Today is the day! The count down is over; new clothes have been bought; bags have been packed - weighed and then repacked to meet the Airline's strict weight limits. Instruments have been cleaned, lubricated and polished and all the hard work that has been put in over the last two years has come to fruition! The hours spent fund raising, the hours spent organising concerts, accommodation, transport and all the events we're going to be doing State-side, but now this is it, Zero Hour!
At 8am (GMT) a coach, laden with suitcases, instruments, music and all the other paraphernalia that is associated with a brass band tour of this nature and magnitude will depart from Harwich, Essex, and wing its way down the A120, A12 and round the M25 to Heathrow.
At the same time, down on the south coast, the Victory RBL Bandsmen and Women from Porstmouth, Hampshire, will be rubbing the sleep from their eyes as they too jump into cars and minibuses and head north to meet Harwich RBL at the aforementioned Airport, just off Junction 15 on the M25.
Timings have been arranged with military precision. At 11am will we all come together for the first time since the Bands’ social weekend in May. From there, bags will be checked in (the extra baggage fee having been waived for our instruments (Thank you very much Virgin Atlantic!)). We will pass through security and then who knows? Maybe a quiet pint, a bite to eat or a bit of duty free shopping while we wait for the call signalling the opening of our gate! Then onward…..To America!!
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