This annual event on our calendar was once again very successful.
We were competing with squeaky trains and the Tannoy, but we still went down well with an appreciative audience on the chilly main concourse of Newcastle Central Station.
I spotted this review on the local Jazz Review website bebop Spoken Here
Ascending the escalator at Newcastle Central Station there was the unmistakable sound of a big band somewhere up on the concourse. Ah, the Prudhoe Community Band. Now this is a big band. So many brass and reeds I lost count. The ensemble spanned the ages – pre-teen to coffin dodgers! It was that time of year…Chris Rea’sDriving Home for Christmas and Slade’s So Here it is Merry Christmas filled the chill air. Band master Dave Hignett merrily waved his baton. Santa hats looked at him from the massed ranks wondering if he could be Father Christmas in an overcoat as a back row brass toting reindeer pumped up the volume. The collection buckets were out in force. Yes, it is that time of year again. Bah humbug!
Russell.