The soloists were predominantly students and staff at the school; all did an excellent job. Since the performance was student-focused, the general feeling was that it would be unnecessary to perform the D.S. in 'The Trumpet Shall Sound', but it would be nice to hear the B section. Therefore, we decided to do an unusual Dal Segno, with the bass soloist singing one final iterance of 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' before the musicians cut to the play-out. It worked well, and it was fitting in the circumstances. We are indebted to the double bassist (who runs his own orchestra and therefore thinks like an orchestral manager), who had the foresight to mark this in the bassoonist's part; the bassoonist was a last-minute replacement player who played only in the concert. 

The performance took place in the school's sports hall, which had been set up by a professional lighting crew. We also had chance to look in the historic main hall of the school, which was apparently a contender for being used as the 'Great Hall' in the Harry Potter films.