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Actually, I meant it would be nice for that link to be on the front-front page ie http://www.worldofbrass.com/

My old eyes took a while to spot the WOB Tunes link I needed to go to first!

Also, if you are going to boycott all companies who have a religious affiliation/interest or give some of their profit to said groups, you are going to be sat in a very empty house eating very plain...

Born and raised by the Ratby Band, I certainly know Betty Anderson! I believe she was the first lady to conduct at the British Open when Ratby qualified in the or 70s (someone from Ratby can no doubt...

I have a friend in Melbourne, Australia named Betty Woodcock. She is approaching 80 now and still playing bumper-up very well for the local 3rd section band.

She lived in Stocksbridge in the 1940s...

Until recently I conducted Kumeu Brass here in NZ. When I took the band on in 2008 they had just started a veterans group made of a few older fellas in the main band who wanted to get an extra blow...

Haha, certainly not ok for an image search!

If you only have a case of standard contest jitters, as opposed to full-on anxiety attack, surely it is a matter of personal pride to deal with this naturally just like any other weakness in your...

For some 'official' info: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Beta-blockers/Pages/Introduction.aspx

And I'm still annoyed that I can't play for all the bands I am a member of (real membership, not some contest registration member) so that you can have stats about the health of brass bands.

A lot of bands are struggling for players, but they all want to compete and keep involved.

A lot of players are willing and able to play for more than one band.

Why build a system that gets in...

I'm not sure the current system does a lot to prevent this anyway.

Besides, if players want to do this kind of thing and bands are willing to employ their services who is losing?

Time to let...

Thanks Ian, had forgotten about that little idea goldmine!

Christian, you know we accept all kinds of outcasts and deviants at Dalewool!

Ay-up cock! Thanks for the advice, I'll send Nigel that way. I remember playing Peterloo a few years back, that's a superb arrangement.

You should reconsider moving out here!

I'm on an Elkhart Conn 8H, the best trombone I've ever played, but damn I miss the trigger! Brass band b-natural (concert) is so well (or over!) compensated these days I have about a millimeter of...

Hi all,

Those of you who know me will know I have spent the last few years clinging on to the bottom of Earth as a resident of beautiful New Zealand.

I play for Dalewool Auckland Brass who...

I revamped the Dalewool website a year-ish ago, since then things have been slowly tagged on, content has grown in some areas (and become stale in others) and I'm worried it might not look as good as...

You can get cheap-ish ones from eBay, good for messing around on (though presumably not ideal for the 'serious' thereminist).

I don't want to hijack this thread and I'm pulling it off topic a bit so I'll keep this brief and we can go somewhere else to discuss if needed!

FABB - The Australasian Open band contest is run on...

I'm a believer in just letting anyone play for anyone... and if you want to play for three bands (I did this in Australia a few years ago), why not if you're prepared to and the bands are happy.
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Spaek fur yourslef mayte.

Bb players are generally the gentle giants in my opinion, the John Coffey character or that tall guy from Everybody Loves Raymond.

Ebs are often more like Eric Cartman...

I'll be hiding in my...

Yeah, delete them pesky mods! :D

Risk: Portly conductor bouncing around on old, crumbling, creaky stage.

Worst case:



Creaking annoys audience, causes riot.
Stage collapses, wakes drummer.
4 year-old on third cornet...

I'll second that. All the more impressive of TheMusicMan given the ratio of thanks to cr@p/threats/trolls, it can't be easy to keep the enthusiasm up.

Here's to the next ten years!

Anyone played 'Cock Up Your Beaver?'.