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addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Sign.jpg","Carrbrook Brass Band's visit to the 2007 Fête Des Nieulles, Armentiéres.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/OffTheCoach.jpg","First stop this year was a Friday night at the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium, just a short way from the French border.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Ivan.jpg","Ivan gets ready to play.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/BelgianMemorial.jpg","The Ploegsteert Memorial is also known as the Plug Street memorial.  What I remember most about it were the huge flags that unexpectedly got waved in my face whilst I was attempting to maintain an appropriate composure.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/AfterMemorial.jpg","The band make their way back to the coach, to return to Armentiéres.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/NotFlonFlon.jpg","Back to the restaurant the band still call 'Flons Flons'...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/TallBottles.jpg","...which now has some fancy new bottles...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Desert.jpg","...and excellent food.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/ChrisEatsOwnHand.jpg","Unfortunately, Chris decided to eat his own hand instead...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/SmashedPlate.jpg","...and the crockery didn't survive the Carrbrook treatment.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Braces.jpg","Roy's got braces and knows how to use them!");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Bed.jpg","Finally, to bed at our rustic accomodation.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Church.jpg","Saturday morning was free, so we took a trip into town.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/TownHall.jpg","This is the town hall, a miniature version of which takes part in the carnival.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Market.jpg","As it's Saturday, the local market is the place to be.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Figures.jpg","The market is, in some ways, more like a British car boot sale, with all sorts of strange stuff on sale.  Plastic super-heros, anyone?  Or...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Strings.jpg","...classical stringed instruments, or...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/OricAtmos.jpg","...vintage computers that I thought were long extinct.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Bar.jpg","Rather than explore the market, there were other attractions on offer...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/BarDwellers.jpg","...as some of the band had already discovered.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/CousCous.jpg","A Saturday cous cous lunch was held in a local hall.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Slovacs.jpg","We were entertained by an excellent band from Slovakia...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Baritones.jpg","...which seemed to give pride of place to its baritone players, which, of course, is how every band should be :0).");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Trainees.jpg","Roy decided to audition some of the Slovac band, but with so much brass talent on offer, it's interesting that he chose the majorettes.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/BandsOnParade.jpg","Back on duty on Saturday afternoon, we marched through the town and onto the arena in front of the town hall.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/NewTrombonist.jpg","I'm not sure how, but we seem to have found a new trombone player.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Queens.jpg","This is the point where the Stalybridge carnival queens get their moment of glory.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Crowning.jpg","And this is when the local queen gets crowned.  Well, I think that's what was going on.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Chris.jpg","Chris doesn't seem too impressed with the ceremony.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/SportingBar.jpg","Afterwards, the band head for the local Sporting Bar.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/AtTheHospital.jpg","Sunday morning started with a trip to the local hospital.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/CornetPractice.jpg","The cornets get warmed up to play.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/BlueBand.jpg","After visiting the hospital and a local home for the elderly, the band prepared for the afternoon's main procession.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/MarchingTubas.jpg","More bands seemed to be appearing from nowhere.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Imposter.jpg","This band had somehow picked up a familiar imposter.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Windmill.jpg","Back at the town hall, people started to prepare for the procession.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/CarnivalWaiting.jpg","There was a lot of waiting around...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Pirates.jpg","...but plenty going on.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Waiting3.jpg","More waiting.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Majorettes.jpg","More majorettes.  There were majorettes everywhere.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Waiting1.jpg","Even more waiting.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Waiting2.jpg","Tick, tick, tick...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Vendor.jpg","The Silly String vendors seemed to do good business - mostly from the band...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Sam.jpg","...as Sam demonstrates...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/RoyString.jpg","...and Roy proves beyond any doubt.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Voucher.jpg","Once the carnival was over, we got vouchers!  Here, Lee proudly displays his booty.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/SundayMeal1.jpg","And so, once we were changed, we finished off the day in town...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/SundayMeal2.jpg","...first with a grand meal in the Crystal bar.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Fireworks.jpg","The events were given a formal conclusion with the fireworks.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/NightBar.jpg","But the band carried on...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Shooting.jpg","...making the most of all opportunities.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Mistral1.jpg","Back again this year, Le Mistral proved popular with many in the band...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Mistral3.jpg","...and with the carnival queens too.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Mistral2.jpg","All ready to go...?");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Mistral4.jpg","...Yep!");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/MistralSpeed.jpg","As you can see, it's fast.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Coach2.jpg","On the way home, the band were in a spritely mood...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Coach.jpg","...and soon found a use for the left-over tights (don't ask...).");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Lee.jpg","Someone's not going to be proud of this picture...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Roy.jpg","...nor this one.");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/StickMan.jpg","So we arrived back at Calais to find the world's most unfortunate stick man...");
addPhoto("Images/Carrbrook07/Ferry.jpg","...and our ferry back home.  Once again, thanks to all at Carrbrook band (and the guests!) for another great weekend.  Hope you enjoyed the pictures.  Guy");