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Below photos from our first performance 7/31/08

Our Beginning

  November 18th was our first rehearsal. There was a little anticipation wondering if people were really going to do this. We were pleasantly surprised that we had 23 brass players at rehearsal. Yes some of us are getting back into it and others have been playing regularly but we sounded better than any of us thought. We played through the warm up, Maybe, as well as Solitaire, which will be our closer. Here are a few pictures.

December's rehearsal was cancelled due to an ice storm. We added a rehearsal later in the spring to make up for the loss.

January 20th was our next rehearsal. We had 32 horns at that rehearsal and after reviewing what we did in sectionals we started learning the opener, Divergents. We had a few people watching and a few not with us due to family commitments but by the end of the rehearsal we were playing through 3 full songs and even started to learn She's Not There, our 4th musical number.

All in all it was a great beginning. We are sounding better and getting bigger. We have alumni from att three decades the Defenders were in existance. We are also joined by players from Boston Crusaders Alumni Corps, St. Kevin's Emerald Knights, Mass Brass, and the Light Brigade. It's getting fun.

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