Much fun in Much Wenlock!
June 14, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under Events, Members, News
Members of Cradley Heath Salvation Army Band and Songsters recently enjoyed a social outing to Much Wenlock in Shropshire.
The visit was one of a series of regular social events organised by the Band and Songsters.
Saturday 5 June 2010 marked the beginning of the Much Wenlock Festival. The Festival began with a fair held on the green outside the parish church. Members of the Band and Songsters enjoyed visiting the various stalls and watching a display by Broseley Goju Kan Karate-Do which featured amazing feats of smashing pieces of wood and slate!
After a couple of hours of wandering around the fair and the town, we enjoyed refreshments at The Copper Kettle tea rooms in the High Street.
You can see photos of our event by clicking on the thumbnail below:
The Much Wenlock Festival continues until 27 June 2010 – check out their events page here.
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Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.