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service to open the Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance.
The band has been involved in some high-profile events this year. In May,
they were joined by many other groups
to perform at the Stoke on Trent Military Tattoo in aid of the ABF. The event was opened by the band in concert, playing a selection of music ranging from ‘Fanfare and Soliloquy’ to ‘Singin’ in the Rain’. This was inter-spaced with showcases of pipers, drums, bugles, and a traditional Gurkha battle display with their signature kukri knives. In fact, there was a full selection
of virtually every aspect of Military music and performance that you could possibly squeeze into the Kings Hall! The evening was rounded off in the traditional way, with all the performers being joined in the arena by the Standards of the British Legion to play Evening Hymn and Last Post, the National Anthem, and of course there
Band of the Mercian Regiment, Directors of Music, Captain Tony Hodgetts (above left), Major Ian Johnson, 2019 (above)
Band of the Mercian Regiment, National Memorial Arboretum, November 2019
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