Monthly Archives: September 2005

Our first period of free time
Our first period of free time was about 15 minutes before the church concert. We were only allowed out the front of where we were staying, most people helped with unloading the trailer. One person cleaned out the rubbish in the minibus.
Our second period of time
Our second period of time [...]

Getting ready to go to Midsummer Norton
We all met at the scout hut. We had to get all the instruments out of the cupboard, it was chaos. David, the Bass drummer, had to put it all in the band trailer. Then it was time to set off. We all packed into the Scout bus and [...]

The fun parade has to be the one and only parade I have ever enjoyed doing so much. This year we were footballers and football hooligans. We marched down the street when we got to where the judges were stood we seperated into a circle and while we were playing Match of The Day, Vickey, [...]

Midsummer Norton
On Saturday the band had their lunch when we got to Midsummer Norton and then we had to get changed for the concert in the church.
Concert in the church
When we stood outside the church waiting to go in, there was a band called the Hook that spoke to us. In the church we played [...]

Over the next few days, we will be posting some articles written by the members of the 14th Eastleight Scout and Guide Band – “The Spitfires“.
They will tell us all about their experiences of the Midsomer Norton Mardi Gras competitions held earlier in the summer.
The first one will appear tomorrow, and will be by Vickey, [...]