Saturday, November 19, 2005

Arcola Community Band is meeting again...

...and even though Mom wasn't there this week, we still had cookies! We have a little bit of everything: beginners and old hands; a huge library of music to satisfy all our ambitions and desires; some keeners to keep us on track, and lots of fun-loving people to make sure we don't take ourselves too seriously. We even have shelves full of extra instruments, if you'd like to borrow one to try something new, or to decide whether to replace that horn that you haven't had since high school. Even if you've never played a single note in your life, you're welcome to come out and see if band is for you. We meet Friday evenings, 7:30 p.m. in the school music room, and we play at various community events through the year. Our next scheduled appearance: we're sitting in with the Arcola School Band at the Grand Opening of the new curling rink, Friday, January 6th.

1 comment:

Deb said...

Sounds like a lot of fun! A few years ago I played flute in a community orchestra. What we lacked in performance quality we made up for in enthusiasm and fun; we were fortunate to have a quality director with a sense of humor. I really believe community arts groups like this are the antidote to today's "leave music to the professionals" mentality. Playing music with a group is a great joy.