Morley And District Concert Band

ThomasJPitts 24th September 2016

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269: What’s it like to return to your old school?

This afternoon I had the pleasure of conducting the Morley And District Concert Band at Morley Academy’s September Fair. This was a lovely little event raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, the school’s performing arts department and other worthy charities. However, it is 15 years since I set foot in those buildings and many […]

ThomasJPitts 8th September 2016

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253: What is the first band rehearsal after the Summer break like?

Usually it’s a bit of a shambles to be honest. But tonight it was really lovely. Lots of good times with good friends playing good music. And sight reading some tricky stuff too! All good though.

ThomasJPitts 24th July 2016

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207: What is it like to play a Summer concert at Dartmouth Park, Morley?

Today, I conducted the Morley & District Concert Band at Dartmouth Park, Morley – our local park. Lots of fun was had, even in the intermittent rain! Thanks to everyone who came to support us.

ThomasJPitts 17th July 2016

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200: What happens at a Summer Concert in Leeds?

Apart from playing music for people in glorious sunshine, it takes a great deal of organisation to make a concert happen. It begins way back in January with many a phone call to allocate which bands play where. My sister takes charge of this and does a good job too. We have two concerts, one was […]

ThomasJPitts 24th March 2016

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84: What is Maundy Thursday all about?

I have no idea. Mine was all focussed on a trip to Abbey House Museum with Year 5 and a night and band. Abbey House Museum was a lovely place – not somewhere I’ve ever been before. There is a Victorian street and a murder mystery tour was the highlight of it. That and being […]

ThomasJPitts 21st December 2013

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Day 355: A Short Day Of Banding

Today was full of banding. I conducted with the Morley And District Concert Band for two hours this afternoon, then played with Grange Moor this evening. The Christmas spirit is truly flowing now. I grabbed a cache while out in Leeds to fill the gap we had and continue towards our 175 day find aim. […]

ThomasJPitts 14th December 2013

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Day 348: A Busking Saturday

Today was spent conducting Morley And District Concert Band at Junction 32 in Castleford. The band sounded good. You would think that it would be busy given that today is the penultimate Saturday of the year before the Primary Gifting Period (Christmas) begins. However, it was surprisingly quiet all told. Still it flew by overall […]

ThomasJPitts 10th November 2013

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Day 314: A Work Filled Sunday

Today was mostly spent marking a set of books after procrastinating over them for a long while. The evening was spent having tea with my family for my dad’s birthday. He’s 64. There’s a song about that. Afterwards, we went straight to Grange Moor for a rehearsal before their first Christmas performance in Bradford next […]

ThomasJPitts 11th July 2013

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Day 192: I am the 4,659,668,831st

It’s strange how the internet works. The second most popular page on the BBC News site isn’t from today, nor this week, month or even year, but from 27th October 2011. The page in question is titled: “7 billion people and you: What’s your number?” It is a sort test to work out where you […]

ThomasJPitts 10th January 2013

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Day 10: Back To Band, Again

A different band this time. The Morley And District Concert Band, which I conduct. Tonight was the first rehearsal this year and an interesting one at that. Just one of the pieces was a little dodgy but the rest sounded wonderful. Something that doesn’t always happen the first time back. I tried something different tonight. […]