Once again, Christchurch Priory played host to the Band for a summer concert. The programme included a number of pieces that are new to the Band's repertoire including Ken Downie's Purcell Variations.

One of the new pieces was receiving its WORLD PREMIERE. Paul Hindmarsh has arranged some music that Wilfred Heaton originally wrote as incidental music for a dramatisation of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress into a suite entitled simply Pilgrim Song. The music, which stylistically echoes that of Vaughan Williams, is ideally suited to the rich accoustic of the Priory Church and the recitation of passages from the original book enabled the listeners to put each movement into context.