As I've mentioned elsewhere, Croydon had to pull out (a collective decision because of a lack of numbers). We have since gone up to 18 players. However, with no percussion, that for me, would not have been enough for Vizcaya, which I think must have 22-23 at least. Had we been playing Partita in the 4th section (which I am with Fulham anyway) I'd have taken Croydon there. Still not bad when there were 12 players when I took over. 18 now and the likelihood of our horn section filling up in the not too distant future means we hit 20!
All the same, it looks like there'll certainly be enough at Croydon next year to go. Shame I won't be there to conduct them! (Moving to Scotland!).
Looking forward to Partita with Fulham though! Love the piece and brings good memories. We got an 'outstanding' award playing that and Shipbuilders one after the other in a competition in Germany a few years ago, so let's hope we can repeat that form at Stevenage!