Village band on form in the park; CONCERT REVIEW Hepworth Band

Byline: David Tinker

With flags waving the concert ended with Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance including Land of Hope And Glory and needless to say a repeat rendering was lapped up by the audience.The band's principal cornet player gave a nice account of How Great Thou Art and the band concluded their first set with the rock classic Music by John Miles. Despite the weather being wet for most of the day, thankfully it cleared up in the evening and a good Hepworth audience got in to the swing of things with Fantasia on British Sea Songs , Jerusalem, Nimrod, and David Thornton on euphonium giving a stunning performance of Rule Britannia.A spokesman said: "The band would sincerely like to thank all those who worked hard before and on the day to make it a great evening." The band will now be taking a three-week break before returning to work on The Test Piece Red Priest by Phillip Wilby for the British Open contest In September in the Symphony Hall Birmingham.

A spokesman said: "The band would sincerely like to thank all those who worked hard before and on the day to make it a great evening." The band will now be taking a three-week break before returning to work on The Test Piece Red Priest by Phillip Wilby for the British Open contest In September in the Symphony Hall Birmingham.