Programme Notes NORTON'S HOT SEVEN, ASHFORD Musical Director: John R. Hall Age range of performers: 16-18 years The Muppet Show Theme Sam Pottle All the Girls Go Crazy Johnson Buddy Bolden's Blues Trad. Dinah Harry Akst Norton' s Hot Seven is the 'fraditional Jazz Band of Norton Knatchbull School for Boys in Ashford, Kent (the school attended by Bob Holness) and comprises seven members of the sixth form of the School. All the players are also members of the Ashford Youth Jazz Orchestra, an activity of the Kent Music School The band has enjoyed considerable success at local and national level, following their appearance at the Schools Prom last year. Norton's Hot Seven appeared at the 1990 Schools Prom Wales in Cardiff, the 1990 Schools Prom Scotland in Glasgow and were regional winners and national runnersup in the Daily Telegraph 'Young Jazz 90' Competition, held in Manchester. Other notable appearances include the Schools' Music Association concert at the Royal Festival Hall, tours of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and performances with Digby Fairweather and John Surman. The band gained an Outstanding Performance Award at the 1990 National Festival of Music for Youth and were awarded the Major of Ashford's Prize for their contributions to local entertainment. The Hot Seven hope to visit America in 1991.
OLD HALL COMPREHENSIVE BRASS BAND, ROTHERHAM Conductor: Christine Knowles Age range of performers: 12-16 years Post Horn Gallop G. F. Koenig Shepherd's Song Trad. French, arr. Goff Richards Cagney and Lacey Bill Conti, arr. P. H. Greenwood Old Hall Comprehensive Brass Band consists of players from all five years and rehearses twice weekly. They were very pleased to be presented with the Outstanding Performance Award at this year's National Festival of Music for Youth. The abilities of the group range from beginners through to advanced players who are eligible to play with the National Youth Brass Band. This evening's programme consists of three short pieces, opening with the well-known 'Post Horn Gallop', featuring the band's soprano cornet player. This is followed by the gentle, haunting melody of 'Shepherd's Song', an arrangement of one of the traditional songs from the Auvergne which features both principal cornet and euphonium players. The final piece is the lively theme from television's 'Cagney and Lacey'.
OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL INFANT DEPARTMENT, SOLIHULL Musical Director: Pauline Heartfield Age range of performers: 5-9 years The Multi Coloured Peter Canwell Music Bus Our Lady of the Wayside Primary School, Solihull has approximately 320 pupils whose ages range from four to eleven years. For the past eight years, various infant and junior groups have performed at the National Festival of Music for Youth and in 1986 an infant group was invited to take part in Schools Prom North. The school has based this production on the story and songs of the Multi Coloured Music Bus by Peter Canwell. In preparation the children have been able to experience several different activities, namely music, drama, project work, art and design. There are 92 children involved and much help has been given by staff, helpers and parents in creating costumes. They hope you will enjoy this bus ride as they visit the Seaside, Zoo, Fairground and Circus.
It is with great pleasure that the band
returns to the Schools Prom to perform lively music from the early days of jazz as well as some more recent additions. All the solo and chorus work is improvised in the traditional jazz manner.
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