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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 31 May

I took this photo at the Band Championships that we attended on Sunday. The percussion players are standing at the back and in front of them are five bass players. I noticed that the bell of the middle instrument was pointing to...

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An evening out and a sleepover

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 29 May

We’re going out this evening. We are going to an evening with Vince’s brother and his friend, and will involve a guided wine-tasting, together with food and music by a orchestral quartet. It starts at 4.00pm then ends around 8 or...

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A brass band half full of ladies

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jun

On Sunday, we caught the train into the centre of Perth, our capital, to attend a brass band concert at Government House Ballroom. We parked the car at the train station which is easy enough on a Sunday. Monday to Friday the...

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Another brass band story

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec 24

It seems few remembered my story about conducting the brass band so perhaps you’ve forgotten or haven’t heard this one either. I hadn’t been in the band long when we had to play for Anzac Day. This involved marching. I had...

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Not knowing when to stop

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec 24

I was responding to Marie Coyle about carolling and was reminded of my time in the brass band in Esperance, Western Australia. We were both in the band and, for a short time, I conducted the small group. I really had no...

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Have you ever been trepidatious?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Oct 24

The photo is of a tree in my brother-in-law’s yard. I love trees. I wrote about attending a 50-year celebration of our former brass band. We were a bit apprehensive about whether we’d know anyone and whether we’d enjoy it. So we...

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A 50-year celebration

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Oct 24

On Sunday afternoon, we went to a 50-year celebration of Canning City Brass Band. Vin and I both played in this band for about a decade when we first moved to Perth. We played with the band for about a decade then moved too far...

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A long day on the tractor - not

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 7 May 22

I wrote about how, in the 1980s, my husband and I lived on a few acres in Esperance, south-east Western Australia. We both belonged to the brass band. Quite a few of the members were farmers and would discuss their day when we had...

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Old-time railway guards and their kits

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep 20

I grew up on a farm in Western Australia and our nearest town was Narrogin. It was a centre for a number of railway tracks and the railways played a huge role in the area, carting all manner of goods to towns further out and in...

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How to spend ten minutes on a treadmill

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul 20

First the backstory. Vince and I used to play in brass bands. In fact, we met through the brass band movement. Fast forward to the present. We’ve been trying to use our treadmill more regularly. Mostly we do ten minutes or so at...

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Do you know your left from your right?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Oct 19

The photo has nothing to do with the story. Our quiet doe had a sleep under a shrub only a few metres from the kitchen window. She is looking a bit haggard lately. I’ve written a few stories about the time we belonged to a brass...

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A comic duet for Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Dec 17

It’s the time of year when many associations and clubs are organising some sort of Christmas celebration. In a previous life when we were members of a brass band, we had a mini concert as our Christmas wind-up. Various individuals...

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The year we rode 170 miles on horseback

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Dec 17

I have been going through some old photos and came across this one which I thought you might enjoy. When I was 22 my cousin and I rode our ponies from Albany on the south coast of Western Australia to our home town of Narrogin, a...

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Christmas carols have a lot of verses

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Nov 17

My second last post was about the old man who was sick of hearing Christmas carols. I’m not fussed about Christmas carols either. In a previous life Vince and I played in brass bands and at Christmas time there would be a number...

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Always read the fine print

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jul 17

The Deputy Leader of the Greens party in Australia’s Federal Parliament, Scott Ludlum, has voluntarily resigned when it was discovered he was in breach of Section 44 of the constitution which states that potential candidates to...

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Second-Last Brass Band Story

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Mar 17

Following on from a previous story about music changed forever by a particular circumstance, another story directly involves my husband Vince. We were living in Esperance on the south coast of Western Australia and had joined the...

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And the band played on ... and on ... and on

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Mar 17

After writing about farmers dressed up as ballerinas and dancing in tutus and hobnail boots, several other tunes came to mind that bring back very vivid memories. One of these is the 'Floral Dance'. When we were in a country...

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Some Anzac Day Parades Being Cancelled in Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382319) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jan 17

Anzac Day is possibly Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) forces during World War I. This happened on...

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Short story - Missing out

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 31 Dec 16

My local shop calls itself a convenience store, and though it is a 7-11, meaning it should open from seven in the morning to eleven at night, it’s often closed at noon, and the owner locks up at eight-thirty if he has had a quiet...

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Look who's in the band...

Daddy Neil @neildc (17238) • Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines 26 Jun 09

While I was having lunch with my family, we've watched a noon time variety show in TV. The show features a band competition that showcases all-time bands, especially the brass bands which we call them locally as Drum and Bugle...

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