Our office re-opened yesterday, and rehearsals re-commenced tonight, so it is definitely ‘all systems go’ in the MaSamba Camp for 2012!
Tonight’s rehearsal had a couple of special points – given that it is the anniversary of Phil Lynott’s death, we had to have a spirited run-through of ‘Emerald’, one of the tracks we wrote for our ‘Boys Are Back In Town’ pageant in August 2011. We hadn’t played it in a few weeks, but it sounded powerful!
In the break, we had a special treat, courtesy of our ‘Canadian Connection’ Ken Dawson. Ken sent us a beautiful Christmas card and a couple of boxes of very tasty Maple cookies, which were pounced on in the tea break. We probably needed the energy for the big samba workout which followed!
Munching the delicious Maple biscuits, courtesy of Ken Dawson!
The rest of this week will be largely office-based, but with the schools back on Monday, we will get a lot busier with our workshop programs. We are just about to start back in Marino, Finglas, and Donore Avenue, and will also be beginning a new project in Balbriggan in a couple of weeks, so it is a very positive start to 2012!