The main part of the music association's classic annual concert date also attracted the instrumentalists. The choir and band finally acknowledged the new edition of their collaboration with a “Hallelujah”.
The multi-purpose hall was full of listeners, including Mayor Achim Gaus and his wife. 35 main band members and 40 choir members came together for the special concert. A stage porch was necessary so that club boss Klaus Behrendt's singers had enough space. Two conductors' podiums were needed. The choir had the main conductor Katharina Leutz directly in front of them, but also paid attention to its conductor Shanna Schock, who was further away.
First, the main band delivered compositions from Phil Collins hits and “Beauty and the Beast”. With the film music “Hallelujah Trail” from the American western comedy “Forty Cars Westward” from the mid-1960s, the choir dared to take on a special challenge with the band. “Up to eight voices,” the choir chairman had previously emphasized to our newspaper, would have to be successful. The choir must dominate over the band. Great applause was given to the Frohsinn singing group for the well-known piece. Composer Elmer Bernstein has entered the Western music heritage of the United States of America with this work of the century. The musicians followed a selection of melodies from the Christmas film “Polar Express” and paid their excellent tribute to the dream of flying (Sogno di Volare). There was a march with the dignified sounding “Police Academy March”, although thoughts of the film's comedies perhaps come too quickly. As an encore there was traditionally a potpourri of Christmas carols.
Four active instrumentalists were honored: Andreas Schenk for 30 years. Lisa Biberacher, Daniela Duckek and Johannes Pfetsch have each been active for 20 years. Some of the musicians got involved in the Ersingen Music Association again after family breaks and started a musical career that lasted two decades. Two members were honored for their voluntary work in the association for ten years: Tabea Busies and Jonas Wanner. The district march “From the Alb to the Danube” was a honorary march for them. Sports club members anchored the hospitality.
Seven children currently make up the pre-orchestra and, under the direction of Marie Pfetsch, show what seven newcomers have learned in a short time. She delivers cheerful pieces of music, musically focuses on the woodpecker with Kees Vlak's “Woodpecker Parade” and the lightness of a holiday resort in the Caribbean with Markus Götz's “Punta Cana”. The youngest children said goodbye to the delighted audience with “Twist and Shout” in the Christmas-decorated multi-purpose hall. 20 young musicians can put the spotlight on the Erbach/Dellmensingen/Ersingen youth band, which hears praise from its conductor Alexandra Dornberger for its perseverance. This was inspired by James Curnow's soundtracked Strange Day at the Zoo. Elephants, monkeys and water were easy to identify, but it became difficult with butterflies and snakes, which is to the composer's credit and became clear to the audience after the opening with the impressive “Young Fanfare” and the following “Big Sky Overture”. They said goodbye with a heartwarming Christmas piece from the otherwise turbulent film “Home Alone”, which is about the memories of Advent and the Christian high holiday, about candles in the window, shadows on the ceiling, music and magic that the music club and choir could enrich with a memory.
