I started playing Christmas music in mid-October and today, on the 23rd December, I’ve finished playing them for the year. I’d love to say I’ve enjoyed every performance, but there were a few that just weren’t that easy to get through – whether it be the location, the time of day or just because I’d […]
I know this is a day late. I had no time yesterday to post at all. It was a little less well attended than in previous years, but still a lovely event that I always look forward to. It’s already booked in for next year too!
When it’s being busy by helping other people out. All I’ve done today is sort out things for other people. I’ve enjoyed it and not minded really, but it’s been hard to get my own work done – particularly as I’ve not really been with a class much today either. Still, this evening in Little […]
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 […]
Then wait again. That sums up this evening, a Grange Moor Band job for the 41 Club section of the Round Table. Ten of us began the evening playing some simple but effective things. The plan was that we would play as a full band later in the evening. This last section took an age […]
Kit has had an odd old day. She has been in a funny mood all day – not really wanting to play, but wanting to play, not really interested in food, but wanting to be interested in food… those kind of things. Haven’t been able to keep her happy at all. Hopefully, she’ll be ok […]