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Big Bus Day - 3rd September 2011 |
The sixth annual "Big Bus Day" organised by East Yorkshire Motor Services in association with Hull Museum of Streetlife proved to be another great success last Saturday with over 3,000 visitors turning up and enjoying the popular community event.
Although admission was free, model & memorabilia sales, donations for the children's games, and other attractions combined to raise a total of over £1,200 for the NSPCC.
The event has been held annually since the first "one-off" in 2006 to celebrate EYMS' 80th anniversary was such a big hit, and Big Bus Day has always proved extremely popular with at least 3,000 visitors each year, and almost £6,000 in total so far donated to the NSPCC.
This year visitors enjoyed one of the few warm sunny days so they could listen to the EYMS band during the day, and look at the new and heritage buses without the need for umbrellas. As always, one very popular attraction was the free open-top and vintage bus tours of the city, and drivers on the three buses were kept very busy running trips about every ten minutes, with long queues forming for most of the day.
EYMS chairman (and Band President) Peter Shipp said he was delighted that once again the Big Bus Day had proved such a big attraction. Mr Shipp said "I and all our staff involved, really enjoyed the day, talking to bus enthusiasts, passengers and people just interested in nostalgia and a really good family day out. I think we now have a truly annual event on our hands so we shall fix a date for next year very soon!"
The Band has performed each year since 2007, and was conducted this year by it's Associate Conductor David Lancaster. In 2006 the music was provided by local brass group Kingston Brass. This Quintet was made up of current and previous members of the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band. The Band were unable to perform that year as they had a previous concert booking in Grimsby.
Quintet Horn Player - Alison Grantham.
Quintet Trombonist - Mark Unsworth
The crowds enjoy the Band's performance.
The Band's programme for the afternoon - (1st half) Honest Toil, A Disney Fantasy, Blue John (Trombone Soloist - Mark Unsworth), Cry Me A River, Bubbles Was A Cheerleader (Soprano Soloist - John Belton), Let's Face The Music & Dance, Canzona Bravura (Euphonium Soloist - Neil Johnson), MacArthur Park.
(2nd half) Summon the Dragon, Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered (Trombone Soloist - Mark Unsworth), I Got Rhythm, Erin Shore, Eleanor Rigby, Jerusalem, Armenian Fire Dance.
The East Yorkshire Motor Services Group had engaged a photographer to record the day, and these are just a selection of his pictures that included the Band.
The Band finish their first half with MacArthur Park.
Photographs by Les Stubbs Photography.
© 2011 RMU/EYMS Brass Band