Every month, the police brass band of Shizuoka Prefecture has a 30-minute concert during lunch break. The venue is alternately held in the 21st floor of the Prefecture Capitol and in the Aoi Park behind the City Hall.
Shizuoka is known as a prefecture of people who take life easily. They are not the same as the rushing people of Tokyo, nor are they as overly cheerful as those of Osaka. People from Shizuoka may look at you seriously for the the first time, but are easy to be friends with. Music is one factor that best describes their being always "at home", and the Police Force is one group that shows how much they can excel even in this field. The head of the trumpet team of this band is a friend of mine. (Just for trivia: most of the members of this band are not policemen/women at all. They are really professional musicians employed for this purpose.)
I always try to see this band every month. It not only satisfies my craving for live instrumental presentation, but also brings me to the past when I, myself, was a member of the seminary brass band. I first played the horizontal horn, but was transferred to trumpet the next year. From then on, it was trumpet until I turned 29. Funny, though, but I seemed to have gained confidence playing this instrument only in my last 2 years. I tried joining the brass band of the school where I worked at for some time, but workloads made me busier than just practicing with them. Hmmm... I hope I could have my own trumpet in the near future. I do not care if I don't have to buy the best one of Yamaha. A good-for-hobby piece would be OK.
On second thought... would that mean that I would just end up using the karaoke room for practice?
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