9:07 am. Being drawn 13th means that there is a lot of time to fill waiting around. Last on the bill. The band can either blow the adjudicators away or annoy them with mistakes. All I know is that I need to stay calm over the next few hours. 9:37 am. Ordered a coffee and […]
It’s agonising! I have been asked to play for a band I know nothing about with minimal rehearsal time for the Yorkshire Brass Band Area Finals in just over a week’s time. Other commitments mean that I will only see the piece 3 or 4 times before performing it at the contest. In many ways, […]
In my experience, the answer to this question is one of two extremes. It can either be absolutely painful beyond measure, or absolutely delightful. Think about it, players generally haven’t touched their instruments over the break – this could be two or three weeks. Believe it or not, banding is a hobby. We aren’t paid […]
Grange Moor Brass Band‘s new web site went ‘live’ (a horrible phrase) today. So far it has had over 200 visitors since the switch on at 12 o’clock. Links from Facebook and Twitter have helped boost that number too. After I have written this, I will be adding some photos to that site from this […]
Today was spent putting finishing touches to the Grange Moor Brass Band site. And I’ve done nothing else at all really. Lots of TV was watched while doing this, catching up on things on the Sky+ box from a long while ago. Dullness, I know. The adventure to get a cache was quite interesting. I […]
All I have done today is sit with the laptop and work on Grange Moor Brass Band‘s new site. There is nothing to show you yet as it is all hidden behind a splash screen at the moment. After a frustrating start getting my head around the server configuration – this isn’t on a server […]
What was planned as quite a busy day ended up not being quite as productive as planned… We did cover quite a few jobs in the morning, but the afternoon ended up as a bit of a wash out. I spent it downstairs in the cellar scanning some photos from Grange Moor’s band room for […]
I’ve already published two blogs today about the Australian Grand Prix Qualifying and Race. They have taken up most of my words! That was the start of my day. After that, I had a short nap and began working. Like other days recently, I have been preparing maths assessments. I completed Year 5’s papers today […]
Today was the day that I finally took to the stage again with Knottingley Silver Band to perform Gareth Wood’s Brass Triumphant at the Yorkshire 1st Section Brass Band Championships at St. George’s Hall, Bradford. We were drawn to play eighth out of twelve which meant a bit of hanging around but we were in […]
Lots has popped into my head to write about today. Five years ago today, I began seeing the lovely Mrs Pitts – that’s clearly an important milestone in both our lives. It doesn’t feel like 1826 days have been spent with each other, but that’s what it is. Also, it is St. David’s Day and I came across […]