The native of Kelčany in the Kyjov region ended an incredible era with the band. “We have lived for fifty years and sixteen days. The situation is not rosy. It all started somehow and it all ends. We’re old. I’m not even healthy anymore, it’s strenuous, “explains the reasons that led to the last concert, bandleader.
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As Lomnice revealed, Moravanka did not deliberately choose for the final performance. “They wanted us. We said by the end of the year what had come out of Lomnice. Tears also dripped for the musicians, “says Slabák about the final line.
Slabák and brass band legend Moravanka are celebrating
Moravanka had its last concert on Wednesday. She ended her work after fifty years in Lomnice in the Brno region. Irozhlas.cz informed about the end of the brass band. “To go to a concert and have in your diary for five days in a row two concerts, sometimes three concerts, when it was MDŽ, so we counted it on the steaks, because they hosted us everywhere, they welcomed us everywhere, it took twenty-six steaks in March, it means twenty – six concerts, “said singer Jožka Šmukař some time ago.
In her native Kyjov region, Moravanka performed at a big concert in August this year. “A thousand people came to Kyjov. The performance managed to make a beautiful DVD and two CDs. I didn’t even expect it, but it worked. It was very nice, “Slabák is pleased.
It is with Kyjov that the beginnings of his wind music are connected. “When I founded Moravanka, there were even four Frýborts there,” he refers to the tradition associated with music teacher and conductor Josef Frýbort.
World band
Jan Slabák and Moravanka performed a total of eight thousand concerts. “A world band was formed. We were in America three times and we traveled all over Europe. There is a lot to remember, but the bandleader is more worried. They mainly remember the musicians where they did, and then I had to iron it, “he laughs.
He played with Moravanka in theaters and large concert halls. “After the revolution, we played more in the streets and squares. But the square was always full, to this day. We always got to the halls until Christmas, “he says.
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This time it was in Světlá nad Sázavou. “Imagine there were five degrees at the Christmas concert in the church. If you hear my voice, I’m still sick of it, “said Slabák.
For listeners after Moravance, there are seventy-six carriers with recordings, around six hundred songs and videos. “Whoever liked us, let them remember, there are a lot of recordings,” adds the bandleader. Now he is going to continue to devote himself to music, in his own publishing house.
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