Happy Easter!

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter! We have all been really busy in the lead up to Easter, as a group and individually. With Easter being so early, lots of concerts have been crammed into a very short space of time. The weekend before Easter was extremely busy – every musician I know was phoned up to play for at least two concerts! I do enjoy the busy times, but you do end up running round like a headless chicken!

Recently I have been doing a complete variety of things, including playing at Cadogen Hall last week, marching (it was supposed to be outside but luckily as it was pouring with rain, we got to stay inside!) as well as many other concerts and putting some of the children I teach through music exams.

As a group we have been up and down the country from Somerset right up to Carlisle with Live Music Now! We have been involved in some very interesting projects lasting a number of weeks in pupil referral units. We came up with pieces with them and Jo even had them playing some Black Eyed Peas! We really enjoyed getting to know these children and working with them. We also played at City Hall last week. After opening the Live Music Now 30th anniversary celebrations, we listened to some of the other musicians and then we had the chance to talk to some very interesting people, including fellow musicians (swapping Live Music Now! stories), festival organisers, MU people and people from within Live Music Now! It was a really nice evening. We are now going to start some work for the festivals coming up, as we have some new pieces to play, as well as some old favourites.

After all this running around I am going to relax over the Easter weekend, put my feet up and eat some chocolate!