Featuring pop hits that all convey a spirit of winning here's an appropriate collection of time-out shorties. Includes: All I Do Is Win Don't Stop Believin' Final Countdown and Party Rock Anthem.

The Odyssee tells the story of Odysseus the undaunted hero. In times long ago the blind poet Homer wrote this famous epic. The 'Odyssey' follows the 'Iliad' the story of the bloody war between the Greek and the Trojans. This battle endsafter ten years thanks to the Odysseys famous trick. the Trojan Horse. The Odyssey is not a war epic but a story about perseverance loyalty adventure and the survival instinct of its ingenious hero. In The Odyssey Homer describes howOdysseus the king of Ithaca had to endure another ten years of affliction after the ten years of war in Troy before he could finally return to his home land. During those years his wife Penelope had to try and keep her many admirers away.These men not only wanted het hand but also the kingship. To prove her husbands worth she played a trick: 'As soon as I have finished weaving this shroud for my father-in-law Laertes I will choose one of you to become my husband' she promisedthem. But during the night she secretly loosened what she had woven during the day prolonging the time until Odysseus would finally return. After twenty long years when he finally stood at the door she wondered: Is this really my husband? Ishe an imposter? Cunningly she asked him to move the bed because only she and her husband know that the bed was immovable and was build around an old three trunk! Odysseus was deeply moved: this really was his wife his Penelope! Nearly threethousands years later the loyalty and strength of this character and all the dangerous adventures that Odysseus survived thanks to courage and intelligence still moves us today. Odyssee by Jan Bosveld is not just an adventure story butrather a characteristic piece in which memories of Homers story can be heard. The composition opens with a firm stirring theme describing our hero Odysseus in detail: This man is not to be taken lightly. The further development of thisshort introduction completes this character sketch: trustworthy perseverant and a genius. After that we can picture Odysseus on the lonely beach of Ogygia. Do the trumpets depict his memories of the war of Troy? Does he think of his wife as werecognise the weaving loom of Penelope in the murmuring eighth? In the solemn plaintive part that follows we can imagine Penelope feeling lonely sitting in the womens room with her servants.One of the girls plays the harp but that does notclear the sombre atmosphere. Then we can imagine seeing the sorceress Circe who changed Odysseus men into swine. After she gives a simple magic sign something follows that reminds us of the sound of pigs grunting. Then the Odysseus theme resounds:the hero comes to savi his comrades. Assisted by Hermes he forces Circe to lift the spell. The piece ends the same way as it began with an animated theme: Odysseus is still the same undefeated and not to be taken lighty!

Composed during the summer of 1988. Commissioned by The Norwegian Brass Band Club First performed in the Grieg Hall¬? at the 10th Anniversary Concert for the Norwegian Championship Bergen February 1989. EBML conducted by Michael Antrobus. The work is important for me because it was my first piece to be played outside Norway. Black Dyke/David King performed it and did a recording of it in 1991. The composer: In the original score I quote a Swedish bishop (Olaus Mangnus) who lived in the 15th century. He travelled around Scandinavia and drew maps - very important historic material. When he came to the north of Norway (where I come from) hedescribed the wind from the north as Ciricus: (something like) Worst of all winds is Circius that revolves(?= turn upside down) heaven and earth. (Well not a good translation I¬?m afraid). The fast sections reflects the mighty winds from the north. In the middle section I borrowed a folksong-like tune (by C. Elling a norwegian composer). The text (by Kristoffer Janson) tells about old times when the fishermen used open boats: they had to put their lives in the hands of God. De opening en het slot van dit werk beschrijven 'Circius' de wind die hemel en aarde verwoest. Het middendeel is een bewerking van het Noorse volkslied 'The fisherman's speech to his son'. De inhoud van het lied komt overeen met Circius. De vader verzoekt zijn zoon de krachten van de natuur te trotseren maar bovenal te respecteren. Een kort doch spectaculair concertwerk dat het gehele orkest in de greep heeft.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.

Contents: Star Spangled Banner D arr. Higgins; Rock Around The Clock; In The Mood; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Tuxedo Junction; A String Of Pearls; Theme From New York New York; Endless Love; Fame; Hogan's Heroes March; MickeyMouse March; Leap Frog; Yakety March (Yakety Sax); Swing-A-Roo Polka; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Frosty The Snow Man; Tailgate Ramble; Soul Step; You're AGrand Old Flag; Yankee Doodle Boy; The Band Played On; Bill Bailey; Wabash Cannonball; Everything Is Beautiful; It's A Small World; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Put Your Hand In The Hand; One O'Clock Jump; and Pennsylvania6-5000.