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magsmag · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: hello

Hello, I am 49, ex army...but not band service. I am learning to play clarinet.I live in Lee-on-the Solent.

Chrissie B · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

Hi Magsmag! Welcome to the forum, hope to see you at one of our vollie bands (Collingwood's the best, obviously... the rest of us liquorice stick tootlers will be quite happy to squeeze another chair in!)

pussycat · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:

Welcome magsmag, glad you have found the RNVBs forum. Glad to see Chrissie B has already pulled you up a chair at Collingwood. It makes sense as you live that side of the Pompy lake. Hope you have fun making music.

admin · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

Get yourself along to Collingwood, think of the free music lessons and the chance to march on God's golden acre again!
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Gromit · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

Hello from Somerset

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The BB's · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

Welcome magsmag, don't always see the liquorice stick tootlers stuck at the back but be good to try and see you at Collingwood

geekygirl · 2nd Clarinet Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 65

We're a nice lot at HMS Sultan too, though noone else seems to have internet apart from me. I'm sure you'd be made very welcome by our wood-lickers if you came to try a rehearsal or two and see what you think.

Apricot · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject:

welcome from me too

bassdrumal · Solo Piccolo Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 238

Welcome from Cornwall
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magsmag · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject:

Thankyou for Hellos.....I am popping along to Collingwood tonight, might see some of you there. Mgt x

The BB's · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject:

Did you go and did you enjoy, sorry I wasn't there as stuck at home with stinking cold (or is it man-flu?) hope you went and enjoyed maybe see you next week

magsmag · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:08 am Post subject:

ZedHorn · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject:

don't give up - that's the worse thing you can do... go back, keep chugging along the odd note here or there and by christmas you'll be jingle belling with the best of them.....

if everyone in a volunteer band who couldn't play all their dots didn't go anymore - we wouldn't have any bands - me included!!!

go back...... and let the BBs look after you - once she BB has looked after herself!
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bassdrumal · Solo Piccolo Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 238

Have to agree with that, confidence isnt exactly the problem, but more that i dont read music, make lots of it up as i go along usually, but above all i have a laugh!
And hey, whats the worst that can happen? You will get better and more confident!

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magsmag · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:24 pm Post subject:

Thank you for your replies, I know you are right....but I will try one next year. I'll just keep my head down and get my next grade over with first (3 weeks time). Ty, Mgt