Another Day

Another walk in the Dairy fields.

More Christmas Concerts

Photo taken by Williams Lake Tribune for Tuba Christmas


Yesterday was the annual Tuba John Christmas Concert at the United Church, featuring our Brass Ensemble, the Cariboo Men's Choir, Quintet Plus (mixed choir), and a capella group Synergy.  The concert is held in memory of tuba player and all around music enthusiast John Sykes, who passed away several years ago from cancer.

The church was full, the music was great, and the proceeds went to the Salvation Army and the Foodbank.

Tonight Cariboo Gold (swing band) plays with the Senior Secondary bands, and we play again on Monday for the Senior's Village Christmas Party.

More Seasonal Activities

Playing at the Community Christmas Dinner at the Catholic Hall with the Brass Ensemble

Wednesday was a busy day.  First there was the Ministry ofForests retirees' Christmas Luncheon.  Then at 6 the brass Ensemble played Christmas music for the Community Christmas Dinner.  It came with a delicious free turkey dinner, so that was two big meals in one day.  Lastly we raced over to the High School to play with the local Junior Bands.  Talk about a wall of sound when all 10 snare drummers played at once! 

Scout Island Walk

A beautiful warm, sunny day though the trails and boardwalks were pretty icy.  The lake is frozen pretty much frozen over.

Most of the snow has melted.

Leo braves the boardwalk

Coming back across the bridge, we heard a loud plop by the beaver dam.  The beaver must have been out enjoying the sunny weather too.  Its keeping a small hole open in the ice.

Cold Snap Over

When we woke up to -15 C in late November we thought it was a little early in the year for such cold weather, but then we read in our diary that it was -27 last year.

Today when we checked the thermometer it was 4 C, so the cold snap is officially over and from the weather forecast it looks like all our snow will be gone in the next few days.  Now we have something to complain about.

Beautiful sky over the Dairy Fields