For 2006, we walked all the way out to Churchill! Some pictures from the dinner can be found here. The meal we were given included:
During this dinner, there were the annual awards…
Blankety Band award for Tour Quiz
Highlights from the Quiz: - "If Goff Richards heard the bass trombone section playing he would say ooh la la and start chomping on some onions" - Harvest - testing pasta structures - John Shaw - the one and only - Chris Asford - filming of the one and only WINNER - Euphs, baris and flugal
Drinker of the year
Jenny - drinking everything put in front of her during the quiz and even describing the Turbo Rosey as "quite nice" Becky H - also drinking everything put in front of her, and then making it through to a vodka-fuelled 5.23am Steve Hardiman - many years of steady drinking, and for giving himself a two-week hangover on the first night of tour Rob Richards - just to even up the male-female ratio WINNER - Steve Hardiman
Blunder of the Year
(Immune) Ben R - forgetting his cornet for a concert and breaking a toe Di - for leaving her cornet in the pavilion at Willingham when we went out to play and only realising when Aidan was about to start the set The Girls - for allowing Neil to choose who had which showers on tour The Boys - for agreeing to "next goal wins" and thus losing despite scoring 7 goals to 3 Di - for playing CUBB march as an encore at Wesley WINNER - Di Brady
Big Jets Award for Comedy Achievement
Greg - for being French Rob - for pointing out Greg's French heritage at every possible opportunity, and for general achievements in the field of comedy Chris - for his email: "I'm sure I'll be there when ever it is but I'm gouing to drink some port and I have a cocktail umbrellaq in my ear, so count me in but I'm rdrunk at the moment so vciount me in. good night" Willingham - for making us play in the changing rooms when it was raining WINNER - Rob Richards
Turd of honour
Angus - for dressing down for our concerts so that the rest of us didn't feel underdressed Jenny - for donating her kitchen for repeated abuse by the band Steve's Mum - for collecting Ben Russel's cornet Charlotte Pursey for lending Ben Russel her cornet WINNER - Charlotte Pursey
The Hazel Rogers award for inappropriate behaviour
Difficult in a year with Angus's playing and Rob's general existence, but... John G - for inappropriate use of a whisk on tour John Shaw - for inventing the AIDS game and insisting on playing it until everybody left the room Becky C - for using her artistic skills in pictionary to represent the word "hard", leading subsequently to Rob's 'I "would" "do" anything for "love" but I won't "do" that' John Shaw and Jenny - for getting it on in Chris's room WINNER - John Shaw
The Hat Trick Hero Award
Big JC - for scoring a hat-trick in tour football Chris - for tearing his trousers for the third time Steve Houghton - for clocking up at least his third leaving do Neil - for making it a hat-trick of tours without the DVD from the first coming out WINNER - JC
The Di Brady award for inappropriate coments
Di - for telling the back row "I sometimes sound like that when I haven't played for 10 years" Di - for describing the Trombone section as "one step down from the basses" Di - for sadism towards Becky C, making her go red for the amusement of the school kids Di - for naming Rosey and Susie as one of the reasons to come on tour WINNER - Di for her comments about the backrow
The Ainsley Harriet Award for Culinary Prowess
Tour Cheese on toast crew Kitchen crew - for peeling potatoes at 2am John G - for using a whisk to grate Cheese Aidan - for providing the menu for tour WINNER - Cheese on toast
Lifetime achievement award
He used to tap dance Likes nothing better than playing Floral Dance as an encore, then playing it again Has played sop and subsequently front row, where his lips of steel have been invaluable Been alsorts of things on the band committee Despite having his leaving do over a year ago, has only just got round to leaving We should forgive him the lapse of hiding the beer under his bed on one tour WINNER - Steve Houghton