Today feels a little weird, because instead of rushing around, packing up and heading away, we are spending Easter at home. You see, the Australian Brass Band Championships are held every year at Easter….hundreds of brass players and percussionists arrive on mass to compete in the various grades. This year, the destination is Gawler…a town […]
I love the fact that although I have lived in Melbourne all my life, there are still things I am discovering that I had no idea existed…and this is one of them. The Federation Bells consist of 39 bronze bells created to celebrate the centenary of Australia’s federation in 2001. Both the bells, and Birrarung […]
Yesterday, another chapter in our lives closed…my husband played at his last brass band competition as he is going to take some time off. Brass bands have been a part of our lives forever…we actually met through being in the same band. He was…and still is…a top cornet player and conductor who had grown up […]
Last week, I wrote about how the Australian brass band landscape has changed…To Win at All Costs…and it certainly stirred up some quite enthusiastic discussion. That post has between viewed hundreds of times since then, as well as being shared, and I have read through each comment made on the blog and social media, plus […]
I am so proud right now….today, I was able to watch my husband conduct his primary school band at a school music festival. So whats so good about that, you ask? Well, it is because this was the band’s first ever public performance at a bands festival…and they did so well! My husband along with […]
Even though I was born in the 70’s, I am definately an 80’s girl! My ipod is full of 80s hits and very few current ones…they just don’t seem to write songs like they used to! So here’s my five favourite 80s songs…at this moment…I do tend to play songs to death, then rediscover new […]