Archives for April 2011

Apr
17

Congratulations to the Seaforths!

Congratulations to the Seaforths Pipes and Drums on their 100th Anniversary!

Here’s a nice little piece in the Vancouver Sun about them: http://bit.ly/e4FpcO

Looking forward to the next time we play together…

Photo from the Vancouver Sun.

Apr
12

REHEARSAL RECORDING: April 11, 2011

Hi Everyone!

Here is the link to last night’s rehearsal recording.

files.me.com/vfrsband/i5rpfz.mp3

Password: W00dSh3d  — (Capital W) (Zero) (Zero) (lowercase d) (Capital S) (lowercase h) (number 3) (lowercase d)

Song order and location:

1. Warm-up (0:00)
2. Georgia on my mind (7:28)
3. Blue Skies for a Rainy Day (21:40)
4. Bye Bye Blackbird (39:06)
5. Coquette (52:42)
6. For the Lil Ones (1:06:42)
7. Girl from Ipanema (1:16:20)
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1:27:21)
9. All of Me (1:41:00)
10. Woodchopper’s Ball (1:53:00)

Enjoy!

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Apr
08

NEXT REHEARSAL: Same PLACE, same time!

 

Message from Brian:
Regarding the next practice on Monday, April 11 –

The band advisory committee believes this will be the last practice at the Burnaby hall.
After this, we expect to be moving to the Firefighters’ Club on Bonsor Avenue.
See you at #7 on Monday.  Brian
Questions?
Regrets – 604 985 1527
bl_bolam@telus.net

 

Apr
05

RECORDING: Rehearsal this week

Plugging his ears!

This week’s band rehearsal! Link to the recording: https://files.me.com/letalouise1/8r33b2.mp3 — password: bigspender

(NB: Times noted below are the start times for each track)

I Wish You Love (4:33)
Juan of These Days (12:46)
The Lady is a Tramp (29:43)
Jiver’s License (48:52)
Big Spender (1:12:48)
Announcements (1:27:44): Upcoming Dates, etc.
Blue Skies (1:39:20)
Blue Skies for a Rainy Day (1:51:50)

BIG NEWS! Next week we’ll be at our new rehearsal home! Hose and Hydrant, Firefighters’ Club, Ballroom, 2nd Floor. More on this soon…

 

Apr
05

Please “Like” our Facebook Page!

Hi Everyone,

Here is a shortened link to our Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/vanfireband.

For the record, this is what the “real” one looks like: http://www.facebook.com/erinanne#!/pages/Vancouver-Fire-and-Rescue-Services-Band/131392920262292… UGH! Try and remember that one!

So, the deal is, in order for us to get us a nice, pretty, easy-to-remember URL for our Facebook Page, we need to have a minimum of 25 “likes” on our page. We have 17 so far. Close, but no cigar, as the saying goes…

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