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Welcome
back to Swinton Post!
Owing
to total disorganisation and the absence of the Editor at the beginning of
the month, a June edition didn’t happen.
SORRY! However we are
fleetingly back on schedule – next month’s edition will be early owing
to the projected absence of the Secretary!!
Personnel
changes.
We
bid a fond farewell to the Lovell family as they uproot themselves and move
as far as possible from us – to Canada!
Martin and Michael have been valuable members of the bass and
trombone sections and Steven has often helped out the trombones as well.
Thank you all for all your help and skills, and we wish you luck in
your new home.
We are also glad to welcome Lizzie back to Swinton.
She has got herself a job in York and so is leaving Besses in the
lurch to come back to us, initially on horn.
Ceilidh
We are planning a new venture
this autumn both to enjoy ourselves and raise some money for band.
The plan is to hold a Ceilidh at Suddaby’s featuring a Ceilidh band
from Ampleforth College.
No date is fixed as yet, but it should be a fun occasion so get practicing
your dancing – everyone will be expected to join in!
Smartie
Tubes
Lots of band members (you
know who you are!!) still have outstanding Smartie tubes and boxes.
Please don’t forget to fill them up and return them to Anna.
Despite the tragic demise of the Smartie tube, the band is always glad of
donations, so don’t stop collecting the small change!
All contributions gratefully received!
50
years of YHBBA
To
celebrate 50 years of the Yorkshire and Humberside Brass Band Association
there will be a special concert by Grimethorpe Colliery Band of a
newly-commissioned work at Ripon Cathedral on 15th July at 7.30.
Dorothy still has some tickets available at £10.
Please try and support the Association!
YHBBA
workshop
This is positively the last call
for this workshop to be held at South Minsthorpe on 11th
November.
If you haven’t done it before – it is very worthwhile and great
fun.
Members of Grimethorpe Colliery U.K. Coal Band help the participants
to prepare a short concert in the course of the day.
Excellent food is also provided and places are much in demand.
Get a form from Dorothy NOW!
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Attention
all Learners (and Main Band!)
Because
of the band barbeque on the 1st July and Old Malton garden Fete
on the 8th July there will be no Learners on those dates.
While we are very glad to have welcomed quite a few new learners this
year, there are still some vacancies in Learners!
If you are aged between 8 and 108 and would like to have a go,
we’d be delighted to help you learn.
Come along on a Saturday evening and have a go!
Birthdays
Ha
ha – There is no escape from standing on your chair! Happy Belated
Birthday to:
Tracey
4th June
Steve
9th June
Matthew H. 16th June
Jane
F.
24th June
Donna
29th June
Jane R. 30th
June
Sorry we missed you, and we hope you had a great time.
Happy Birthday to:
Anna
16th July
Sarah
20th July
As usual to anyone else I have missed – Happy Birthday!
Appearance
at Band Jobs
Please don’t dismiss this as just another nag – it is something that
makes a huge difference to how we are perceived and so on whether people
want to employ us!
·
When everything is out of the trailer, please put your instrument
cases, jacket cases and all unnecessary clutter into the trailer, where it
can be safely out of sight.
·
Please
DO NOT hang cases on the bandstand or on the back of your chair.
·
Assume that we will be wearing jackets unless the man in charge says
otherwise.
If he does, then please fit in with the majority – whether it be
shirt-sleeves or cagoules!
·
Please ensure that you have a jacket cover with your name on it in
which you bring your jacket to jobs.
Do not wear it on the way to the job – it will get creased and
sad-looking.
Putting on your jacket is the thing to do immediately before sitting
down to play.
·
Do not eat while wearing your jacket – especially not ice-cream!
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And finally – at the end of the summer, getting your jacket
dry-cleaned is a good idea!
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