1985 - Suffolk Military Band
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Saturday
2nd February
Needham Market Middle School
Conducted by Derek Cable
With the Junior Band
| Speed the Plough March | Traditional |
| Cockleshell Heroes | Dunn |
| Chanson de Matin | Elgar |
| The Padstow Lifeboat | Arnold |
| Trombones to the Fore | Scull |
| Mancini Magic | arr. Sharpe |
| Scheherazade 1 | Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Salamark | Hanson |
| Pirates of Penzance | Sullivan |
| Eternal Father | Traditional |
| Sunset | Green |
| Fantasia on British Sea Songs | Wood |
Friday
8th February
Officers Mess Dinner, RAF Wattisham
Conducted by Suzanne Dexter
Saturday
2nd March
The Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 7.30pm
Conducted by Derek Cable
With the Robert Docker at the piano and the Stowmarket Schools Band
| 1812 Overture | Tchaikovsky |
| Fanfare for Ipswich | Cable |
| Bandology | Osterling |
| Blow the Wind Southerly | |
| Cockaigne Overture | Elgar |
| Trumpet Tune | Stanley |
| Blue Moon | |
| Highfields March | |
| High on a Hill | Moorhouse |
| Trombones to the Fore | Scull |
| Mancini Magic | arr. Sharpe |
| Herald the Queen | |
| Cockleshell Heroes | Dunn |
| London Scherzo | Langford |
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Friday
15th March
Regimental Dinner, Blenheim Barracks, Bury
St. Edmunds
Conducted by Barry Salmon
| Roast Beef of Old England | Traditional |
| The Great Escape | arr. Reader |
| Moonlight on the Alster | Fetras |
| Salute to Glenn Miller | Miller |
| Trombones to the Fore | Scull |
| Cavalcade of Marching Songs | Nicholls |
| Scotch on the Rocks | Bates, arr. Reader |
| The Jungle Book | Rozsa, arr. Reader |
| Floral Dance | Moss |
| Italian Festival | Osser |
| Hootenanny | Walters |
| The British Grenadiers | Traditional |
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
Tuesday
30th April
The Regal Theatre, Stowmarket
Conducted by Derek Cable
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
| 76 Trombones | Wilson |
| Clochemerle | Roper |
| Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang | Sherman |
| Dancin' Easy | |
| Hans Christian Anderson Selection | Loesser |
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Hartley |
| Dream of Olwen | Williams |
| Carousel | Rodgers |
| The Dam Busters | Coates |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Young |
| Colonel Bogey | Alford |
| Dance Time | |
| The Jungle Book | Rozsa, arr. Reader |
| The Sound of Music | Rodgers |
Friday
3rd to Monday 6th May
Dronten and Amsterdam, Holland
Conducted by Derek Cable
Concert 1
- Dronten Shopping Centre
Concert 2
- Dronten
Concert 3
- Sloteraat Overtoomse
Concert 4
- Amsterdam General Hospital
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
| The National Anthem of the Netherlands | Traditional |
| The National Anthem of England | Traditional |
| Bandology | Osterling |
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Hartley |
| Colonel Bogey | Alford |
| Mancini Magic | arr. Sharpe |
| Cockleshell Heroes | Dunn |
| Dream of Olwen | Williams |
| The Jungle Book | Rozsa, arr. Reader |
| Carousel | Rodgers |
| Hootenanny | Walters |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Young |
| The Dam Busters | Coates |
| Derby Day | Farnon |
| 76 Trombones | Wilson |
| Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang | Sherman |
| The Sound of Music | Rodgers |
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Some memories of 1985 |
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Friday
10th May
Officers Mess Dinner, RAF Wattisham
Conducted by Derek Cable
Saturday
11th May
Needham Market Middle School
Conducted by Derek Cable
Saturday
18th May
Steve Barton's Wedding, Felixstowe
Conducted by Suzanne Dexter
| Wedding March | Mendelssohn |
| Milanollo | |
| Standard of St. George | Alford |
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Hartley |
