Tonight’s rehearsals were with the Charnwood Training Band and the Charnwood Concert Band and I’m pleased that the heating at our rehearsal venue (All Saints Church, Thorpe Acre with Dishley) was working well.

For the training band, I’m still playing tuba but I have to confess that I’ve been a bit slack on practising it over the Christmas break. By half way through the first song, my lips were starting to feel uncomfortably hot which I suspect is a sign that I should have done some maintenance practise with the mouthpiece if nothing else. Lesson learned! I’ll be back to weekly rehearsals for the term but I’ll also try to make time for some practise to keep my lip in shape and help my skills improve.