Tonight I attended the Elland Beginner Band rehearsal. My companion for the bus trip over was Kate who dragged along her newly borrowed Lindley Band cornet equipped with my Wick 4B (which she found lying about the flat and has been buzzing more or less non-stop for the past 4 or 5 days).  She had … Continue reading I don’t want to hope too much but……

This post has nothing to do with banding, but I have been laughing about this thought all day. As I have said, here in the UK we are witnessing the coldest snowiest winter in almost 30-years. Tonight our "boys night out for beer" was called off due to a bit of snow. In Lindley, Huddersfield, … Continue reading The difference between the US and UK or OK I still have snow on the brain

This was our 18 Dec show at Town Hall. In the cornet section photo notice how close together we sit. Just a few inches between shoulders/elbows.

UK is having the coldest winter in 30-years. We got about 6-inches of snow yesterday. Hannah came home @ 10:30 and both girls are home from school today. It is "bitterly cold across the UK" according to the reports which means about 23-degrees Fahrenheit for a low in Huddersfield. B&R was cancelled last night (some … Continue reading Snow Day!!!

Greetings and Happy New Year. For those of you excited about Cornet Corner with Colin I assure you we will soon have the technical difficulties worked out and he will be up and running with life altering advice. We have had nearly 2-weeks off from banding as both Lindley and B&R have been on holiday … Continue reading Happy New Year

For Christmas I also received a "NOTE CRACKER" of Jokes and Quotes about music and musicians (and even some about vocalists).  Some I had not heard or had forgotten: Q:  Why can't gorillas play trumpet? A:  They are too sensitive! Sarah (my wife) laughed a bit too hard...... The bands don't meet again until 4 … Continue reading Made me laugh

A CHRISTMAS POEM By Hannah Appleby-Wineberg Every year, at seven, on a nippy Christmas Day, We wake up, run into the room and with excitement say “Can we please get the stockings, oh please oh please oh please?” A groan is our reply and then you drift back into sleep. “Hooray!” we cry, and run … Continue reading My gift from my daughter Hannah

Happy Christmas everyone!  Last night we had a wonderful Christmas Eve in Lindley, Huddersfield, UK. At 6:45 The Lindley Band MD (Neil Jowett) picked me up here at the flat and we went to the George Hotel in town center Huddersfield.  We were joined by 4 other members of The Lindley Band to play carols … Continue reading Christmas Eve in Lindley (with video)

On Monday we rented a Ford 7-person mini van. You can see it here:  http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/S-MAX Let me just say if Ford had been producing this kind of quality in the states EVER, their car/van reputation in the US wouldn't actually suck (I think they lead in trucks though).  The car was great.  6-speed manual diesel! … Continue reading Rented a Ford!

Spent Monday in Durham, England with my parents who have arrived to spend Christmas and New Year's with us. We were also able to meet up with Sarah's Aunt, cousin John, cousin Melanie, and Melanie's daughter Ellie.  Had a great time touring the Durham Cathedral which is one of my favorite buildings in the UK. … Continue reading Photos from Durham