Hi Guys. I just wanted to quickly tell you about the concert we gave at the Slovenian convention. It was so much fun and congratulations to all who played because it has been a while since I have heard you all play together and the improvement was amazing. You sounded incredible!!! I was also so immpressed with how professional you all acted on stage too – you made me feel very proud and honoured to be standing up there with you.

For those of you not there -we were in fact the big finale of the whole convention. We performed on the Sunday evening in “The Glass Hall” to a pretty packed audience. We had a huge programme which included all sorts. Sandy was our brilliant principal conductor and I know we are all very grateful to his fantastic energy, musicianship and guidance. We were also very lucky to have Ian Clarke conduct us in “Walk Like This” (his own piece) which went down a storm!

For me, the highlight was when we were joined by some Slovenian flute players to perform Gypsy Airs (conducted by Gareth), Celtic Exploration (from memory no less – composed by our very own Maestro Sandy) and Brian Borus March. I think that this gathering defiantely proved that music is as strong a communication as any language because these players tended not to speak English!!!!

What an amazing night!!!!!!

Love,
Stephen.