Music for Sunday 17 January 2010
January 12, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under News, Random Jottings
Star Lake Camp
In our evening meeting this week, the Band will play Eric Ball’s classic march: Star Lake. It might be seventy years old, but it is still fresh and gets the feet tapping! It was written by Eric when he was guest of honour at the famous Star Lake music camp in the United States of America. It might be apocryphal, but the story is told that it was written rather quickly, the parts being handed out to the students almost whilst the ink was still wet!
At the end of the meeting, the band will play The Lord is gracious, a benediction written by Darren Bartlett (and transcribed for brass band by Olaf Ritman) which takes its words from Psalm 145:
The Lord is gracious, abounding in perfect love.
And slow to anger, he rules the earth in Heaven above.
He offers his compassion still to those who trust his name.
The Lord is gracious, his mighty works proclaim.
Amen.
Why not join us for our meetings at 10:30am and 6:00pm on Sunday at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP?
View Cradley Heath B64 5EP in a larger map
Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He was commissioned Bandmaster of the Cradley Heath Band of The Salvation Army in January 2006. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.
