LIVE PERFORMANCE: Ashburton Silver Band

You know it's Christmas when the Ashburton Silver Band stops by for a live performance of "Jingle Bells"

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I love this the return of the Ashburton Silver Band,
and Gavin is the spokesperson. We touched on what's been
a busy old season for them. They've done the circuit
of local rest homes, a couple of them quite big concerts,
so that's neat that they're a headline band of sorts,
a headline act. Been playing at the library. You might

(00:20):
have seen them on the back of the truck at
the Center parade and also on the back of the
truck doing the rounds in some local streets, which is
another tradition which is pretty neat to see happen. Continue
Gavin with the help of the cadets, so they enable
all this to happen. Theyse are like crowd control, so
many fans are they're the collectors, they're the most valuable.

(00:44):
Absolutely a bit of a fundraiser for the band, is it.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, it is fundraiser. Gives us money to do what
we do for the rest of the year. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
So it helps with a growing band, I hear.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, we are growing, but yeah, so that's great.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
So who are our new members that's.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Clear on a trumpet, uh, William Wallace and Dave Christian.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, Christian he used to be my high school teacher.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, well they're still doing that.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah is he? Oh noice, there's a musical family, then.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yes it is.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah. It's become a bit of a tradition as well,
a beast to ask, how are your spuds this year?

Speaker 2 (01:30):
They molded this year, they weren't last year.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Mold on top of them. Right.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
I didn't do it last year because we went overseas
and when we come back the spuds were about foot
ice too late.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Right flat. Do you notice do you notice in the taste?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
No difference in the taste. It's just that they grow
more spuds when they're molded. Great, great, that's the theory.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Anyway, Free spuds Christmas Day with the mint that chef's cast, No,
I reckon. They're best the following day, Boxing Day morning.
You know, when you've got leftovers, you slice them up,
fry them with the ham and copious amounts of butter.
Oh mate, so good. So what would you like to
perform for us this morning? Clearly you've had

Speaker 2 (03:01):
The taking