As part of an event organised by Music Durham and Durham Festival of the Arts, we played in an outdoor concert in brilliant sunshine on 9th June, alongside a selection of brass and concert bands. There were also workshops in circus skills and face-painting — and a gamelan workshop for the audience to learn a piece of Javanese music after we’d finished our performance.
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- Rehearsal and set up
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- Having a quick rest in between set-up and performance – while listening to the brass band
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- …a bit more practice…
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- View from the Playpen
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- Does playing the gong make everyone smile?
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- Yes (based on a sample of two, anyway)
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- After our performance, the audience gets a go
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- Gamelan workshop
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- …more workshop…
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- …meanwhile, some of us were loitering at the back learning about the suling