ANZAC Day in the Driveway

Kaydreamer 2021-04-23 08:26:03 UTC #1

Any Aussies here will remember this from last year. I expect the same probably happened in NZ too.

So, last year on ANZAC Day (a very special Remembrance Day for Australia and New Zealand), all of the Dawn Services were cancelled due to COVID, and we were encouraged to do tiny Dawn Services in our driveways. Light little candles, play recordings of The Last Post, do the 1 minute silence, read the Ode... That sort of thing. Collaborate with the neighbours as to who does what. It was lovely, very communitarian.

I played The Last Post on the trumpet, which made my street feel very special indeed - they got an actual TRUMPET, none of the other streets had a TRUMPET - and my neighbours have been pestering me to do the same this year.

I've been trying to let them down gently, because Perth has been COVID-free for months, and there are real Dawn Services happening. Also, I have a jazz gig later that day, and I don't want to be awake at the crack of dawn.

Until an hour ago, when it was announced there's been community transmission from a quarantine hotel, and we're locking down for three days. Maybe more, if it spreads. Oh, and no Dawn Services, because lockdown, so our Premier is encouraging us to all do a driveway Dawn Service again. (Also, no jazz gig. Dang.)

...Guess who's dusting off her trumpet, now? I suppose the neighbours got their wish!

sorible 2021-04-23 08:32:41 UTC #2

Damn, that sucks At least everyone enjoys your trumpet playing enough to pester you about it- I had a sibling who played the trumpet and I cried every time he played.

Kaydreamer 2021-04-23 09:01:43 UTC #3

It does suck, but we've been SO lucky in Perth. The fact that lockdown and mask wearing still feels like a weird novelty to me is testament to that.

I'm glad they like it, too! My little dog, however, is thoroughly unimpressed. He also cries whenever I play it.

carloswebcomic 2021-04-23 09:49:30 UTC #4

Well, a trumpet call is a small sacrifice compared to the diggers.
You could always take a nap afterwards XD

Kaydreamer 2021-04-23 11:22:27 UTC #5

Very, very true! That's something I was reminding myself of today, as I was nagging myself to practice when I got home from work. Seeing that there was a health announcement imminent was that final push I needed to be like, "Yep, Kay, get your act together and go get the trumpet. Contribute."