On Sunday, we had an outing! we played with the Croydon Brass Band http://croydonband.co.uk/ at Canbury Gardens in Kingston upon Thames. This is one of my favorite venues in London, the bandstand is nothing that special, but the park runs along the bank of the Thames, and lots of people come out on a Sunday afternoon, stop and listen to the band. And when all is said and done it is the audience that actually makes the concert.
The photo above is a library picture of the bandstand not of the Croydon Brass Band, but it does show what a nice venue this is.
Playing with the Brass band is just about the only time Mrs T comes out these days, although she is the tuba I have had longest, and have the most emotional attachment to, the EEb and now the CC are just more generally useful. They have a wider register and more dynamic range, yet somehow, the Hawkes BBb still has a special place in my heart
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