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www.makingmusic.org.uk/resource/can-group-get-back-in-person

                                                                                   everyone to join in with our sixth virtual
                                                                                   performance,  for which  we’ll  be
         We can’t                                                                  recording  a brand new  piece Keep
                                         “
         wait to get                                                               the Rhythm Going written by the band’s
                                              interest before moving on to full band @
                                              We’re very aware of the impact of this  Musical Director, Neil Brownless.
         back to normal                       on the income of those working in the
                                              arts and our committee was very keen
         rehearsals, but                      to mitigate this for our MD.


                                              On  a much brighter note,  alongside     Get Involved
         these videos are                     our chats and quizzes, we’ve been
                                              recording  virtual performance videos
         a great way to                       which has been a learning  curve for
                                              everyone! It’s also meant that Neil has
         make sure we                         deserved his retainer! We started small

         keep practising                      with flexible  ensemble  arrangements
                                              of Do you Hear the People Sing? from
         and making                           Les Miserables and Prismatic  Light
                                              by  Alan  Fernie  which helped  gauge
         music together

         as best we can!                      arrangements.  Subsequently  we’ve           If you’d like to get involved,
                                              recorded full band arrangements of
                                                                                            please email us with your
                                              Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses,    instrument and the name of the
                                              Into the Unknown from Frozen 2 and
                                              You Can’t Stop the Beat from Hairspray         band you usually play in.
                                              which have all been fun challenges.                              Email
                                              With some members unable  to take         virtual@abingdonconcertband.org.uk
         in the meantime “
                                              part in all the videos, due to technical                        Twitter
                                              restrictions or work schedule, we’ve             twitter.com/abingdonconcert
         Neil Brownless, Musical Director     happily welcomed guests along to join                          Facebook
         Lucy Wainwright, Committee Chairperson  in the fun. To that end we’d like to invite   www.facebook.com/abingdonconcertband


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