As was announced earlier Walter and Leighton were selected for the NZSSBB - and in September they packed their bags during the school holidays and traveled by bus with Nicole Schweizer from Matamata Brass to have a week of their life in New Plymouth. Walter is year 9 at Hamilton's Fraser High School, Leighton Year 11 at Morrinsville College and Nicole attends Matamata College.
The NZSSBB practiced most days from 9am-9pm with a few activities in the middle to break it up a bit and allowed students to get to know each other because representatives came from the top of the north to the bottom of the south. What a great opportunity to be led by Leigh Martin from the New Zealand Army Band, and have expert coaching from Army band players and locals from New Plymouth Brass
For those with Facebook you may be able to
click on this link to watch the video of the NZSSBB Whanganui performance.
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| Walter, Nicole, Leighton |
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| Practicing with Leigh Martin (MD) (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| Tuba sectional (photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| The first performance at Whanganui (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| A family friend supplied this pic of Memorie taking a photo of Leighton :) |
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| Memorie (MD of Matamata Brass) very proud of Walter |
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| Walter getting ready for the first tune |
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| The Band after their final performance |
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| The band (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| Walter playing in Repiano Piano |
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| The Tuba Section - middle in green is Nick from the NZ Army Band, he got the team in top notch order (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| Walter in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
Leighton in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)
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| Walter in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB) |
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| Photo supplied by NZSSBB (Walter playing Repiano - middle row third person in line) |
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| WBOP players in the NZSSBB: Walter, Leighton, Leo, Courtney, Aria, Nicole (photo shared by WBOP Brass Band Association) |
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| Photo supplied by NZSSBB |
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| Photo supplied by NZSSBB |
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