Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject: Cologne Tips
Here are some useful(?!) tips sent in by experienced Cologne veterans to make your trip that little bit easier. If you have any more just post them here.
"Do you keep getting lost in a piece of music? Do you continually forget the key signature? Can't remember if it is Semper Fid or Trafalgar after Heart of Oak? Fed up carrying around a thick wad of march cards? No problem! Ask Bandy if you can play bass drum instead and just go 'Boom'-'Boom'-'Boom' to every piece - easy"
Good idea, however one drawback would be if everyone did it. Who wants a band of 40 bass drums?
But you do get a nice warm tiger skin if the weather is chilly.
"Save space in your baggage by going to the party dressed as a Royal Navy Volunteer Bandsman. Then you don't need to pack a fancy dress costume, leaving extra room in your bag to carry more yummy Pot Noodles, crisps and choccy bars!"
I think I've probably still got a few in my uniform from last year. Just about finished removing the others from my sparkly leg incident at Mandy's leaving do _________________ "If you think you are too small to be effective then you've never been in bed with a mosquito"
Said by a pupil from Sheffield City School having helped on a Linking Lives project in Malealea, Lesotho.
"Are you fed up with the dreary, disgusting task every year of scraping all the toffees, boiled sweets, bits of broken glass and horse poo out of the treads of your boots? This nauseating task can become a thing of the past by rubbing the bottoms of your boots with sandpaper until all the tread has worn away and they are completely smooth. That way nothing can get stuck in them and they will stay clean!"
Yes, however you may find running on 'slicks' could be tricky if the conditions turn wet or icy! Ask Timo Glock!
"Make extra room in your luggage for scrummy Pot Noodles by only packing one pair of pants and one pair of socks. If you spray the socks with deodorant every evening when you take them off they will stay soft and fresh-smelling all week! Likewise, wear your pants normally on day one, turn them back to front on day two, turn them inside out on day three and then rotate them 180 degrees again on day four. Repeat this process until you return home."
Yes... Well... For some reason Bandy took your name off the list when he read this. Sorry!
Works for Jimmy Saville apparently......ok, not really, but i do happen to know (dont ask me why) he does only go away with one pair of each and washes them in his sink each night ready for the next day! _________________ Life is a Roller Coaster - you just gotta ride it.
Live every day as if it is your last - One Day youre gonna be right!!
Gig after gig after gig evening after evening, following mile after mile after mile of marching while playing (or at least at the last resort occasionally pretending to play), accompanied by manic dancing, even when your feet are refusing to shift one more step, while all the time gaining increasing levels of competency in waiting while standing ,often outside in the cold, rain and perchance snow, washed down with free beer when you can get your hands on it (sadly no as often as it used to be) and all with 3 - 4 hours sleep a night is closer to the mark.
The reason we ask to go time after time? The fantastic company. Nothing else would make you even consider it!
We play at the Rosemantag Carnival in Cologne over 5 days
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