Last weekend, Smithills School Senior Band under MD Chris Wormald successfully completed the first of three CD recordings to be released later in the year.

20 new tracks

All 20 tracks were new arrangements made especially for the recording by the MD and included diverse items such as 'Birdland' and the Ella Fitzgerald classic 'Cry Me A River' to ELO's 'Mr Blue Sky' and the Eagles hit, 'Desperado'.

Smithills played superbly all weekend and would easily have put a number of First Section bands to shameRichard Scott

Professional

The recordings were completed with over four hours to spare with engineer & producer Richard Scott commenting: "Smithills played superbly all weekend and would easily have put a number of First Section bands to shame. They were outstanding. The whole band was very professional and superbly prepared."