| Studio One | Osser |
| The Jungle Book | Rozsa, arr. Reader |
| Liberty Bell | Sousa |
| Jamaican Folk Song Suite | Walters |
| Colonel Blimp | Fenhoulet |
| RAF March Past | Walford Davies |
| Dream of Olwen | Williams |
| Clochemerle | Roper |
| Exodus | Gold |
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
Sunday
9th June
Recording of Suffolk Regiment Music for
Tarcentenary
Conducted by Derek Cable
Saturday
15th June
Reunion, Rose Hill School, Ipswich
Conducted by Suzanne Dexter
Sunday
23rd June
Golders Green Park, London
Conducted by Derek Cable
Sunday
14th July
Battersea Park, London
Conducted by Barry Salmon
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
| The Dam Busters | Coates |
| Salute to Glenn Miller | Miller |
| Cha Cha for Band | Osser |
| Colonel Bogey | Alford |
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Hartley |
| Cranberry Corners USA | Klein |
| The Sound of Music | Rodgers |
| The Great Little Army | Alford |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | |
| Beguine Festival | Osser |
| Kentucky Trotter | Perkins |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Young |
| Those Magnificent Men in Flying Machines | Goodwin |
| Hootenanny | Walters |
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Wet and no audience! |
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Sunday
21st July
Marble Hill Park, London
Conducted by Barry Salmon
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Dry and no audience! |
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Tuesday
23rd July
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe
Conducted by Barry Salmon
Friday
26th July
Suffolk OCA Reception, Town Hall, Ipswich
Conducted by Barry Salmon
Saturday
3rd August
Suffolk OCA Reception, Athenium, Bury St.
Edmunds
Conducted by Barry Salmon
Sunday
4th August
OCA and Tercentenary, Bury St. Edmunsd
Conducted by Ray Walker
Friday
30th August
Officers Mess Dinner, RAF Wattisham
Conducted by Barry Salmon
Saturday
31st August
Felixstowe Carnival
Conducted by Barry Salmon
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Wednesday
25th September
St. Clements Church, Ipswich
Conducted by Suzanne Dexter
With the Junior Band
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
| The Spirit of Pageantry | Fletcher |
| Lustspiel Overture | Kela |
| No 2 from Woodland Pictures | Fletcher |
| American Patrol | Meacham |
| Cha Cha for Band | Osser |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Bock |
| The Thin Red Line March | Alford |
| Faust Selection | Gounod |
| Studio One | Osser |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Young |
| Kentucky Trotter | Perkins |
| The Rakes of Mallow |
Friday
8th November
Officers Mess Dinner, RAF Wattisham
Conducted by Barry Salmon
| Roast Beef of Old England | Traditional |
| Bandology | Osterling |
| Italian Festival | Osser |
| Ob-la-di Ob-la-da | Lennon/McCartney, arr. Reader |
| Tribute to Glen Miller | Miller |
| Wien Bleibt Wien | Scrammel |
| The Jungle Book | Rozsa, arr. Reader |
| Those Magnificent Men | Goodwin |
| World War Two Popular Songs | |
| Beguine Festival | Osser |
| The Dam Busters | Coates |
| Sweet Gingerbread Man | Legrand, arr. Reader |
| Michelle | Lennon/McCartney, arr. Reade |
| Cha Cha for Band | Osser |
| Salute the Duke | arr. Yoder |
| Colonel Bogey | Alford |
| Hootenanny | Walters |
| RAF March Past | Davies |
| The National Anthem | Traditional |
Friday
20th December
Rougham Village Hall
Conducted by Suzanne Dexter
| Speed the Plough | Traditional |
| Plymouth Hoe Overture | Ansell |
| Christmas Overture | Golland |
| Sleigh Ride | Anderson |
| Buglers' Holiday | Anderson |
| Folk Song Suite | Vaughan Williams |
| Christmas Festival | Anderson |
| Pineapple Poll | Sullivan |
| Grasshoppers' Dance | Bucalossi |
| West Side Story | Bernstein |
| Triptych for Christmas | La Plante |