Flags fly at last night of the Proms

At a Wigan church for a night of celebration TALL hats and the British flag was flying all over.

Bethel Independent Methodist Church, in Hindley was a venue where Last Night of The Proms take place and we saw a masterpiece of music and song was bursting through the walls.

The orchestral evening included sounds from the organ, violins and the sailor’s hornpipe, playing classics including Dambusters, Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem.

There was also an Act of Remembrance for fallen soldiers.

Brian Mills, church member, said: “We had quite a good mixture and it was a roaring success – the church was absolutely full.

“We did a short remembrance service and some moving solos from Ron Machin and Maurice Monk.

“We had some amusing costumes and the hats just got bigger and bigger as the night went on.”

Members raised £1,250 for church funds.

Last Night Of The Proms Raises Vital Cash

Few days back when Last Night of The Proms organised by the Humberston Happening Committee to raise money for the Humberston Hydrotherapy Pool appeal held at Lucarly's.

Around 200 of music lovers were wearing the union flags and were in patriotic mood at a fundraising event to elevate maintain a hydrotherapy pool for children with special needs.

The third annual Last Night Of The Proms-Humberston style, at Lucarly's, in Wilton Road, raised funds for the pool at Humberston Park Special School.

As reported, the £750,000 pool opened in 2006 following 17-years of fundraising in the local area. It now costs up to £30,000 a year to heat, clean and maintain.

The proms event was organised by Humberston Happening, a community group formed in 1994 to support local good causes.

Get Ready For the Last Night Of The Proms Concert...!!

This time it is the chance of local music talent and passionate adult groups to perform there talent exclusively and put on a spectacular Last Night of the Proms concert.

FOUR Swindon Rotary clubs promises shows to be the best among all the shows held so far and recommend not to missed the event at any cost. They encouraging people to join them for a light-hearted version, complete with flag-waving and a patriotic finale.

For tickets and more details you can visit Last Night Of the Proms....

Last Night of the Proms 2010

One of the two star guests alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jiri Belohlavek was soprano Renee Fleming, and she provided the most ravishing vocal sounds I've heard in the Albert Hall these past two months.

Looking resplendent in a purple power frock designed by Vivienne Westwood, she nailed the emotional heart of Strauss's songs in a way that stilled the waving flags and brought total silence to the packed hall

Later she found a different tone, defiant and burnished, in an aria from Smetana's Dalibor, and yet another, a dreamy and innocent tone, for Dvorak'sSong to the Moon from Rusalka.

Finally - now with her outfit topped with a frivolous quasi-naval hat and waving a dinky Stars and Stripes - she took Arne's Rule Britannia and made it into a vehicle for some brilliant vocal display. She truly is a complete singer, and right now must surely be in a class of her own.

But there were other good things, before sentiment and fun took over.

Young Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov took Tchaikovsky's famous showpiece for the cello, theVariations on a Rococo Theme, and turned it into a showpiece for the viola.

Or rather, he tried to. But though his arrangement of Tchaikovsky's piece was expertly done, and brilliantly played, he seemed to pushing too hard against the viola's essentially introverted nature.

The meditative unfurling of the Prelude from Vaughan Williams' Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra came more naturally (what a rare beauty this piece is, and how welcome to make this kind of discovery at the Last Night).

The BBC Singers were on hand too, and they certainly shone in Jonathan Dove's brand-new A Song of Joys, a five-minute setting of Walt Whitman's eponymous poem in leaping sprung rhythms. They weren't so strong in Parry'sBlest Pair of Sirens, where the men in particular seemed sluggish and ill-focused.

This year, the genuinely musical part of the Last Night encroached further than usual into the second half.

The very last item, Benjamin Britten's curiously touching arrangement of the National Anthem, felt like a last assertion of music's rights, just when the Prommers and flagwavers thought they had the evening to themselves.

But they can't be denied for long, and with You'll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, sentiment and fun took over.

We clapped along to Nic Raine's pert new arrangement of a Fisher's Hornpipe, and when Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory came along, the din and the blizzard of flag-waving and shrieking of balloons seemed even more tumultuous than ever.

But then, that's true every year.

Comes to Portsmouth at the Last Night Of The Prom

Last Night of the Proms live come to the big screen from the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 11th September. Proms season features music by Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with the Hornpipe from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie and the classics such as Rule, Britannia! Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory. In the park we will be showing highlights during the interval taking place across the UK. Now bring your flags and join the in the Last Night of the Proms ceremony.

On the night will be available lightly refreshments to buy. Bring something warm to wear, a chair for comfort, a picnic and most importantly - yourself. Limited seating will be provided on a first come first served basis.

By Portsmouth City Council Events Team being organized working with the BBC.

At the Octagon Last Night of the Proms

At the Octagon Threatre THE Last Night of the Proms will be created with the British Philharmonic Concert in Yeovil on September 3.
By the Yeovil Rotary Club the fundraising event is being organised to benefit the Yeovil Young Achievers Trust which aims to help local young people achieve higher standards in education, sport, the arts and citizenship.
The concert will feature soloists Jeni Bern and Andrew Forbes Lane and the orchestra will be led by conductor Fraser Goulding.
The concert tickets, which starts at 7.30pm on September 3, are priced £24.50.
From Yeovil Rotary Club they are available on 01460-240984, concert sponsors Old Mill on 01935-426181 and the Octagon Theatre on 01935-422884.

At the Warehouse Theatre Last Night Of The Proms

At the Warehouse Theatre the Last Night of the Proms, there will be presenting THE Rotary Club of Ilminster next month.
On Saturday the event will be held, September 11, at 7.30pm in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society with music from the Taunton Concert Band.
The audience will be invited to join in with the patriotic songs associated with Last Night with Tim Donaldson, of the South Somerset Choral Society, leading the singing.
And a Rotary spokesman said: “Flag waving will be encouraged!”
Admission cards are available from Gill Coles on 01460-57573 or e-mail gillcoles8@hotmail.com.
It is free admission arrangers are looking for a donation and have suggested a minimum price of £7.50.