60th anniversary of sprawling West Lothian town celebrated with special concert

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The town of Livingston turned 60 this year and a series of exciting events wre organised to mark the milestone occasion.The celebrations continued last week for the Diamond Anniversary with a special concert.A wide variety of talented, local musicians have helped mark the 60th anniversary of the new town.West Lothian Council hosted the event at Howden Park Centre to celebrate Livingston’s Diamond Anniversary year.Performers on the night ranged from local school pupils to award winning choirs and bands.The evening’s entertainment was kicked off by West Lothian Schools Brass Band with a performance of Alan Fernie’s ‘Prismatic Light’.They were swiftly followed by a tremendous rendition of Henry Mancini’s ‘Moon River’ by local Deans Community High School pupils Aleigha Greive on vocals with Jarrod Silver on guitar.West Lothian Schools Brass Band returned to the stage next with a performance of ‘Rolling Hills of Home’ which is an original work by Scottish composer Alan Fernie.The stage was soon graced by more extremely talented young musicians, this time from the West Lothian Schools Flute Ensemble who ran through a number of pieces in a fantastic display of musicianship.Livingston’s Primary Schools were represented with exceptional singing from St Ninian’s Primary School Choir who sung Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and Riverside Primary School choir who performed ‘Dreamer’ by Joyce Eilers Bacak.The school choirs bookended a powerful reading of the poem, ‘Our Town Livingston’ from Robbie Fullerton, a pupil from St Margaret’s Academy.The poem was originally written by Ewan McVicar with pupils from Bankton, Peel and Carmondean Primary schools in honour of Livingston’s 50th anniversary.Captivating the audience next, the West