enby and District Brass Band, under the baton of its musical director Robert Thompson, began their season with a concert at Jeffreyston Parish Church last Tuesday. Before an appreciative audience, the band performed a varied programme of music. Fr. Paul Davies introduced and welcomed the band and thanked the members for giving their time to support the church. The concert opened with the rousing traditional march 'The Chieftan'. A Welsh flavour was added with the traditional tune 'Watching the Wheat', featuring the euphonium played by Christine Bevan, and a march based on the tune 'Sospan Fach', re- arranged for the band by one of its members, Jack Underwood. In the first half, two young members of the band entertained the audience with solos. James Oakley, who normally plays bass trombone in the band, showed his expertise on the tenor trombone by playing unaccompanied 'Joot Hoot', a jazzy piece by Mark Nightingale. Cornet player Cory Morris followed with a spirited rendition of 'The Mexican Hat Dance', accompanied by Mrs. Gillian Lewis on piano. The band completed the first half of the programme with 'The Young Amadeus', an arrangement based on a theme from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, a traditional tune from the Auvergne called 'The Shepherd's Song' featuring Cindy Hussey on solo cornet, and the overture 'The Lonely Mill'. Following the interval, the concert continued with the traditional march 'Arethusa'. No concert would be complete without music from Andrew Lloyd Webber, for which the band chose 'The Old Gumby Cat' from the musical 'Cats'. More Welsh flavour was added with a performance of 'A Welsh Cameo', a medley of Welsh tunes. The band were able to 'take a breather' as young Holly Lewis, a student from Pembroke, entertained everyone with a beautiful performance on flute, playing the first and fourth movements of Handel's Sonata for Flute in E minor, followed by an arrangement for flute of the aria 'Dove Sono' from Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro'. The accompanist was again Gillian Lewis. The band continued the programme with an arrangement of the hymn tune 'Lord of the Dance', followed by the well-known and moving tune 'You Raise Me Up', arranged for the band by Jack Underwood. The concert was completed in a flourish with the band's first performance of music from the film 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. Before the anthems were played, Fr. Paul Davies expressed the appreciation of the audience for the excellent performance of everyone taking part. The band rehearses every Tuesday evening at 7 pm in the Parish Hall at Jeffreyston and would be pleased to hear from anyone in any age group who has an interest in brass playing.