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Player Profile:
Name:
Dave Spray
Position: Eb Bass
Other roles:
Treasurer
Occupation?
Current:
Head Cashier at the National Space Centre (Part time)
Previous:
Retired bank manager
Where
are you originally from?
I'm
a pure Leicestershire breed
Any
other instruments?
Previously
played: Cornet, Euphonium, G Trombone (with slide positions marked!) Tenor horn
How
long have you been playing?
Too
long probably!!! 55 Years with a 4 year break in the middle
When
did you join The Wigston Band?
1950
(Conductor was Charlie Moore)
Favourite
Piece?
Intermezzo
from Cavalleria Rusticana (Massagni)
Biggest
playing influence?
I
was introduced to banding by my Father
Favourite
musical moment?
Visiting
Albert Hall to listen to the Championship Section National Finals
Worst
musical moment?
On
the band's Malta Tour in 1992. I was concentrating on transposing the part while
marching and ended up going the wrong way and marching along on my own
Likes?
Dining out, Continental breaks, classical music and dog walking
Dislikes?
Smokers who leave lit cigarettes to burn in ashtrays. Untidy
people
Previous Bands:
None
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