Christmas in February?

Some call today Fat Tuesday and tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. But, the CSB is in our rehearsal room/studio playing Christmas music. Truth is that unlike most Salvation Army Bands the CSB doesn't ever play very much Christmas music.

For the last 25-30 years the CSB has taken a break in our season immediately following our Thanksgiving Concert held the Saturday following Thanksgiving. On occasion we've played a Christmas piece in that concert but that's about it.

In my 30+ years in the band I think we've produced 2 full Christmas recordings. That's about it.

I should explain that taking a break at Christmas is intentional for us. As a composite group made up of members from various Salvation Army churches we feel it is important to support the front line work of the Salvation Army. So, in December we tell our members to go and
do the work with their local Salvation Army church. Believe me, we're plenty busy without doing anything with the Staff Band.

What are we doing tonight? Well, we're asked to contribute to a recording produced to use as Christmas gifts for advisory personnel and many others. So, tonight was a night to record a little for that. You'll have to wait for the recording to be released to find out what we recorded.

Merry Christmas ~ in February.

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