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- Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:12 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Mount Charles to play at the Lord Mayor of London's Parade
- Replies: 1
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Wow that's really cool! We did the lord mayor's parade last year with my army cadet band and we were on TV for five whole minutes! It was absolutely, positively, the coldest gig i have ever done in my life. We had to get up at stupid o'clock in the morning and a horn player and a flute player actual...
- Tue May 10, 2005 9:37 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Amusing Anecdotes!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38315
this weekend, when my army cadet band was doing a parade for VE day, we had to stand for a service on the parade square before hand. At the beginning, we kept standing at ease then being brought to attention then back at ease, but for about fifteen minutes, we just had to stand at ease for a while, ...
- Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:44 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Amusing Anecdotes!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38315
At a concert at Fratton Park football ground, just before the pompey vs Arsenal match this december, our french horn section (two teenage girls!) were giggling so much at the thought of being so near to Thierry Henry that not only on the way in, one of the managed to drop their music in a puddle, bu...
- Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:40 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Amusing Anecdotes!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38315
On the way back from a tour in Belgium this summer, one of the players had a large black sack with something in as part of his luggage and wouldn't tell anyone what it was. It wasn't until a week later tht we all found out from his sister that when we went out for a meal on the last night, he took h...
- Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:43 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Views - please contribute
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11482
- Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:46 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Views - please contribute
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11482
[quote]Is he by any chance from Yorkshire then? [/quote] Nope! Just plain old down south like the rest of us! [quote]Does he mean sound or dynamics? Surely the conductor can tell the difference...[/quote] By a full ff, i don't mean loud, but full sounding. Anyone can blast a note on a brass instrume...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:08 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Views - please contribute
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11482
- Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:34 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: How do we get players!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6761
I think contesting is really important in a band cos it gives you something to work towards. ideally our band would do 2 or 3 a year, but because of funding, we only do the regionals every year, plus one in the autumn maybe. They stretch they band and keep players interested. Also, you didn't mentio...
- Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:25 pm
- Forum: Playing
- Topic: Baritone Nuby
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3115
- Wed May 26, 2004 12:53 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: A CHALLENGE TO SIMON PHILLIPS
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11255
- Wed May 05, 2004 6:22 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Views - please contribute
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11482
- Wed May 05, 2004 6:15 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Contacts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2383
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:30 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Yorkshire regional 1st section
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2719
- Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:11 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Brass Band Chat Room
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12556
- Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:49 am
- Forum: Missing Parts
- Topic: Lost Solo Cornet of "Somethin' Stupid"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18791