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Wish me luck!

Tomorrow (Thu) I am due to fly to the U.S. to conduct a series of concerts in and around the Washington DC area helping to promote the movement over there. As I'm sure you can guess I have been watching the skies and news eagerly.

At any given time I can usually see 5 or 6 vapour trails in the sky. I've been looking up today after hearing the good news, but apart from the odd one or two I see nothing. Well I'm booked now, so fingers crossed...

-Nigel

Well, my jet lag is over and despite all the woes caused by the volcano and British Airways cancelling the first leg of my journey, I made it in time to conduct the Rockville Brass Band of Maryland last Sunday. The delay meant that I had to conduct them without a rehearsal.

I'm pleased to say, though, that all went without a hitch. You can hear some of the results with a recording of The Great Gate of Kiev taken from the concert at http://www.bandsman.co.uk/sounds/kiev3.mp3.

The next stages of my tour are a rehearsal with the Rockville Band this evening followed by another concert with them on Sunday afternoon and a rehearsal with the Benfield Brass Band (near Annapolis) on Sunday evening.

-Nigel