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Originally Posted by mobertol
Looks like it was a good evening out Sue. Nice selection of instruments and beards -I think the man with the trombone wins for the longest beard. Didn't realise the man with the panama hat could play the accordian 
Would the trombone count as something with a hole for the competition? I thought the same about that interesting slate wall you posted recently too!  (Big hint!) |
Thanks, yes it was a good evening, hadn't seen some of those folks for two years or more.
Yes, man in panama plays the squeezebox, I took that photo specially as I have no other record! He enjoys it but he's not very good, doesn't practise. Perhaps I should be grateful he doesn't play much at home - he's off this weekend on a squeezebox gathering on a remote farm in the Peak District nr Sheffield and when they all get together in a metal barn the noise is pretty ear shattering! I did go with him once, but that was cos I wanted to revisit my old haunts - my first job after university was in Sheffield. Now they have a metro - on which I travelled from end to end for nothing with my bus pass!
If you want a bit of history, the traditional instrument for morris dancing is the pipe and tabor - a smqll whistle and a little drum, played at the same time, as seen in the photo of Big Bob the fireman. Not many people play it these days, it's usually more noisy stuff like melodeons and concertinas.
Yes Derek the trombonist has a fine beard but there were one or two others in the Preston team, sadly I didn't get their photos.
Must go through my photos and look for holes...