Band Tour – Day 4
Date: Friday 29th August, 2008
Aww, the last day. It had been such a great band tour so far, so sad that it had to end. So we had breakfast at an easy 8, and then packed up and loaded the bus. Soon we were off to our last performance on tour.
We arrived outside Laurieton Public School (which we stopped infront of on day 2) and proceded to setup. Besides a small debate between Tim (Graham) and Mark (Barnsley) over where the band should set up, the setting up was relatively uneventful. Two students from the school joined us (they both played clarinet) to play along with us. Druing the performance, spider pig once again made his appearance, this time the kids were really eager to get to him. When Tim (Kerr) came up to talk about his trombone, he and Mark did a little duet. At some point in some holidays, Tim had injured his arm, and so he had to devise a new of practicing his trombone: using his foot!. So both he and Mark got down on the ground and played a small duet together. Another point was when we played ‘The Stripper’ and spider pig got thrown around a bit. Near the end, it got passed to Sam, who later threw it into Jess’s tuba (bell). I really wish I could’ve seen that. Also, spot the Asian came up with 1 kid.
After that wonderful performance (they didn’t cheer as loud as Wirreanda Public School), we packed up and began our journey home. Tim and Anieta presented Mrs Matthews, Dr Croyle, Mark Barnsley and Cambell (the bus driver) with our gifts of appreatiation. They all got chocolate, Mark also got a DVD of ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ (as he’s never seen Star Wars *gasp*, and so he joins the list of those very unforunate people), and Cambell also got a sign saying ‘World’s Best Driver’. How nice was that?
On the way home, we watched a few movies, like ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ and ‘History of the World: Part 1′. Classics….
Lunch was back at Heatherbrae, and some of us went shopping for food again. At the shopping centre we spotted another Asian! After that we continued our way back home. After dropping off Mr Barnsley at his stop, we eventually got back to school. We unpacked the tour bus, and slowly made our way off to where we would go. And that was the end of Band Tour 2008.