| Date: | Saturday, 21 April 2012 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Victoria Hall, Geneva |
| Cost: | Free entry but pay to get out! Collection during the concert |
| Reservations: | Requests for tickets should be sent to the BRA Secretary, Case postale 30, CH-1617 Remaufens, with a stamped addressed envelope enclosed. Tickets will be mailed in early April. |
| E-mail: | secretary@britishresidents.ch |
| The BRA, in association with other British and Anglo-Swiss clubs and associations, is marking the sixty years reign of Her Majesty the Queen with a national Gala Concert which will feature the Corps de Musique d’Elite, Switzerland’s leading musical ensemble in the British Brass Band style. The concert will also include a massed choir of over 100, the Great Organ of the Victoria Hall and the Pipes and Drums of Geneva. This will be a highly patriotic occasion with music ranging from all corners of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. Among the many well-known pieces to be performed will be Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia, Imperial Echoes, Crown Imperial, Zadok the Priest, British Grenadiers, Knightsbridge, and Waltzing Matilda.The aim of the concert is to raise money for British charities in Switzerland which support British residents, many of them elderly and impoverished, whose finances have suffered greatly due to changes in their economic circumstances. It is hoped that the money will come from sponsorship by British and Anglo-Swiss companies, individuals, and a collection during the concert as entry will be free so please be generous as it is for a good cause. |
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| For further information about the event and making a financial contribution, please contact the BRA Chairman, Michael Type, Les Chapelles, Grand’ Rue 34, 1297 Founex (VD), e-mail: type@bluewin.ch, tel: 022 7762418, tel/fax: 022 7763284. |