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I was in Casale Monferrato this weekend and the castle in town had a food exposition going on and most parts of the building were open for exploring. I saw many very large posters on the side of the castle, and this one from at least a hundred years ago reminded me that I really don't like marching in parades. However, I would far prefer marching in a parade as opposed to what was happening here!! Yikes. What could go wrong!!
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And here are some close ups so you can see the details of this crazy parade...Keep those rows and columns straight! Clean up that sound riding over the cobble stone streets!!
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And next to the castle was an Antique Market and I saw some very unique looking instruments. Some kind of rotary valved frankenbone, a couple of neat looking flugelhorns, and look at the tuning slide on the trumpet. I didn't have time to see the specifics (other treasures to find), but thought it was interesting to see these historical instruments in Italy.
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Several weekends ago we attended a brass quintet concert in the town of Moncalvo. The town hosted four concerts in August in the main piazza in town on Sunday evenings, free of charge, and there must have been 300 people that showed up. The quintet was very good, and the name of the group was The Canaja Brass Quintet from Novara. I asked our friends what "canaja" meant and they didn't know so we followed up after the concert. The professor that works with these students at the Conservatory in Novara was talking about the Canadian Brass during one of their rehearsals and instead of saying "Canadese" which is how you would say Canadian in Italian, he said Canaja. Apparently in the Piemonte region of Italy, canaja translates to "terrible person". They thought it was hilarious and decided to keep the name!
And I really enjoyed the piece by Andre Lafosse called "Suite Impromptu". Worth checking out if you want to add a really accessible piece to your quintet library (great for audiences and players alike).
What a beautiful venue for an outdoor concert!
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| Derek Reaban wrote: | Several weekends ago we attended a brass quintet concert in the town of Moncalvo. The town hosted four concerts in August in the main piazza in town on Sunday evenings, free of charge, and there must have been 300 people that showed up. The quintet was very good, and the name of the group was The Canaja Brass Quintet from Novara. I asked our friends what "canaja" meant and they didn't know so we followed up after the concert. The professor that works with these students at the Conservatory in Novara was talking about the Canadian Brass during one of their rehearsals and instead of saying "Canadese" which is how you would say Canadian in Italian, he said Canaja. Apparently in the Piemonte region of Italy, canaja translates to "terrible person". They thought it was hilarious and decided to keep the name!
And I really enjoyed the piece by Andre Lafosse called "Suite Impromptu". Worth checking out if you want to add a really accessible piece to your quintet library (great for audiences and players alike).
What a beautiful venue for an outdoor concert!
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My family is from Italy, and yes the dialects can make things interesting. I really enjoyed your post above 
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Looks like there are still some bicycle bands in Europe such as this brief clip of the Dutch or Royal Netherlands Army Bicycle Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDOgrJyLBA |
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I'd much rather follow a bicycle band than a horseback one!!!
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| benlewis wrote: | I'd much rather follow a bicycle band than a horseback one!!!
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Derek Smith, father of Phil Smith, was cornet soloist in Her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards. He told me that he, and all the other band members, had to learn to play on the move with one hand holding the horn and the other controlling the reins.
You can see images of him mounted on horseback with his cornet in this video:
https://trumpetguild.org/content/videos/84-Research/2210-Smith-2021[/img]
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