{"id":22120,"date":"2013-11-14T23:45:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=22120"},"modified":"2013-11-14T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:45:40","slug":"day-318-white-rose-christmas-light-switch-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/14\/day-318-white-rose-christmas-light-switch-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 318: White Rose Christmas Light Switch On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This evening, we played for the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Christmas<\/a> Light Switch on at The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"White Rose Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Rose_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">White Rose Centre<\/a>. It&#8217;s not somewhere I go very often &#8211; six years working there has put me off &#8211; but being there for an occasion like that is quite rare as they really don&#8217;t like having bands in. I&#8217;m never sure of the reason why.<\/p>\n<p>The utter highlight for me was helping a small child out who wanted to conduct the band. I had to oblige.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/band\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1384459329&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"band\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22126\" alt=\"band\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/band.jpg?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It meant that for 3 or so minutes I didn&#8217;t need to think. The guys in the band did a fabulous job of keeping it all together &#8211; their listening skills really made that piece work well without a conductor!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it was a long evening, but enjoyable overall.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southleedslife.com\/emmerdale-star-switch-christmas-lights-white-rose\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/220141698_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southleedslife.com\/emmerdale-star-switch-christmas-lights-white-rose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emmerdale star to switch on Christmas lights at White Rose<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This evening, we played for the Christmas Light Switch on at The White Rose Centre. It&#8217;s not somewhere I go very often &#8211; six years working there has put me off &#8211; but being there for an occasion like that is quite rare as they really don&#8217;t like having bands in. 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