Band Practice Buff Gifts

Practicing the C major scale in 6 positions.

A fairy with wand and crown in pink tutu

Four children playing the flute.

"We’ve nailed guitar-solo-face. Time to try playing instruments."

"I hate it when the damned things decide they need to get out and burn off some calories."

"Wait! Don't start the chase now: I need to stretch first!:

"From the gentleman at the end of the barre."

“Dad, I think I’ve finally found Gsus.”

"I told him he should have trained more."

7 brownies worth of exercise.

"'Fried Ham' on 3..."

Music Lessons

Guitarist: 'We can freely improvise some other time ... now let's practise.' (With Derek it was always jam tomorrow)

"As a member of the Sunday praise team you are not allowed to "change it up", whenever you feel led."

Ballet Lovers

"The time has come for some tough cost-cutting decisions, and I'm forced to ask myself, do we really need a bass?"

'Why do I have to do this? -- Violins never solve anything!'

The first microscope capable of seeing the number of angels dancing on the head of a pin.

One-man band rehearsal.

"You have to practice because if the Devil challenges you to a fiddle contest and wins, he gets your soul."

"Sorry, dude. . . but you just don't fit into our group!"

Gym. Instructor. Why do you want to learn kickboxing? I've always wanted to win a fight hands down!

Motivation to Keep Fit.

Pollyanna, the Hamster

'Hey look I got a free newspaper with my wallchart of north sea molluscs aand DVD of elbow stretching excercises.'

Band alternating between whiney and angry songs.

Mike had learnt by heart the whole training manual, apart from the most important bit.

'If you plan to run a half-marathon you won't want a stopwatch, you'll need a calendar!'

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

An angel bangs a broom on a cloud

'He's been wanting to have his own signature end-zone dance, but this just doesn't cut it.'

The tortoise and the hare are in a shoe store trying on shoes in preparation for their race.

"Dude, I figured out why your solos sound so bad - that thing's actually a bass."

'Young players have a tendency to forget fundamentals over the winter.'

'I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I had the whitest teeth!'