Out & About Summer 2018

COMPETITION

Win a great British summer concert experience One person can win six tickets and a behind the scenes tour for their party at the Highclere Battle Proms

T he Battle Proms are renowned for putting on some of the finest outdoor concerts in the UK and Out & About has teamed up with the organisers to offer you the chance to win a ‘money can’t buy’ experience, as the Battle Proms returns to Highclere Castle on Saturday, August 4. The winner will receive six tickets to the concert plus an exclusive invitation for their party to join Battle Proms conductor Douglas Coombes MBE on a behind the scenes tour. The tour will take in the ‘orchestra’s eye view’ of the concert from the stage, where you can even take a turn at the rostrum with the baton. The winners will meet members of the English Field Artillery Company, the gunners who fire the Evening Gun Salute from an original 13pdr First World War Field Gun and the 200 authentic Napoleonic cannon that make the Battle Proms performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Beethoven’s Battle Symphony such a unique and breathtaking experience. The experience ends with a visit to the fireworks team Skyburst, who will be only too happy to show you the

wizardry behind their world-famous firework displays. The winners will also enjoy a full programme of captivating classical music from the 60-piece New English Concert Orchestra, complemented by toe-tapping vintage vocals, breathtaking Spitfire display to Elgar’s Nimrod , sensational freefall demonstration by The Red Devils parachute team, dramatic First World War cavalry display and groundshaking live fire from more than 200 cannon. This quintessentially British ‘party in the park’ concert features magnificent musical firework displays, culminating in a flag-waving singalong, firework spectacular, including all the ‘last night of the proms’ finale favourites such as Jerusalem, Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory . For more information or to book tickets for this spectacular night out, visit www.battleproms.com or call 01432 355 416. For your chance to win six tickets and a backstage tour, answer the following question: Q: What is the name of the conductor of the New English Concert Orchestra

at the Highclere Battle Proms? Send your answer on the form below to Highclere Battle Proms competition, Out & About , Newspaper House, Faraday Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5DW. The closing date for entries is July 24. For O&A terms and conditions please see p5.

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