By Loughborough Echo | Posted 15 February, 2014
MORE than £2,000 was raised at a charity concert by Hathern Senior Band for LOROS.
Hathern Parish Church played host to the band’s first concert of 2014 and together with musical director David Newman, treated the audience to a lively programme in a variety of musical styles.
The concert was described as “a worldwide tour” where the audience were taken on a trip which included America with Breezin’ Down Broadway and a fast paced rendition of Do-Re-Mi from the Sound of Music, set in Salzburg, Austria.
Euphonium player Graham Rix expertly played Lament, a beautiful tune by Carl Jenkins; there was a very smooth version of the George Gershwin number Embraceable You by trombonist Simon Baum and flugel horn player Lesley Bentley gave a powerful rendition of the lovely ballad Right Here Waiting.
The concert was a huge success and raised £2,158 for the Leicestershire hospice, including a donation of £750 from Barclays Bank under its match funding scheme.
On behalf of Hathern Band, David Newman thanked Barclays for its ongoing support of this concert, which has now raised nearly £28,000 for LOROS since the first one in 2002.
