Julie Long - Euphonium
Julie Long was nearly 14 when she started playing brass in 1986. She has told us that she plays piano (badly - although we have yet to give an opinion!). Julie started on tenor horn and then moved to baritone, eventually moving to euphonium. Julie is proud that she started 20 youngsters on brass instruments, culminating in them all marching around the school field!
Julie has previously played wth Dereham Junior Band, Dereham Band, Matthews Norfolk Brass, Waveney Valley Brass, Carleton Main Frickley (one concert on Cromer Pier!) and of course Fakenham Town Band.
Julie enjoys brass band music, classical, lots of rock/pop music, and pretty much anything that isn't jazz!
Julie says that the best thing about being in the band is that everyone is different, but all are friends. She likes playing together and going to different places playing to appreciative audiences.
Julie has endless funny storys and recounts of the time she was out playing carols with a band and the accompanying singers accidentally took a different route to the band during a carol, but continued playing.... and the time the band was on a float in a carnival parade and was unable to play through laughing when they got covered in leaves from overhanging trees. The best one has to be when involved in a dramatic performance of 'Mars from the Planets'. The stage was flooded with red lights and smoke for effect. What the producers didn't envisage was that vision would be obscured so much that the players couldn't see the conductor at all. Julie is proud that she was part of a quartet that recently came second in a competition at Blackfriars Hall.
Away from band, Julie enjoys swimming, cycling and running (slowly) and walking her dog.
Don't tell anyone, but Julie has a special bottle of 'water' that she uses when she is playing a solo....!
Julie has previously played wth Dereham Junior Band, Dereham Band, Matthews Norfolk Brass, Waveney Valley Brass, Carleton Main Frickley (one concert on Cromer Pier!) and of course Fakenham Town Band.
Julie enjoys brass band music, classical, lots of rock/pop music, and pretty much anything that isn't jazz!
Julie says that the best thing about being in the band is that everyone is different, but all are friends. She likes playing together and going to different places playing to appreciative audiences.
Julie has endless funny storys and recounts of the time she was out playing carols with a band and the accompanying singers accidentally took a different route to the band during a carol, but continued playing.... and the time the band was on a float in a carnival parade and was unable to play through laughing when they got covered in leaves from overhanging trees. The best one has to be when involved in a dramatic performance of 'Mars from the Planets'. The stage was flooded with red lights and smoke for effect. What the producers didn't envisage was that vision would be obscured so much that the players couldn't see the conductor at all. Julie is proud that she was part of a quartet that recently came second in a competition at Blackfriars Hall.
Away from band, Julie enjoys swimming, cycling and running (slowly) and walking her dog.
Don't tell anyone, but Julie has a special bottle of 'water' that she uses when she is playing a solo....!
