Waikato Bay of Plenty Youth Day

Under 23 year olds had a great time at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Youth Development Day hosted by Te Awamutu Brass.

MD for a day: David Bremner (Principal Trombone from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

People from Hamilton Citizens Band in attendance:

HCB - Simon Winship (Tenor Horn), Walter Hughes (Euphonium), Leighton Ginever (Eb Bass), Alex Garcia-Gil (Percussion), Charlie Garcia-Gil (Tutor) 

Auxiliary - Vonya Cowie (Bass Trombone), Anessa Ginever (Tenor Trombone), Arnav Ram (Percussion),  

Videos of performances: 

Pirates of the Carribbean 

Te Awamutu March

Pixar Movie Favourites

Baybayetu 

We don't talk about Bruno

Brass Factory and Auxiliary Play out in the Park

The Brass Factory and Auxiliary Band had one final play out in the park opposite the band hall. This was a great opportunity to show our friends and family the progress each band has made. Before this took place the Auxiliary Band had an attempt at marching at the park... in prep for nationals 2020. (post to be updated). Thank you to Richard Lummus for supplying photographs from this day.

Left, Right, Left Right or was it Right, Left, Right Left?

Malcolm taking Brass Factory through their pieces

A large audience of family and friends

Front row cornets: Quinn, Stevie, Lizzie, Amelia

Front Row Cornets: Quinn, Stevie, Lizzie, Amelia, Leo

Amelia and Leo

Bass: Leighton

Anessa on trombone

Te Reo Hughes taking Auxiliary and Brass Factory through their paces. 

Ema on bass

Samantha on tenor horn

Alex on percussion

Mixed and matched: Walter, Quinn, Dana, Amelia and Blake.... In background: Robbie in the white hat

Back row cornets, Lizzie, Quentin, Rowan, Sarah

Trombones from front: Josh, Robert, Sandra, Anessa, Lynn and Cameron

Ema, Cameron, Lynn and Natalie (standing)

Tom on tenor horn

Cameron, Lynn, Robert (Bass Troms)

Natalie playing tamborine

Robbie and Stevie

End of the performance

Brass Factory and Auxiliary Band playing together.

The Brass Factory 2019 has seen so much development it became time to have a play out with the Auxiliary Band. Thanks to Apri for these photos. Having both bands together create an awesome harmony and Te Reo said she couldn't tell who was from Brass Factory or who was from Auxiliary. It's great to see Brass Factory players making such progress - most of these players have been in Brass Factory for 1-2 years.

Brass Factory Front Row: Quinn, Leo, Stevie, Lizzie and Amelia, back row Tracey helping Maata and Greg

Tenor Horns: Samantha, Sharon, Sonya

Euphoniums and Baritones: Roanna, Mele, Julie and James, Trombones Isaac and Anessa

Tenor Horns, Euphs and Baris

Troms Anessa an Isaac

Brass Factory and Auxiliary led by TeReo Hughes

Malcolm (Brass Factory conductor) and Tracey (Brass Factory organiser) playing in the back row helping Brass Factory players with the Auxiliary tunes.

Horns and Basses

Malcolm running the band through their paces.

Robert and Isaac

Anessa glad to be playing alongside Alex and Josh in the trombone section.

Let's just say, "That's a lot of troms"

New Zealand Secondary Schools Brass Band September 2019

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.

Walter, Nicole, Leighton 

Practicing with Leigh Martin (MD) (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

Tuba sectional (photo supplied by NZSSBB)

The first performance at Whanganui (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

A family friend supplied this pic of Memorie taking a photo of Leighton :)

Memorie (MD of Matamata Brass) very proud of Walter

Walter getting ready for the first tune

The Band after their final performance

The band (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

Walter playing in Repiano Piano 

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)

Walter in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

Leighton in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

Walter in rehearsals (Photo supplied by NZSSBB)

Photo supplied by NZSSBB (Walter playing Repiano - middle row third person in line)

WBOP players in the NZSSBB: Walter, Leighton, Leo, Courtney, Aria, Nicole (photo shared by WBOP Brass Band Association)  

Photo supplied by NZSSBB

Photo supplied by NZSSBB