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21.05.08 - 'Listen
to Radio 2?'
Make a date with Radio 2 every Monday
at 11.30pm (or use the 'Listen Again Facility'!) until the 9th June 2008...'cos'
we're on it!
Brassed
Off !
star Stephen Tompkinson
presents a four-part celebration of the UK's long love affair with brass band music.
Maggie & Jane went
to BBC Northampton and recorded some bits 'n' pieces last month. We're
definitely on Programme two (26th May) and maybe on Programme three (2nd
June).
Use the link below to link to the
'good ol' BBC and for more information.
And...thank you to everyone who
has been sending me photo's, links and videos of our Whit Friday adventure. I
will be updating the website in the next few days - keep 'em comming! But watch
out for 'Hairy Fred'....!
04.05.08 - 'Packed
And Ready To Go'?
Thanks to Shaun
Paggington and First Brass Ltd - for our new
'pink' music stands will travel in style! Shaun
has kindly given us stand cases for our trip to Scotland AND he has made a cash
donation to the cause too!
See also our 'supporters'
page - thank you again Shaun!
01.05.08 - 'Read All About
It!'
 We're featured in this month's issue of
the 'Alyth Voice'.
'Click' the crest (left) to see...
...then follow the link on
the right hand side of the
'Voice' page!
01.05.08 - 'Maggie's Guestbook entry (this WAS a
wonderful opportunity....AND a funny story too!)'
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Maggie
wrote:
"We (Jane
& Maggie) have just got home from a
great trip to London and to the House of Lords.
We had received an invitation from Baroness Foulkes of Plymouth to
attend a reception given by the Breast Cancer
Campaign and felt very honoured to be there and listen and talk
to some of the scientists, fund raisers, volunteers and sufferers who
are connected to the charity in some way.
We were also very proud to be able to represent everyone who makes "Boobs
& Brass" and tell our story of what you have all
achieved and what we are doing in the future. We have even suggested
that we take the whole band next year to entertain on the verandah!!
Thank you all for giving us this opportunity - it is a fantastic team
effort and full of surprises - we never know what the next phone call
is going to bring!!
Well, we are absolutely exhausted....
...we
got a bit wet on the way there, had our picture taken for security
reasons when entering the House, couldn't find our way out - Jane
having tried all the doors (including the one to the electric boxes!!)
nearly collapsed with laughter over something we cannot mention, took
the Piccadilly Line instead of the Victoria
Line, nearly missed the train 'cos' Jane's
shoes were crippling her, then she couldn't get her shoes back
on when we got to Kettering 'cos' her feet had swollen up - so had to
walk to the car barefooted, ended up with a bacon butty on the train
instead of the meal we thought we were having on the way home AND my
umbrella almost had a trip to Sheffield!!
Apart from that - we had a fantastic day!!" |
Sorry, Jane -
hope your feet are back to normal! AND we wonder what it was that had you
collapsing with laughter over 'something we cannot mention'! Perhaps all will be
revealed at the 'Post-Whit Friday' party!
05.04.08 - 'Brighouse Tickets' - if
you want 'em...
...you'd better be quick!
Contact
Jane or
Maggie!
27.03.08 - Help us
to raise some cash...!
 By
trying our 'Quiz'.
Jane's
daughter Rachael has devised and written a quiz to
help us raise a little bit more cash.
All you have to do is send £1 and a
S.A.E. to:
'Boobs
& Brass'
C/O Jane Nichols,
44, Carlton Street,
KETTERING, Northants.
NN16 8EB
Jane will
send you the quiz by return. Your entry MUST be received by the 29th June 2008
and the lucky winner will receive £15.
If all goes well we may do more quizzes
- we'll keep you posted!
 Good
Luck!
05.01.08 - Happy
New Year EVERYONE.
A few things to tell
you about, first, just to say the website has been 'top and tailed' to reflect
the new year - plus a few additions to the gallery
and media pages.
Secondly, as reported by Maggie
in the guestbook,
Mairi and her 'Knits' (also see
the gallery page)
reached their target and raised £400 - a brilliant achievement. In addition - Steve
Alexander (Sailor Steve), Brian Chantrell, Dave
Hooton, Gareth Haynes, Alan Nichols, along with Maggie
and Jane played carols at the Rushden
Golf Club Dinner. The collection - £190 - was donated to the "Boobs
& Brass" charities. Thanks to Steve
for asking us and for organising everything.
Possibly saving the best
news 'til last. You may remember that last year during the Whit Friday Marches, Morag,
our bass player was unable to come along with us. She was very upset and thought
she was letting us all down. Well....the reason being - she had just discovered
she was pregnant and advised that it was not a good idea to be marching round
carrying a hefty bass!!!!
Here is the result - Fraser,
born 3rd December 2007 at 02.19 hrs, coming in at 6lb 13oz.
Boobs
& Brass
would all like to wish her, her husband and baby Fraser well and hope that this
year Morag will be back playing with us again - she
informs us that she has already purchased a harness to strap him to the bass....but
perhaps pink won't be his colour!!!
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