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Past Event Reviews
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 9th-13th August 2005
"Thirty-nine saxophonists and a percussionist on the stage all at once is an awesome sight, and the sound they make is more so...clearly a band to watch and listen to."
Edinburghguide.com
The National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain presented their show, "Sax in the City" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. Their run of ten shows during the first week of the festival attracted increasing audience numbers, and their final show was played to a full house at the 300-capacity Reid Hall.
A surprise word-of-mouth hit, by the day of the final show it had reached number one in the new audience text vote system published daily by the Scotsman. Comments in the audience guest book included, "the best thing I’ve seen on the Fringe", "absolutely mind-busting" and "saxophones are why ears were invented!". It also caught the imagination of Bullseye star Jim Bowen, who described the show as "absolutely fantastic – great sax appeal!"
Musical director and soloist Nigel Wood was in buoyant mood after the final show. "This is our first time at the Fringe and we are amazed and delighted by the reaction of audiences. If only we were staying another week!"
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Audience Comments
Saxophones are why ears were invented
Justinian
Absolutely Superb.
PC
Unbelievably amazing. Such an inspiration – wonderfully talented group!
Rebecca Williams
A fantastic performance. Thank you!!
AW
Great performance – well worth the trip.
Kevin - Huddersfield
Amazing sounds
Councillor Richard Brett – Leeds City Council
Absolutely brilliant!!!!!
The Pantlings
Simply fantastic, hopefully one day I’ll be good enough to join!
James McCahin
Amazing just the tonic I needed.
Laurie
Wanted to come back in 2 weeks – you didn't play long enough.
Brill – Dundee
Fantastic. Keep it up.
Jean & Victoria
Wow! Best music I’ve ever heard. Thanks.
Cleggs – Somerset
Fab!
Magnificent! Enjoyed every song and didn't fall asleep once! Well done !!
Magical – we're coming back tonight!
Absolutely amazing!
Excellent experience - Very entertaining and refreshing
So surprising – but absolutely wonderful!
Brilliant!
Earth moving. Well done. Brilliant to see real live music played with such enthusiasm.
Making music is a magical thing at the best of times but when you have a group full of such enthusiasm as you all do it makes it that much more magical! Well done!
Show was absolutely fantastic. The audience loved it, the performers seemed to be having a great time and drew everyone into the show. What an amazing sound!
Brilliant noise ever!!
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