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History of the Cyberband Idea

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: History of the Cyberband Idea
From: Angela Tregaskes <angela@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:34:43 +0100
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Bruce Jones enquired:

>> ....how's it all work Nigel?  And when's the next one?
>
and Nigel Horne replied:

>OK here's the history, in a nutshell. I think it was three years ago when
>we first met. The members of the Internet's brass band fraternity (spurred
on by Nigel Wears) decided
>to meet to put faces to names, and we decided to bring along instruments
>for some quick music making. It turned into an hour's rehearsal followed by
>recording 4 or 5 numbers. These were broadcast in realtime using Real Audio,
>from the Internet Cafe in Victoria. We believe that it was the first live
>broadcast of a brass band over the Internet.
>
>Next year was more ambitious - we met and broadcast using better quality
audio facilities which included pictures as well 
>then had a BBQ.
>
>Both of the meetings took place 'down south' (i.e. London and Egham
respectively). There were talks about one
>up north (better for me anyway!), in Australia (for the Oz members of the
>group) and Greece ('cos it's sunny). The latest discussion is Tromso for
>next year. 

I doubt we'll have a proper meeting this year now - though ad hoc
>meetings often happen at contests of course. I quite like the idea of Canada.
>I like the country and the people and have been fortunate enough to conduct
>over there and would like the opportunity to do it again.
>
>We nominated Angela as the Cyberband's secretary and she did a first rate
>job.

Thank you Nigel %-)

 Both meetings attracted a well balanced band, the first time around
>15 players - the second about 25.
>
>Best bet is to throw your tuppence worth at the list.
>
....... or even better directly at ME if you want to know more with a view
to taking part should I be lucky enough to get the Norwegian project off
the ground (angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is the address.

That goes for everyone else on this list too incidentally %-)


>Regards once again.

Angela Tregaskes
pp. Cyberband 1999

>
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The School of Pharmacy
University of London
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