It is currently a very busy time for me, like most brass players I seem to be in great demand for playing Christmas carols, and the day job keeps me pretty busy as well. On Monday I had the final rehearsal for a concert with the LCO which we played at St John's Smith Square on Tuesday. Being a Christmas Gala night for the London Cab Drivers Fund for Underprivileged Children we played a popular selection including some Eric Coates as well as the Capriccio Italien, Czardas and a few other "Lollipops"
Along with the rest of the Brass I had one rehearsal and some "topping and tailing" on the night. I think we all felt under rehearsed, and wondered how Will Carslake our excellent Conductor manages to control his nerves knowing that there are parts of the program that have not been rehearsed by the whole Orchestra at all. Wednesday evening was given over to our Church Home Group, with tonight being the start of a carol marathon.
Tonight we played Carols around our Parish, tomorrow we have an open air Carol Service (both on Euphonium), then on Saturday I am playing trombone with the Norwood Wind Ensemble for some carols in Sutton. Sunday is our main Church Carol service (Bass Tuba probably the EEb) and then on Monday evening the Brass Band is paying carols at Brockwell Park Lido (conducting), that make Carols on five successive days!
Of course in between all this I still have to work, I am trying very hard to catch up after taking tie off for my bad back, I hope tomorrow to finish a clearance job I have been working o for the last couple of weeks, then next week I can get on with some proper gardening
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