WHAT a performance!
Those who couldn't, or didn't, want to attend the Smithills School Summer Concert last Wednesday don't know what they missed.
The hall was full to capacity with a most appreciative audience, including many proud parents, not least the mother of Chris Wormald, Head of music, and between 7.30pm and 11pm we were treated to a most varied and exciting extravaganza.
The Senior Brass Band and Senior Concert Band were particularly in good form after their wins in the finals of the 1999 National Festival of Music held the previous week in London.
Congratulations! May your success continue.
Along with the two bands, Chris, and all the other performers - solo vocalists, choirs, Junior String Orchestra, String Trio, Pop group, Percussion Trio, Solo instrumentalists and Senior Percussion Ensemble - put together a most entertaining programme that contained something to suit all tastes.
It was obvious, too, that all those taking part enjoyed themselves, particularly after all the hard work and dedication that must have gone into preparing such an entertaining programme.
The evening ended on a high, with the Senior Brass Band playing five excellent, well known pieces, namely Ravel's Bolero, specially arranged by Chris, Concerto de Aranjuez with soloist Lynsey Heyes, Music, a song made famous by Barry Manilow, Bach's Toccata, in which Mark McDonald excelled on xylophone, and to conclude, the exciting arrangement by Chris of Riverdance, complete with a touch of Irish dancing.
After an encore of Riverdance, the members of the audience, still wanting more, were sent on their way to the accompaniment of a kind of jam session by Chris Wormald and friends. A relaxed end to a perfectly enjoyable evening.
My husband and I look forward, with eager anticipation to many other entertaining evenings by the Smithills School and Bolton Sixth Form College Music Department. In the meantime, I hope that all staff and pupils involved enjoy a well earned summer break, especially Chris and his family, before coming back to face the music'.
Mrs M Ainslie
New Church Road
Bolton
Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article