Brass BAnd Aid, new CD and Music for sale

[Bob Thompson]

As many of you will be aware, the second BBA CD has been in the making over the course of the last 11 months. A mammoth task which has finally come to completion in the form of, 'Into Africa'

At the back end of last year, I approached a number of well known and a couple of not so wel known composers. Each were asked to compose a piece and donate it to BBA. The brief, the music was to relate in some way to Africa. The response was amazing.
To avoid recording costs, premiere brass bands and small ensembles in the UK and around the world were approached and asked to record a piece at one of their own recording sessions and pass it back to me for inclusion on the CD. Well the CD is ready.

Composers who took part: Alan Fernie, Bob Childs, Darrol Barry, Peter Meechan, Rodney Newton, Torstein Aagard Nilson, Roy Newsome, Mnozil Brass, Ian Robisnson, Jan Magne Forde, Lucy Pankhurst, and Gavin Higgins ad Stephen Barber.

The Bands:, Black Dyke, Buy As You View, Fairey Band, GUS, Mount Charles, IP Brass, Leyland, Scottish Co op, Mnozil Brass, Wingates, Prairie Brass USA, Royal International Nova Scotia Tatto Brass Band, Welsh National Youth Band and the BBA Celebrity Brass Band.
A real bonus, as a result of the new CD, many of the composers have donated the copyrights to BBA. At present we have the following available for sale, the rest will be available soon.
In addition we also have copies of the original DO they Know its Christmas' arrangement by Alan Fernie as featured on the original BBA CD.
All Prices include full score and p&p.

For sale:
Do They Know Its Christmas. Geldof/Ure. arr. A Fernie; £32.50

African Funk. Alan Fernie £12.00

African Adventure. Darrol Barry. £24.90

Dignity. Alan Fernie. £ 24.90

Hymn for Africa. Peter Meechan. £24.90

Kiberea. Ian Robinson. £24.90

BBA March. Roy Newsome. £17.50

Coming soon:
African Trio. Kenneth Downie. £24.90

'Nansi Imali': Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Arr. Stephen Barber: Quintet. £17.50

Heed the Word. Lucy Pankurst: £24.90

Ivory Dreams: Gavin Higgins. £24.90

To order please e mail me on brionyt@aol.com

Obviously you will get a better idea of the music are considering buying if you get the new cd, but I can assure you, you wont be dissapointed in any of it.
We have already taken advance sales of over £3000, so its looking like another success for the school in Ethiopia.
You will also be able to purchase the CD from the BBA website, and the music of course.
The CD is priced at £10.00 + £ 2.00 pp
Cheers
Bob
ps, apologies if I have missed anyone out, but I am snookered! zzzzzzzzzzzzz