, a former bandmaster of the Band and we have featured a lot of his music over recent years. On a personal note I remember him providing excellent piano accompaniments to some French Horn solos many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Both the video and the audio suffer a little because this was done as a live show on facebook, but it is a good reminder of a great weekend &#8211; and at these times &#8211; hopefully an encouragement for the members of the Band as we have not been able to play as a group like this since March.<\/p>\n<p>I have left Howard&#8217;s introduction as part of the video for those who are unfamiliar with the music &#8211; and apologies to those bandsmen who are &#8220;cut out&#8221; on either side of the picture &#8211; that was the way this was originally filmed.<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/jvideos\/Music of Thanksgiving.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ken Downie : Music of Thanksgiving<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/jvideos\/Music of Thanksgiving.mp4\"  frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Comments<\/em>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fraser Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing George. Such an enjoyable weekend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Main<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks \ud83c\udfb6 couldn&#8217;t get through the first 8 bars at the moment \ud83d\ude01 brilliant piece. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Chiverton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great piece, great playing (sop does ok \ud83d\ude09)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Main<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Chiverton \ud83d\ude01 Have you played it? A lot to do in it. Youd know if the Sop was having a mare. \ud83e\udd2a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Chiverton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Main \ud83e\udd23 You would that.. tough sop part!! Although most Downie pieces are! I think he hates sop players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Main<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Chiverton ha I nearly said that in my comment. Hope you are well and still practicing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Chiverton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Main I did enjoy the rest! But then was all motivated to practice and get ready to get back to it. Then lockdown part II kicked in \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great week-end George.Thank you for sharing it.Interesting to see the formation of the Band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Whittingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a great weekend, we had great billets!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>George, excellent, I had the pleasure of re-watching Brassed Off on Wednesday (not enough music in it) I never knew Bournemouth \u2018ad a pit \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Hinchliffe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can remember Ken playing Sop in Southport band !!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stevo Starkes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the first major pieces I played as part of boscombe band as well as this also being my first weekend away with the band. Fantastic piece, fantastic 2nd baritone playing i must say \ud83d\udc40. Such a good memory unlocked from watching this, miss the band and playing so much<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Downie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you George, Howard and all of the band for a lovely performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its been a while since I featured our Band on these Sunday choices &#8211; so I better rectify that! A few years ago we visited Norwich Citadel for the weekend and &#8211; for the first time &#8211; appeared on Facebook Live! 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