La Siesta Evangelical Church can boast a small keen Brass Instrumental Group who occasionally perform at church services and other functions. They are trained by Joe Wallace a former Royal Air Force bandmaster and retired music teacher.
The Norwegian Church, neighbours of the Evangelical Church, had a brass band but this had ceased to function. In order to ensure that these instruments were still used for church purposes the Norwegian church kindly donated them to La Siesta Evangelical Church. A small number were put to good use by a handful of members – even some beginners among the adults who form the group.
There being far too many instruments for local use, a decision was made to find another church home for the surplus. At this point an opportunity arose, as it was learned that a group of 35 young folk attending a Salvation Army church in Valdermoro, near Madrid, were struggling to share a small number of instruments to form a band. Arrangements were made for 19 instruments to be handed over to the Salvation Army officers at Valdermoro.
Chas Smith, a former Salvation Army cornetist in the U.K. and now choir director at La Siesta Evangelical Church went along with the instruments and held a workshop. The attached photograph shows Chas with one of the young folk with his gift of a Euphonim.
They are hopeful of becoming proficient enough to form a band and maybe before long visit La Siesta Evangelical Church with these instruments and perform locally. When this comes to pass, the instruments with their new owners will be visiting their original home in the hands of the next generation of church brass musicians. MISSION COMPLETED!
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