Our symphonic selection begins - drum roll please - with WME Solihull which provides a little Meriden medley courtesy of the local Spar shop and a Meriden Green bus stop. Providing immediate accompaniment is WME Warwickshire, not usually one of our most prominent musicians but getting into the melody this time with Keresley Library and and the Hillmorton Manor Hotel (or rather a sign for its car park).
The brass section oompahs into life with contributions from both WME Sandwell and WME Dudley. Sandwell trumpets the inclusion of Lion Farm (a bus stop and the Phoenix pub sign) and heralds some Tipton tuba from the Gospel Oak; harmony is happily provided by Hill Top and Hateley Heath so it's hello to a swan sculpture and the local opticians. Dudley meanwhile supplies some Netherton notation (library opening hours) and a solitary Hadcroft horn from Lye, memories of a Rog pub visit last year.
Next we have the soaring strings of WME Wolverhampton with an ensemble as follows: on violin is Fallings Park (an airing for the Otter & Vixen); on viola we have Northwood Park (spotting colourful shrubs); cello is that old virtuoso the Wyrley & Essington Canal (a Moathouse Bridge reprise) and then there's Bilston on the double bass (scrap metal ponies and a Loxdale Metro sign).
The percussion section is WME Staffordshire's domain with a backing beat of Lower Penn canine street art and Codsall country lanes. The whole performance reaches a woodwind crescendo from none other than WME Walsall, combining clarinets and oboes to the tune of Leamore's Railway Inn and Broadstone Avenue. One closing clash of cymbals brings our rousing recital to an end, and you'll just have to wait until May by way of an encore...
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