As you are all aware, Friday marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, and a whole series of national celebrations had been planned. However, the current situation has meant that all organisations have had to change their plans. The 2 minutes’ silence at 11am will still take place, and I am asking as many brass players as possible (and other instrumentalists if they wish) to play The Last Post in front of or behind their house at 11.00am and at 11.02am Reveille. The link to the music is below; Ulverston Town Council has asked all players to be wearing either school or band uniform, and for a photo to be sent to Gill Benjamin at gill@ulverstontownband.co.uk so that an online ‘scrapbook’ can be put together. As many students doing this as possible would be brilliant.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fZMrlJied32OGmxwHp-sdYJBPma4EQhp

In the afternoon, the Royal British Legion and other charities involved are now asking the public to hold their own ‘garden parties’ in the safety of their own garden/yard. If you would like some popular music from the WWII era playing, please see the attached Spotify playlist that we will be playing in Lowick on Friday afternoon during the ‘garden parties’ that will be taking place. The playlist includes Churchill’s infamous speech that can be played at 3pm (if you are not watching it indoors on the TV).

PLEASE … everyone get involved either making music in the morning and/or celebrating with music in the afternoon.