Day 6: Back To Band
Tonight was the first Grange Moor Brass Band rehearsal this year. And with the last four weeks before Christmas all based around carols, and many times since stopping rehearsals out playing carols, it...
View ArticleDay 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...
View ArticleDay 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:...
View ArticleDay 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...
View ArticleDay 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...
View ArticleDay 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...
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