When I wrote the list over weird things to do this weekend i forgot the most heartwarming thing; yesterday I went to the St Göran’s Hospital with Elin and a friend. Elins father works there as a hospital priest. We went around about 5 floors and sung carols and some euphonium playing sneaked it’s way in there too :)

It was very rewarding although not too many people had the strength to come out - which you can understand. But I could almost feel their appreciation out the place where we stood.

Yesterday did my first Santa-performance!

Since it was on party for Elins workplace and didn’t know anyone I was a bit nervous. Also they are nurses on a “urology”-department I was a bit nervous to read the rhymes on their present. :) And I was right - some of the rhymes had to do with the parts of the body that they work with. Nothing too bad though…

To the right is not a mugshot of someone robbing a bank, but rather me in the Santa outfit.

Someone has a little bit to much time on their hands…

Here are some pictures of me doing the presentations this weekend. I would like to think that I have at least a small Bond-look…

Just read that the YBS Band are looking forward and keeps a positive attitude. That’s what I like! See the positive - even in the dark situations. Read more here

I know about a story about the times when Watson took over Black Dyke. After two rehearsals the band consisted of only 5 players. But that didn’t get them down. Apparently Robert Childs said: “Great - now we can build the band we want!”. That’s cool!

I still cheer for YBS. Keep going!

I am from today starting a period with some really weird stuff on my schedule:

• Today I will be a Santa at Elins work. I have never done the Santa-stuff before, will have to choose a voice later today
• Tomorrow I will give a presentation on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). This is scary since so many people have things to say about it. I have prepared and hope that it will work out alright.
• Saturday - playing with the Salvation Army. Typical Christmas stuff for me and a lot of people in the world.
• On Sunday there is a gig with the Vasa Band in some church. It will be fun
• And then to top things of with - on Tuesday the 19th the Vasa Band will be “door” number 19 in the “advent”-calender in the Old Town in Stockholm

As I said a lot of really different...

Well, this is probably no news to people reading 4BarsRest, but one of the most successful bands in later years (ever?) is being dis-assembled as we speak (?).

Since Sunday all of the key players and the conductor has left the band in a single file:

• David King -conductor and primus motor for the band since 13 years
• Sheona White - solo horn
• Steven Walsh - solo euphonium, who by the way made the gutsiest move in the business by stepping up to take up the solo euphonium chair after Morgan Griffith. Respect!
• Stuart Linguard - principal cornet

I can’t imaging how the band has planned to cope with these problems but I hope they do! YBS stands for a quality above the rest and probably have improved the brass band movement as a whole with their performances. I, for one, has listen...

I got the Seinfeld-box from my sister in (a late) birthday present. There are some great moments in there; this is when George starts doing the opposite of everything he think is right … with wonderful results - everything starts to go right for him!!?

No worries though - in the next episode he is back like the loser we love.

Got my new glasses yesterday… I am not sure that I have got used to them yet. A certain dizziness and some picking-up-stuff-problems has occurred. But the will probably go away after a while.

Glasses are not cheap! What (!) are they made of when they cost that much? Must be gold or titanium something.

Well I like them so far, I can read stuff with my right eye again. Also I think I will get used to my new look.

Today is the day! I will get my glasses. A bit scared but after blistering headache yesterday I hope that they will solve at least a part of that.

Also I have to stop to mock all my friends around me with glasses. Calling them old people may not be so good thinking since I am one also… Well, a new life is approaching