The Band Sings
One more clip from the video of the Band's visit to Jönköping in 1990. I may share another one on here, but the plan is to make the whole video available via the Band's website (for anyone who is interested) once I have processed it all.
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I mentioned in one of the comments on the Dag Wirén post the other day that this particular evening had gone down in band folklore - forgive me if you already know this story - have a feeling I have written it somewhere else recently 😉 - but for others it is worth explaining.
The tour began in Södertälje and we were up very early on the Sunday morning to travel to Norrköping in time for the Holiness Meeting there. After lunch we set off again to Jönköping where we were scheduled in the evening.
The evening event consisted of a Salvation Meeting followed - at the request of the Corps - by not a 'normal' wind-up but a full Band festival. The tape recording is just over 3hrs long and does not include (obviously) the two intervals that we had - one before and one during the festival. Nor does it manage to squeeze in the end of the last march that the Band played.
So - you will understand that this was a rather long evening for all concerned and we were all rather pleased when we arrived - very late - at our billets!!
I have kept Geoff's introduction in this video (but cut out the Swedish translation that followed) - think this is the first post of a "Band song" that I have shared.
Some comments received :
Hugh Brennan : It was 1960 that Hugh Fraser and I played in Jonkoping band wearing kilts when we were on a hitch-hiking holiday in Scandinavia. Lovely welcoming people! How moving to see shots of your dad. A great friend
Adrian Whittingham : Nice to see video of dad, and strange to think I'm exactly the age now as he is in this video (give or take a month) 😌
