For the past three nights I have performed a solo as part of Grange Moor Brass Band’s Christmas repertoire. It’s the first time I’ve been in a position since taking up percussion and the first solo I’ve done since around 2000/2001 when I was at high school. Tonight was the only one of them I […]
Well, apart from hastily rearranging the band during the interval so that I could actually hear other people and see the conductor a bit better, quite decent! This is the second day of four in a row to contain a Grange Moor Brass Band event of some kind. My brain and arms ache from all […]
Friday was a hugely busy day, during which if you blinked, you’d miss me. I rarely sat still, as my Fitbit app tells me. See!
It’s not easy with a band. Organising all those people to be in the same place at the same time is tricky. Still, had a good evening. Now for the next four nights I’m playing with Grange Moor. Busy, busy.
I’ve taken over 1000 photos, filmed two videos, written roughly 2500 words, sang any number of songs and I’m not really yet on top of marking – or in possession of the knowledge of what I’m teaching (to a large degree anyway) for the next two days. Neither have I rehearsed my solo for the […]
How can you take the classic Christmas Carol, Silent Night, and make it better? By playing it on 8 cellos, of course.
My FitBit tells me I have walked 185.58km in November – a total of 107,307 steps. This takes 2016’s step count to 2,502,279. My overall distance walked is now 2,062.65km and here’s how far I could have walked, if it was in a straight line…
Quite a lot – it doesn’t really feel like I’ve had a full day at all, such as it has flown by. Ten days in school left this year, and a lot to get done. Never look forward to being here, there and everywhere, but it should all go well. As always, time will tell.
A mere five days after he became Formula One World Champion, Nico Rosberg has announced, quite out of the blue, that, for sure, he is retiring. He had been confirmed as the Mercedes teammate to Lewis Hamilton for next year. I sort of understand where he is coming from. He has raced for 25 years […]