We hope to have some pictures very soon !
CHRISTMAS BRASS BAND CONCERT
Christmas in Keysoe started with a fanfare, continued
with a tear or two and, by the time you read this will probably
be over ! What a thought.
The Village Hall once again hosted the lovely people of Rushden
Town Brass Band on Sunday 9th December.
Fortunately, the band arrived early as they would have
struggled to get in otherwise ! At bang-on 5pm,
when the band took off with Rovers Return, the place was packed,
no room even for the Christmas tree.
Phil Lewsy took over the Bandmaster baton from Peter who was
'relegated' to the ranks.
Again, the music was a mixture of traditional carols, traditional but
modern tunes like Mel Torme's "Christmas song", plus
Mistletoe & Wine,
The Snowman and many more before finishing with Rockin'
around the Christmas tree. And rockin' it was.
But in between came the highlight. Clearly the band are
putting a lot of time and effort into nurturing young talent
with the aim of developing them as individuals and with the
future of the band in mind. And by young they mean young
with children aged 8 to 11. So rapid was their progress they'd
all done well in junior regional and national band competitions
and now came to the fore in Keysoe for an almost solo
section (if 6 children can do a solo) helped out by only a
couple of the regular main band. Old favourites were played
and they topped it off with a super singing spot. Looking around
the hall at their parents, grandparents, perhaps aunts and
uncles and of course, us 'locals', there was many an eye with
a tear or two of pleasure there. I'm sure that if you
know of any youngsters who might like to join, they'd love
to hear from you. I have the phone number.
In among all this musical frenzy was a different frenzy. That
of the half-time mulled wine and mince pies which seem to be
a big attraction in themselves. Despite the audience numbers,
the catering came through and, even with generous measures,
there was plenty of the warm spicy liquid for seconds...and
thirds in some cases.
Alan Woodward won the raffle for the Christmas hamper drawn
by one of the "future band" girls so, if your own
supplies are running low, pop round to their house and
see if Alan and Ann have anything left.
As always, a big thank you to the Band. We'll book them for
a similar Sunday next year and hopefully there'll be even more
progress in the junior band. Thanks also to those behind the
scenes who set things up, shopped for things, chopped
things, served things and sold things. Thanks also to those
in the audience who, on leaving, made a point of expressing
how much they'd enjoyed the evening. They may have been lucky
and emerged from a packed car park to reach home in time for
Cranford.
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Harvest Lunch at St. Mary’s On October 7th.
The Church was well stocked with fruit, flowers,
vegetables, corn, pickles, jams, chutneys and splendid corn
dollies (made by the pilgrims) to celebrate the harvest In
Keysoe.
We also had some wonderful pieces of old farm machinery
and some sheaves of corn (which the church mice particularly
enjoyed!) .
This all combined to give an atmosphere of thanksgiving
for the traditional harvest service.
The congregation, joined
by other friends and neighbours, then adjourned to the village
hall for a full roast beef lunch.
Many watches had been carefully
set to ensure that all the vegetables, potatoes and the all
important Yorkshire puddings were ready on time, and many sighs
of relief were heard when it all worked.
Following the excellent
lunch centre stage was taken by the church warden in his other
guise, and assisted by his trusty sidekicks (who was it said
the three stooges were back?).
They did a superb job of selling
all the local produce that had been donated and helping to
raise the final total for the day.
We are very grateful to
all who helped reach the final profit on the day of £595.61.
The Village Picnic at Newholme Farm, 18th August 2007
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