Hi from Beaumaris

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:41 am

Hi my name is Nick Jones ,

I am the new solo tuba player with the Beaumaris Band (www.beaumarisband.org.uk).
I have been a member of the band since 2001 , I am a former principal tubist with the National Youth Brass Band of Wales , and a member of the Point of Ayr Colliery Band.
The Beaumaris Band is a championship section band and the youth and B Bands are award winning youth and 4th section former National British Champions .
If anyone is over in North Wales on business or holiday , drop us a line and pop over to check out state of the art Reharsal and Recording Facilities.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:20 am

Do you have to speak Welsh to be in the Beaumaris Band?

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:58 am

Hi thanks for the message , we are very proud of our heritage and language , to be honest I don't know if we have a language policy.
We do have a lot of welsh speakers in the organisation ( around 160 at the last count between all the bands B , youth , intermediate , training and the senior bands) , but rehersals are conducted in Welsh and English , If anyone comes down they are made to feel welcome whatever language you spoke. some of us have even a few norwegian phrases when we have worked with guest conductors like Morten E Hansen ( Stavanger , Norway ).

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:06 am

Thanks for the Welcome , It's good to be here

Mark E. Chachich · Post by **Mark E. Chachich** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:47 am

Greetings and welcome! I hope that you enjoy TubeNet as much as I do!

Mark

Louis · Post by **Louis** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:14 pm

Hey there Nick - good to hear from you - probably haven't chatted since TubaEuphorum disappeared.

Solo Tuba now - very impressive! Hope everything is going well...

Louis
(Baritone, Princeton Brass Band, NJ USA)

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:32 am

snorlax wrote:
NickJones wrote:Hi my name is Nick Jones ,

I am the new solo tuba player with the Beaumaris Band (www.beaumarisband.org.uk).
I have been a member of the band since 2001 , I am a former principal tubist with the National Youth Brass Band of Wales , and a member of the Point of Ayr Colliery Band.
The Beaumaris Band is a championship section band and the youth and B Bands are award winning youth and 4th section former National British Champions .
If anyone is over in North Wales on business or holiday , drop us a line and pop over to check out state of the art Reharsal and Recording Facilities.
CROESO!

Rydw i'n siarad Cymraeg; rydw i'n chwarae euphonium

Hwyl...Jim

Thanks Mark....Sut Mae Jim , where you from Jim?great to see another Welsh Speaker here
Louis great to hear from you...Solo tuba sounds better than it is

yes it's been a while , hope everything is well at Princeton

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:24 am

Hi Jim well with a surname of Williams , I think you qualify as Welshman....Bangor is a great place , and Aber and Dolgellau ( dont know if you went to the sessiwn fawr when you were in Dol).blimey you might even be a distant relation of Euphonium Star Glyn Williams ( where you visited is Glyns neck of the woods)I have a few experiences of the usa , I was a featured soloist on the Trefor Band ( Llyn Peninsula ) tour of Milwaukee and Wisconsin in 1997 , we played at the Cymanfa Canu and the Eisteddfod , went to Waulkasha (sp) , a village called Wales , Oshkosh(sp) , Milwaukee and other parts of Wisconsin and Michigan like Green Bay and Grand Rapids.
also hired help with the Black Dyke Band tour of USA ( New Jersey and Philadelphia) and Bermuda in 2002.
well if you ever back in the UK or North Wales , drop on by to Beaumaris , just bring a mouthpiece and leave the rest to us

cheers

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