What a good day! lots of sunshine, making music with good friends, and paella! The event was a Craft fair, quite a big do with a lot of exhibitors, sales stalls and entertainment. Lots of inflatables, displays of Suffolk Punch Horses, dogs, ponies, birds of prey - oh all sorts of things. There was so much going on it was rather impressive how many people stopped to listen to the Band. We played two 6o minute sets and managed to cover quite a wide range of styles, with some marches, overtures, Faure's Pavanne, the Sound of Music and even a couple of my own arrangements.
As the Band is a little short of players at the moment and a couple of them weren't available we had to rely on the help of friends to fill some empty seats. As the conductor I was very impressed and pleased at how well the Band gelled into a single performance with little or no rehearsal, this certainly made my job a lot easier, and a lot more satisfying.
Another really satisfying thing about today was that my wife was with me, she doesn't come to many of the Band's gigs so I was glad she came to this one, where we were "spot on", her presence also kept me out of the beer tent, and better still bought me Paella! pretty close to a perfect outing.
As the Band is a little short of players at the moment and a couple of them weren't available we had to rely on the help of friends to fill some empty seats. As the conductor I was very impressed and pleased at how well the Band gelled into a single performance with little or no rehearsal, this certainly made my job a lot easier, and a lot more satisfying.
Another really satisfying thing about today was that my wife was with me, she doesn't come to many of the Band's gigs so I was glad she came to this one, where we were "spot on", her presence also kept me out of the beer tent, and better still bought me Paella! pretty close to a perfect outing.
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