Ah, another year gone by and it must be time for the Woodinville Community Band (WCB) Christmas concert at Crossroads Bellevue. This year the program was mostly popular and not as jazzy as we’ve done in past years. The audience really appreciated the music and said we haven’t sounded that good in recent times.

I believe the credit goes mostly to Leah, our director who really worked us hard to get us in shape. And a lot of events came into play to make it even more challenging like the ice storm last week, challenges with the facility we rent, and a shortage of some key musicians. I moved to bass clarinet and Gary Anderson moved to French horn this year to fill some shortages.

After the concert we all went to enjoy the WCB Christmas party. Yeah, I said it, Christmas, not Holiday. I’m getting braver in my old age. :o)

Jim Pilgrim entertained us with a number of folk songs and tunes from the 70s and 80s. He donated his time to the party as part of a charity auction for the King County United Way fund drive. Some of us joined in a sang with him too. The party turnout was the best in a long time.

So we still need more French horns, clarinets, oboes, bassoonists. Feel free to contact the band using the link above.