Shirley Pipe Band
Dijon Fêtes de la Vigne 2008
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| Dijon Fêtes de la Vigne 2008. Programme 719Kb | |
| August 2008. First meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon 222Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. First meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon Jonathan Prior relaxes after a long journey.... 132Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Trip to Beaune Sam Gittins contemplates a career change.... 176Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Our trusty Silverline coach with the welcome fridge. 226Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Our driver Neil Jenkins, feeling threatened by Sam, also contemplates a career change. We hope will have him playing in the band in the near future.... 119Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Tuning bagpipes at Résidence Montmuzard. 308Kb (Zoë) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Drum Major Keith Murphy presents a band badge to our interpreter and new friend, Zoë Amstatt. 148Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Drum Major Keith Murphy presents a band badge to our interpreter and new friend, Pierre Vernoy. 148Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Zoë Amstatt tries to block out our bagpipes. 200Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Alice and Keith Murphy 119Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Pierre Vernoy with side drum. 148Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Start of the parade. 258Kb (Neil) | |
| August 2008. Rue de la Liberté, Dijon Irene Baxter and Zoë Amstatt lead us along Rue de la Liberté 231Kb (Neil) | |
| August 2008. Dijon End of the parade. 195Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Chris Hughes tunes a local piper's drones.This piper arrived and said his chanter was broken - could we advise how to repair it. After some discussion we discovered that really he meant the reed was too hard to blow, so Chris demonstrated how to make it easier. 164Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Place de la Libération, Dijon Start of display 293Kb (Neil) | |
| August 2008. Place de la Libération, Dijon Andy King and Carl Gray (with Megan Czuba videoing in the crowd behind). 156Kb (Neil) | |
| August 2008. Place de la Libération, Dijon Display in Place de la Libération 225Kb (Neil) | |
| August 2008. Rue Odebert, Dijon Display on stage John Cadman (Pipe Major), Albert Hope, Cindy Irons, Chris Hughes, Carl Gray, Andy King, Simon Curtis, Tom Taverner 198Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Rue Odebert, Dijon Display on stage Tom Taverner, Keith Murph (Drum Major, hiding behind bass), James Cadman, Andy Walker, Jonathan Prior 176Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Rue Odebert, Dijon Display on stage Jonathan Prior (part), Phill Taverner, Denis Carter, Alice Murphy, Dave Mellor, Allan Baxter 215Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Rue Odebert, Dijon Display on stage Alice Murphy, Dave Mellor, Allan Baxter 211Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Rue Odebert, Dijon Display on stage in Rue Odebert John Cadman (Pipe Major), Albert Hope, Cindy Irons 130Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon Ready for the London Olympics - Keith Murphy. 95Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon Keith Murphy servicing Allan Baxter's drinking problem. 130Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon John Cadman demonstrates the secret behind his red complexion. 181Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Andy King plays solo. 98Kb (Zoë) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Keith Murphy demonstrates his prowess on the guitar. 149Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Phill Taverner plunks his banjo while Allan Baxter watches in disbelief. 210Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Andy Walker strums his banjo while John Cadman finds a job that suits him: music stand. 194Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Having endured our trio of pluckers, the conversation went something like this: John Cadman: "You will have to form a group" Andy Walker: "Can we wear hats? We will need a name..." John: "The Three Twats!" Andy: "The Three Twats With Hats!!!" 207Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon In an effort to silence the Three Twats, Zoë Amstatt plays her bagpipes. Zoë plays her pipes in Les cornemuseux du Morvan. 149Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Banquet, Dijon Entertaining the other bands. Andy Walker, Allan Baxter, Keith Murphy (Drum Major), Cindy Irons. 163Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Banquet, Dijon Dave Mellor (Chairman) presents a photo of the band to Dominique Galland, President of Fêtes de la Vigne. Pierre Vernoy translates while Sam Gittins looks on. 223Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Before parade, Dijon John Cadman (Pipe Major) with member of the Razengarde from Mainz, Germany. Note that Shirley Pipe Band is based in Solihull. Solihull is twinned with Mainz, and Mainz is twinned with Dijon. 206Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Before parade, Dijon Albert Hope with Megan Czuba. 132Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Before parade, Dijon Clip on YouTube - 14secs (incadu59) | |
| August 2008. After parade, Dijon Jonathan Prior (Pipe Sergeant) gives bagpipe tuition to a member of Showband les Armourins from Neuchâtel in Switzerland. 220Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. After parade, Dijon Jonathan Prior (Pipe Sergeant) fails to get a note out of a piccolo belonging to Showband les Armourins from Neuchâtel in Switzerland. 214Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. After parade, Dijon Jonathan Prior (Pipe Sergeant) swaps hats with his new friend from Showband les Armourins from Neuchâtel in Switzerland. 232Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. After parade, Dijon Marianne from Les Trompettes Dijonnaises enjoys playing one of our side drums. 232Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Place de la Libération, Dijon Display in Place de la Libération 238Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Keith Murphy thanks Allan Baxter for playing especially well that afternoon.... 140Kb (Allan) | |
| August 2008. Civic Reception, Dijon Keith Murphy uses his favourite French word to compliment a member of La Bourguignonne. Unfortunately his favourite word is "déchetterie" or "waste collection centre". 228Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Civic Reception, Dijon Denis Carter finds someone his own age for once. A very funny lady - her views on Dijon mustard will never be forgotten and can never be repeated. 153Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Dijon Carl Gray tries one of the town bikes, with admiring glances from Albert Hope. 244Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Final meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon Andy King, after singing Fields of Athenry. 209Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Final meal at Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon Auld Lang Syne: Carl Gray, Andy Walker, Denis Carter, Zoë Amstatt, Tom Taverner. 187Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Pierre Vernoy, aided by Zoë Amstatt, presents various items to Keith Murphy. The inscription in the book includes an uncharacteristic mistranslation: "Your band is so great that any band will replace you". We rather hope that this should have read "no band will replace you"! 146Kb (Dave) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Keith "Mr Faulty" Murphy and Jonathan "Manuë1" Prior entertain. 140Kb (Albert) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Keith "Mr Faulty" Murphy and Jonathan "Manuë1" Prior entertain. Video! 3.5Mb (Albert) | |
| August 2008. Résidence Montmuzard, Dijon Tom Taverner and Zoë Amstatt look on in disbelief.... 182Kb (Zoë) | |
| September 2008. Return Crossing Denis Carter, Keith Murphy, Allan Baxter and John Cadman display their purchases. 160Kb (Allan) |
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