The lower
brass and woodwind sections were on cooking duty for breakfast on Saturday
morning. This is me and Al cooking bacon and eggs on the bbq - our only
means of cooking for the entire weekend!
This is
Paul who finally stumbled out of bed to help us cook right as we were
finishing up :)
We rehearsed
in the auditorium of the Nambour Christian Collage. It wasn't a very big
stage and things got decidedly cozy when the Buderim Concert Band joined
us later that day. I ended up sitting right in front of the drum kit and
would have gone deaf if Kerry hadn't come to the rescue with some ear
plugs!
After the
rehearsal we went to the Ginger Factory to do some 'touristing'. Although
you can't see it well in the picture, from left to right it is Chisato,
Kerrie, Janet, Erin, Alison, me and Kerry.
Run, run
as fast as you can... Me, Chisato and Alison in the giftshop of the Ginger
Factory.
Erin, Kerry
and Chisato test tasting some fudge.
My roomies
Erin and Janet on the right, and three extras - Peter, Kerrie and Alison.
We were getting ready for the combined BMCB & Buderim bands concert.
Cheer up
John, it can't be that bad! We all sat at the back of the hall listening
to the Buderim band for the first half of the concert.
My new friend
Bob the Bass Clarinettist from Buderim Concert Band. Bob is from California
and he's been living out here for 36 years. He's got a beautiful bass
clarinet that goes down to C (mine only goes as far as Eb).
After the
concert he let me play it... it was amazing! I asked David if the band
can buy me one but he said no :) You can see some of the extra keys in
this photo that give the added range
After our
rehearsal on Sunday we visited the Big Pineapple on the way back to Brisbane.
Janet looking
down from the pineapple. It was a very windy day.
Erin, Kerrie,
Janet, Chisato, me and Peter.
Janet giving
Chisato a lesson in pineapples. Later Chisato told me that rockmelons
can be as expensive as $40 each in Japan.
