Queen Comes to Aylsham (3rd May 2019)

On Friday night Cawston Band with the Aylsham Rotary held a concert in the Jubilee Family Centre at Aylsham. The first part was a more traditional brass band programme of music. During the interval, the audience were able to fortify themselves with refreshments for the second part in which the Band gave their tribute to the rock band, Queen. This was the first time the Cawston Band had played this tribute. A full house sang along with the words, waved their arms enthusiastically and clapped to an original interpretation of Queen's favourite songs. Performances included band-members Tom Ellis and Philip Green dressing up as Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé for an interpretation of their hit ‘Barcelona’ with baritone and cornet. This was followed by a solo routine imitating Freddie Mercury that defies description! The evening would have finished with the unforgettable ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – had not the audience demanded an encore after this.

The event was sponsored by a number of local businesses and all the amounts raised was split equally between Cawston Band to fund their activities and Rotary in Aylsham for the local, national and international charities it supports. Judging by the buzz as they left, the audience clearly enjoyed their evening - particularly the nostalgia of the Queen hits. And the Cawston Band clearly “… are the champions”!