USA East Music NYSB BULLETIN - WINTER 2019/20 | Page 8

To say that this evening will remain musically unparalleled for a
lifetime is an understatement. — Colonel Kenneth O. Johnson, Jr.
we will just have to organize a get-together
without a concert so that we have enough
time to catch up! All-in-all the trip was more
than worth it!
TREVOR CAFFULL
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
SALVATION ARMY TRADING COMPANY
Part of English (actually Welsh!) modern
day folk-law is the saying ‘I was there!’.
Legend has it that for momentous events
such as a great sporting occasion or royal
wedding, the number of people who claim
‘I was there’ by far outnumber the actual
statistics of the crowd that gathered and,
by association, claim some sort of special
privilege at having witnessed events first
hand. Bragging rights I think they call it!
The joint concert by the NYSB and Cory
bands was such an occasion. There was
indeed a great gathering to hear quality
music, brass playing at its very highest level,
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from the opening bars of “The Proclaimers”
to the closing bars of the massed band
items. We heard new music from NYSB
(great sound guys!) and contest standard
performance of the titanic test piece from
London by Cory. I heard both performances
of Titan’s Progress, and quite remarkably,
would observe that the one in New York
was (even) better than the Nationals
winning performance in London.
The audience was a veritable ‘who’s who’
of North American banding and beyond.
The atmosphere reminded me a little of that
in London at the pre ISB120 concert when
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