Micro-dose of Procol in Sussex

29 January 2010, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK

Three members of the Clare family grab a few moments' rehearsal at a Sussex church before a funeral. Last time they played together
in this combination was September 2000, when the Palers' Band tackled Grand Hotel and Wreck of the Hesperus. Since that occasion
Jane (violin) has never been in the right continent to join the Palers' Band again, sadly, though Peter has been deeply involved.

Just before the above, Peter transposes his part up a semitone (and will play with the mouthpiece pulled out a full six centimetres)
to compensate for the fact that the piano is a quarter-tone sharp (which could have been caused, or exacerbated,
by the shocking cold in the building). This tiny score is clasped in the flugelhorn's 'lyre' ... as shewn below

At the same time, his sister decorates the family flugelhorn with rhinestones, in honour of a well-known song ...

... so that the bell looks like this. Of course we're not playing any Procol music, though the Processional,
Eternal Father, Strong to Save (aka For Those in Peril on the Sea) would sound good in a PH arrangement

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Curious to spot this engraved stone as we left the church after the service. Undoubtedly no relation
to the man who sings about rhinestoned flugelhorns ... just one of those things. (Click on the photo)

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