Last night’s rehearsal was a bit different. I wouldn’t what on earth was going on when some guy was setting up a PA system; I mean, the band room is not that big. It turns out that for our concert in June we’re going to be having a singer, as well as a choir and guest soloist, and he’s going to be singing with the band. As you may have guessed from the title of this entry he’ll be singing a selection from Robbie Williams’ Swing When You’re Winning album (an excellent album if you’ve not already heard it). I was looking forward to having a bash (literally!) at the trumpet solo in “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me”, but unfortunately that doesn’t feature in the medley. It’s great actually because the solo cornet part just has the melodies and as they are being sung we don’t need to play, so that’ll be a nice 10 minute break for us in the concert!

We also had a new cornet player last night. Kimberley’s still at school but is already working towards her grade 7 so I expect she’ll be joining us on the front row soon, once she gets her confidence in the band.

It’s always nice to have new players, I mean proper new players rather than folks moving from band to band. Apparently she found out about the band from the band’s website and even managed to find her way to the band room using the directions on the website, which is no mean feat as I wrote the directions off the top of my head and it’s not the easiest of band rooms to find in the dark.

Anyway, Kimberley is already getting her feet wet as she’s going to bring along another cornet playing friend next time and she’s going to be coming along to the band social.

Whilst we’re on the subject of new players we should be having a new bass trombone player coming along for a blow soon; ex military so should be good. And I think a new tenor horn player too. If we’re not careful we’ll soon be over-subscribed! (Which will be nice)