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Drum Runners at Hook Fun Run 17.05.2009
Relaxing after todays Hook Fun Run.
Ivor,Moni,Alan,Mandy,Kevin,Sue,
Greg,George and Paul (behind camera)
Highlights were;
Drying off in the sunshine.
Playing some wicked rhythms.
Supporting the runners.
At the end we tricked the crowd in thinking we had run 10 miles.
,and I run backwards :-)
Eating and drinking.
Meeting two new players, Alistair and Sally.
Ordering a cup of tea with a set of agogo bells.
Ivor finding the beer tent.
Wheeling George home in a wheel barrow (hang over!).
Christening Kevin as Hampshire Strawberry.
Drum n Brass - 22nd April 2009 - Pic2
Upstairs at The White Hart - Drum n bRass.
Photo by Colin Hunt
Drum n Brass - 22nd April 2009 - Pic1
Brass players - not all in pic but the players are Jo,Colin,Philip,Ben,Howard,Emily,Ben,Lee.
Photo by Colin Hunt
Drum n bRass at Southsea Castle 25th April 2009
13 of the 28 piece "Drum n Brass" group changed their schedules at short notice to play to an enthusiastic crowd at Southsea's Regeneration Project "Shaping Southsea" to promote community participation and regeneration.
The group have only been rehearsing for 6 weeks and have also played at a local charity event in aid of equipment for the Basingstoke Hospital. They already have a lot of interest and bookings at Festivals around the South and are one of the spear head groups for a new Regional Street Band Festival which will then lead into a National event.
Their next appearance will be in aid of Charity at The Hook Fun Run on 17th May.
Email Paul for more details.
Drum n bRass - Update 19-04-2009
A great start to the Drum n bRass project and a big thanks to all of you who have been adding to the exciting dynamics that this group is creating.
The phonetics or guide notes for the drums can be found at the following link -
I could see a realisation in many faces at last weeks rehearsal that it IS sounding really good, but it can only get better from this point onwards.
*** N.B Anyone passing by Winklebury please contact me if you can give Cecilia a lift.
The plan for next week is to work with a few new brass players that have said that they are coming and to work on favourite tunes from the list and to start work on a new rhythm called "Laz or Rachinitza" and some middle eastern scales to create our own arrangements from a simple starting place.
We are planning to play at various locations in the Spring and Summer and it would be good to get an idea as to whether you are happy to do this and your availability for the folowing dates;
a) 25th April - Southsea Castle (daytime - Time TBA)
b) 26th April - Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke 2pm - 5pm - Performance at Over 55's Forum - All proceeds to Prostate Cancer Mobile Monitoring -Equipment for B.& N.H.NHS F.T and local Doctors
c) 17th May - Hook Fun Run (daytime - Time TBA)
d) 20th May - Performance at The White Hart, Basingstoke 7pm - 10pm * With Special Guest.
e) 22nd May - Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading 7pm - 10.30pm
f) 25th May - Reading Carnival 12pm - 4pm
g) 13th June - Unicorns Fete, Basingstoke 2pm - 9pm (but not playing all day)
h) 21st June - Race for Life, Basingstoke (11am - 1pm)
i) 26th June - Workshop and Performance (7pm - 11pm) with "Fanfare en Petard" Street Band from France who are this year playing at Glastonbury Festival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkt2TfPE8cE&feature=related
j) 27th June - After Party Gig at South Hill Park (as part of the Big Day Out Festival) Time TBA - Please advise if you can do either daytime/evening or both. Drum n bRass will be playing individually but also together with a New Orleans Jazz band/Brasilian Samba Band/Oxford Street Band/Fanfare en Petard. So far we are going to show them all "Romski Cocek" and Horns of Plenty from Oxford are going to teach us "Custard in my underpants", oh yes it has a tune too. See Links http://www.hornsofplenty.co.uk/band/ODS/HoP-and-BoP-Custard.mp3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBD6VCFaNUs
k) 28th June - After Party Gig at South Hill Park (as part of the Big Day Out Festival) Time TBA - Please advise if you can do either daytime/evening or both. Drum n bRass will be playing individually but also together with a New Orleans Jazz band/Brasilian Samba Band/Oxford Street Band/Fanfare en Petard.
l) 4th July - Sandhurst Festival - 4.30pm - 6pm and on the same day
m) 4th July - another chance to perform at Chineham Festival, Basinsgtoke 7.30pm - 9pm
n) 11th and 12th July - Basingstoke Live Festival - busy days but with lots of chances to get involved with the Festival.
o) 12th September - Green Fair, Brookvale, Basingstoke 10am - 5pm (but not playing all day)
p) 10th October - Pumpkin Festival, Netley near Southampton 10am - 4pm
As you all may know, we are not looking for 100% commitment and we can not always plan to have a full band but please reply as soon as you can as we have to do a lot of planning for this year to make this a success for all of us.
Some gigs will at least pay expenses and some will pay generous expenses and we always plan to do car share to save the environment.
Best regards
Paul
