Where have 10 days gone? Saturday night’s audience left Brass & Buffet well-fed and well-entertained, after a concert by Prescot Festival newcomers Wirral Brass. The diverse programme featured tunes by Ron Goodwin, Arthur Sullivan (of...
Read moreDay 9: Prescot on Film, Brass & Buffet
There are no words to describe Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, but we’ll give it a go: Passionate, majestic, wistful, nostalgic, yearning, haunting, elegant, resplendent. All those qualities shone through in Gethyn Jones’s...
Read moreDay 8: Elgar, Britten & Dvorak
St Paul’s Church was packed to the rafters last night for the Barn Dance & Dinner. Our caterers came all the way from Leicester, while the music was more local – the rustic sounds of Liverpool band The Travelling People...
Read moreDay 7: Barn Dance, Dinner, Acoustic Night & Open Mic
Congratulations to Ethan Cheung (Year 4) and Sonny Fielding (Year 9) for winning the Primary and Secondary categories, respectively, in last night’s Young Instrumentalist of Prescot competition. Pianist Ethan, from Holy Family Catholic...
Read moreDay 6: Young Instrumentalist of Prescot
Evelyn Community Primary School hosts the second annual Young Instrumentalist of Prescot this evening. Our judges were overwhelmed by the musical talent on show at this year’s inaugural event, and we can’t wait to see what...
Read moreDay 5: Victory for St Mary & St Paul’s School!
St Mary & St Paul’s Primary School have hosted the Schools Verse Speaking Competition every year since 2008 – and yesterday they took their chance to seize first place for the first time. The school beat four others from across...
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