Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: Festival
Princess Fiona wrote:
Just thought I'd say whatever happens at the festival
WE ROCK!!!!
Just thought I'd say whatever did happen at the festival?? cos clearly the judges thought we rocked too..... :-)
well done everyone, band, drummers, drum majoress, Tim, Dave, Deli, Bob, that other drum major bloke that turned up last week and anyone else for that matter!!
woohoo...best marching band in the Royal Navy!!! anchors away!! _________________ water... it's just a whixer for misky!
Thanks Bob. Yes, it's good to share as Seahwak has kept hold of the trophies for the past few years. It will give you a break from cleaning them _________________ Some people are like Slinkies - they have no purpose other than to make you laugh when you throw them down stairs.
Well Done to you guys, after your performance I tipped you as the winners so was glad to hear you triumphed as the best marching band
I was at the festival with a marine cadet band where I am the instructor and your performance was of special interest to us as we are just about to start learning the swing march.
We currently play with a very basic set up due to the fact that we struggle to find scores at a level we can use ( the kids vary from complete beginners never having even picked up an instrument to reasonably competant) we have been fortunate enough to have made some contacts at Kneller Hall who are being a great help and with their assistance are going to move to a more professional approach which is going to be a lot of hard work but we are going to give it a shot they have given us the Swing March as our 1st piece to tackle.
The festival was fantastic we travelled from near to Gt Yarmouth but it was worth every minute and the kids were left very enthused by watching you guys.
one question raised by the band is whether you were using piccolos or Irish fyfes in your pieces perhaps you could let me know
anyway congratulations for the weekend we look forward to next year.
hi MC901, glad you enjoyed Saturday and thanks for your comments. I saw you guys all sat on the steps in your black and yellow T shirts... didn't realise you'd come THAT far... blimey, good effort!
We use piccolos. Swing March is a band favourite, not too hard for most instruments and can sound really good when worked upon. We normally play it on Carnival in Cologne with a silly 'bobbing' walk in the middle section so we had to concentrate very hard on Saturday to behave!!
Z _________________ water... it's just a whixer for misky!
thanks for clearing that up I said piccolos but the capt said irish fyfes - thats why Im the instructor and he isnt!!!!!!
no I wasnt sure as I am a cornet player so not too hot on anything non brass!
i wasnt aware of any bobbing on Saturday your whole performance was tip top and the Capt really loved the way you did the anchor formation he wants us to do a homage to it (in other words we are gong to copy you!!)
thats should be a laugh we have only just cracked everyone marching properly - the problem we have is we just get it right and a new person joins the unit and band who has to be taught drill from scratch
do you have much turnover of players in your band?
Definately piccolos - I should know... I am one, well I try to be whenever I can get my music back of Zed
Irish fifes have been used from time to time for a particular effect in concert band performances - never marching. Piccolos are bad enough to get in tune! _________________ "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.
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