15/1/2018 Brass 15/1/2018 Brass by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Mondays are my first brass band rehearsal evening of the week. I love my band. It's certainly not fashionable or especially popular, but there's
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4/1/2018 Stands up
4/1/2018 Stands up by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA The Christmas break is over and we are back up and running at band. No doubt many of our lips will be a little soft,
Continue Reading335/365 Three Kings Swing
335/365 Three Kings Swing by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA It’s that time of year again; our first Christmas concert of the 2017 festive season. We’ve been rehearsing various Yuletide ditties since late October,
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281/365 Horn by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA I've been playing at Newark Wedding Fair at the exhibition centre. Carlton Brass are angling for more bookings so we have formed a quintet too. I've
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268/365 Rehearsal by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Hello pop pickers, it's that time of night for our band rehearsal. You can possibly tell from my music what we are playing: At the Sign
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257/365 So lonely by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA We were practicing Mansions of the Lord tonight, which requires Andy to perform off stage. We made him go and sit by himself in the
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"176/365 Contest Day" by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA I love brass band contest days. My band Carlton Brass are playing at the Brass on the Grass contest at Denby Potteries today. This is
Continue Reading166/365 Last Rehearsal
"166/365 Last Rehearsal" by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Tonight was our last rehearsal in this lovely room in Burton Joyce. It's a shame, but the building was proving to be too expensive, plus
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https://flic.kr/p/SjYf4B Yet another photo of me at band. This time we are rehearsing Land of the Long White Cloud by Philip Sparke. This is the chosen test piece for the Area, and we are running
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Our band recently played at a really interesting event in the village of Ruddington. It turns out that a survivor of the famous battle of Rorke's Drift is buried in Ruddington and our band were
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I spent the best part of last Friday in the lovely Lancashire area of Tameside, where our band were taking part in the traditional Whit Friday Marches contest. For the uninitiated this happens every year
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A few months ago I took over the job of Public Relations from my old mate Ray at band. I took the decision to take the opportunity to update the band website and I'm close
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