Band Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/band/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:08:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Band Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/band/ 32 32 2696646 Bands, Fayres, and Festive Cheer https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/12/bands-fayres-and-festive-cheer/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/12/bands-fayres-and-festive-cheer/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:08:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47480 I think we’re beginning to slip properly into the Christmas spirit now. Anna probably has been for a while thanks to the various Christmas concerts and carolling she’s been doing with the band, but I joined her for the festive fun at the weekend too. After a gentle run around Borth on Sunday morning, we...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/12/bands-fayres-and-festive-cheer/feed/ 0 47480 A Day of Culture https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/a-day-of-culture/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/a-day-of-culture/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 07:09:41 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39379 It feels as though summer has arrived here in West Wales, and Sunday was spent mainly outdoors. First up for me, after an early morning walk to the beach, was a gentle run up to the estuary, along the River Leri, around the Animalarium and back through the golf course. I then chilled in the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/a-day-of-culture/feed/ 0 39379 Bands, Brunches and Bank Holidays https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/bands-brunches-and-bank-holidays/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/bands-brunches-and-bank-holidays/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:08:47 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27133 2 Day Weeks Another weekend has gone and this one was a Bank Holiday Weekend – Although I’d kind of forgotten that as they all seem to roll into one these days. I also work from home on Mondays and Tuesdays every week so Bank Holiday Mondays don’t mean much to me. The weekend was action...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/bands-brunches-and-bank-holidays/feed/ 1 27133 Brass Extravaganza review https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/01/brass-extravaganza-review/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/01/brass-extravaganza-review/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:34:22 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23701 What a day! I spent most of Saturday at the Brass Extravaganza in Aberystwyth.  This has been a few months in planning and a lot of hard work behind the scenes but the day was finally here and fingers crossed “touch wood” everything would run smoothly. Youth Competition The Brass Extravaganza started off with a Youth...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/01/brass-extravaganza-review/feed/ 3 23701 Strawberry Fayre, Aberystwyth https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/07/strawberry-fair-aberystwyth/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/07/strawberry-fair-aberystwyth/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2016 04:48:11 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22427 It’s been a busy few days here with no time to blog, but don’t worry, I’ll catch you up soon. We did manage to sneak out for an hour or so to the Strawberry Fayre in Aberystwyth though. The Aberystwyth Silver Band, and therefore Anna, were playing at it, so we went along to it as...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/07/strawberry-fair-aberystwyth/feed/ 0 22427 Aber Cycle Fest, Hotdogs on the Beach and a Xmas Dinner https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/aber-cycle-fest-hotdogs-beach-xmas-dinner/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/aber-cycle-fest-hotdogs-beach-xmas-dinner/#comments Sat, 28 May 2016 16:40:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22034 Friday was a busy one for us as usual. A 75 minute, fairly tough turbo trainer session first thing for me (after an hour or so of work). Today’s session was Mount Hope -2 from TrainerRoad which consisted of 4x 10 minute threshold intervals. One just below threshold, one at threshold, one just above threshold...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/aber-cycle-fest-hotdogs-beach-xmas-dinner/feed/ 2 22034 Wind Band Concert https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/wind-band-concert/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/wind-band-concert/#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:12:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21792 After a busy day and a lovely windsurf session, it was time for a quick dinner and then back into Aberystwyth for another concert. We went to the Schools Concert in the Arts Centre last week as Morgan was playing in the schools Wind Band. Today it was the Wind Band Concert which included the Youth...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/wind-band-concert/feed/ 0 21792 Schools Concert https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/schools-concert/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/schools-concert/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2016 08:21:20 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21694 We had an entertaining evening at a Ceredigion schools concert in the Arts Centre in Aberystwyth last night. It was three concerts in one really. Windband Schools Concert First up was the Wind Band in which Morgan was playing. We even had to join in with some audience participation during the 1812 overture using paper...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/schools-concert/feed/ 3 21694 St Brieuc Twinning Tour with Aberystwyth Silver Band – Day 3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/09/st-brieuc-twinning-tour-with-aberystwyth-silver-band-day-3/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/09/st-brieuc-twinning-tour-with-aberystwyth-silver-band-day-3/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:59:37 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=20237 Another early start in St Brieuc for me with an early morning run into Langueux and some rummaging around for a geocache. I couldn’t find the first one so had to run a little further to find a different one, but had success in the end as dawn broke in St Briuec. It was then...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/09/st-brieuc-twinning-tour-with-aberystwyth-silver-band-day-3/feed/ 1 20237 St Brieuc Twinning Tour with Aberystwyth Silver Band – Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/09/st-brieuc-twinning-tour-with-aberystwyth-silver-band-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/09/st-brieuc-twinning-tour-with-aberystwyth-silver-band-day-2/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:56:22 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=20235 After packing in so much stuff yesterday, it was hard to believe that this was only Day 2 of the Aberystwyth Silver Bands twinning tour to St Brieuc, but day two it was. The planned walk around St Brieuc had howver been cancelled as everyone eas tired, everyone needed a bit of a rest and...

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