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4th - Wishaw Baptist Church

I must admit to arriving at Wishaw Baptist Church not really wanting to be there - I'd had a very long and at times, very difficult week on many fronts so could have done without being out with the band. That said, it became apart to me fairly early on in our programme that God was there with us and was reminding me that only through Him can we know "Joy Peace and Happiness" - This was the title of one of the pieces the band played and it really brought home to me that despite what might be going on in any of our lives, we can know true peace and immense joy through His love.

My own feelings aside, the band presented a programme which was well accepted by the congregation. As many of the band's recent programmes it was full of a variety of different types of music. We had a "first" on the programme tonight, a cornet solo by Susan Ferguson - Susan has played cornet solos before (while at Rutherglen Salvation Army), but this was her first solo performance with Bellshill Band, not that anyone would have known as she played very well despite her nerves! Well done Susan!

The soloist in tonight's programme were:

Susan Ferguson (cornet)	In the Love of Jesus
Gemma Gunn (vocal)	The Potter's Hand
Lynn Shanks (flugel horn)	Through It All
Melvyn Shanks (horn)	Precious Jesus
Chris Shanks (euphonium)	Grandfather's Clock
Olwyn Mathie, Caroline & Daniel McMillan (vocal trio)	Consider My Source
David Ferguson (bass)	Aria from the Magic Flute

Full details of tonight's programme can be found by visiting the Programmes page.

After the programme the congregation and the band were invited to share in fellowship while enjoying some refreshments.

by Webmaster Dorothy M Neil

19th - Preview of Launch of Band's 4th CD "Diversity"

On Saturday the 19th September the Band will officially launch their 4th CD called "Diversity", at 7.30pm at Bellshill Academy School in Bellshill.

During the evening the Band will perform some of the tracks from the new CD as well as some other items. We are very pleased to be able to welcome Millie Caffull from Croydon Citadel as our guest soloist for the evening. Millie will present a number of vocal solos during the programme. Millie and her family will be joining us at Bellshill Salvation Army on Sunday morning for worship and will be taking part in that service also.

Millie Caffull has been singing for as long as she can remember. Her first starring role was in her nursery school production of Beauty and the Beast, aged 3!

Millie’s passion for musical theatre has been developed during 5 years of attendance at the Stagecoach school of Theatre Arts, where she has received tuition in singing, dancing and acting, winning a number of awards.

In 2007, whilst studying at the John Robert Powers school of drama, Millie was auditioned for, and invited to attend the iPoP convention in Hollywood, California. Whilst in California, Millie competed in the singing competition, qualifying for the finals of the 12 – 19 age group.

Millie has recently been auditioned for, and invited to join the West End Kids Theatre Group, and its associated vocal harmony group, Ovation.

An active member of the corps at Croydon Citadel, Millie is a member of the Singing Company, and has been a member of the Territorial Youth Choir for the past 2 years.

The band are also please that once again the other Bellshill sections will be supporting them: The young peoples band will be playing music prior to the programme commencing while the other sections (songsters and singing company) will participate during the programme.

We hope you will be able to come along and support the band on this important evening and enjoy the programme, but most importantly, you buy some CDs! All proceeds from the sale of the CD are going to the Bellshill Salvation Army building fund.

For those of you able to attend this event please bear in mind that there are major roadworks in Bellshill at present - The North Road is currently closed and Bellshill Main Street is extremely busy. Parking will be available at the rear of Bellshill Academy and at Bellshill Salvation Army hall (just a few yards along the road from the school).

So please make sure you leave plenty of time to get to the Academy for the 7.30pm start!

by Webmaster Dorothy M Neil

19th - CD Launch Night - Millie Caffull

Unfortunately, due to illness, Millie was unable to join with us this weekend as we launched our new CD.

The band would like to wish Millie a speedy recovery.

19th - CD Launch Night - Review

Saturday 19^th September 2009 was the launch of Bellshill Salvation Army Band’s 4^th CD “Diversity”.  With a steady stream of people joining in the celebration, before long, the assembly hall at Bellshill Academy was packed out.

The evening kicked off with the YP Band, led by Yvonne Ferguson and Chris Shanks (YP Band Leader and Deputy YP Band Leader) providing some pre-concert music for 30 minutes prior to the start of the concert.

The band, dressed smartly in their Festival tunics, entered while the march “Punchinello” played and picked up and played the piece from half way through.  The pieces played were as diverse from “The Lion King” to “The Path of Glory” and “Gabriel’s Oboe from the Mission” to “Such Love”.

The soloists for the evening were:

Chris Shanks on Euphonium –  Grandfather’s Clock

Lynn Shanks on Flugel Horn – Through it all

Yvonne Ferguson on Cornet  - Rhapsody for Cornet and Band

and the vocal soloists were:

Gemma Gunn  - The Wind beneath my wings & Somewhere over the Rainbow

Olwyn Mathie - Abide in me

Bellshill Singing Company and Songsters also complimented the evening by their participation.

A good time was had by all.  Well done to Bandmaster Ian Dickie and the Bellshill Salvation Army band for a wonderful evening.

by Daniel McMillan

Thank You

Bellshill Band and Bandmaster Ian Dickie would like to express their thanks to the following people for helping the band during recent engagements :

Ian Anderson, Alexander Baxter, Robert Butters, Hugh Grant, Stuart Hay, Alex Ramsay, Bobby Weir, and Motherwell Salvation Army Band

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