A very successful week was held in from 11-15 July 2018 where brass bands from around NZ converged on Blenheim to compete against each other in their respective grades and have a catch up of banding friends.
Click the links below to see all the results from the weeks events, and the Parade of Bands courtesy of Tim at Brassbanned.
2018 Parade of Bands – National Contest
Coming up between 12-15 July are the New Zealand Brass Band Championships 2018 being held in Blenheim.
5 Feilding Brass players are helping Levin & Districts Brass in the C Grade competition.
Click the link below to watch the live stream.
On Saturday 7th July 2018 Feilding Brass played at, Eb Bass player Nigel Towers & nephew Rhyan Brownie’s Shave For A Cure event which was held at the Feilding Public Library.
With pieces like Uptown Funk, Ghostbusters to Fly Me To The Moon, the performance was well received by the audience and Library staff.
Even the Manawatu District Mayor, Helen Worboys who is the Patron of Feilding Brass got in on the proceedings by shaving some of Nigel’s beard off.
Well done to Nigel and Rhyan and to Feilding Brass for another entertaining mini concert.
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This afternoon Feilding Brass performed at the Fete De La Musique at Palmerston North Library as part of their music festival.
The set included a couple of very French numbers among the line up of well known tunes. A very crowd pleasing mini concert for young and old.
Nous avons hâte de vous voir l’année prochaine.
More photos in Gallery.
On the 103rd Anniversary of the landing of Gallipoli, Feilding Brass participated in three ANZAC Day commemoration services.
Feilding dawn service at 6.30am, Sanson civic service at 9.30am and Ashhurst civic service at 12pm.
With the playing of the last post, and the laying of the poppies, We Will Remember Them.
Combined Band
On Sunday 22nd April 2018 at 2pm, leading up to ANZAC Day, the Levin Salvation Army Church was filled with with the glorious sounds of a combined concert featuring Levin Centennial Concert Band, Feilding Brass and Levin & Districts Brass bands.
The concert started with Levin Centennial Concert Band playing Blitzkrieg Bop, O Waly Waly, In the mood, Pirates of the Caribbean, A Whole New World and Love Me Tender.
Feilding Brass then played Evening Hymn and Last Post, Aces High, Maori Battalion, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Band of Brothers, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and New York, New York.
And finally, Levin & Districts Brass played Jamie’s Patrol, Colonel Bogey on Parade, Sousa on Parade, Abide With Me featuring the bands Choir, Dam Busters March, Sing Along from Bavarian with Chris leading singers and Great Escape.
To finish off this afternoons concert, all three band joined together to play Hogans Heroes and the street march Invercargill.
Such a huge and wonderful sound to finish off an awesome afternoon of music.
Look forward to the next concert.
More photos in “Gallery”.
Come join us for our end of year concert.
26th November from 7 PM til 9 PM
A little bit of something for everyone.
Tickets sold at the door:
Adults: $15.00
Under 16: $10.00
Family 2+2: $40.00
At the Feilding Civic Centre
On April 9th and 10th, 2016, Feilding is hosting 12 bands from the lower North Island in the biennial combined district brass band contest.
On Saturday each band performs a reflective item and test piece. This is held in the Feilding Civic Centre with the first band starting at 1pm and the last expected to finish around 6:30pm.
On Sunday the bands each perform a ‘concert program’, a 30 minute bracket with a wider variety of program choice and more emphasis on entertainment. This is also held in the Feilding Civic Centre, between 9am and 5pm, with a two hour gap from 11:30am.
Filling in that gap on Sunday is the march, where the bands play while marching down the street. This starts at 12.15 going down Eyre Street, weather permitting.
Feilding Brass was proud to be a part of the official opening (postponed 111 years) of the Mangaweka Bridge Opening and Pioneer Day on March 7th. On a fine and warm day the band, doing their best to fit the period by being dressed in their marching uniforms, entertained the crowds as they prepared for the bridge opening and as the parade of vintage cars rolled past.
The program was a little unusual for Feilding Brass, with a collection of tunes popular or well known 100+ years ago, from the ever popular Jerusalem, through Londonderry Air, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, to the 1914 march (with Tipperary) and the timeless Instant Concert.
It was a combination neither group had been a part of – brass band and Welsh ladies choir – but the end result was a wonderful Sunday afternoon of music at the Huia Centre in Palmerston North.
Our combined concert began with a bracket from Feilding Brass featuring six numbers. Once again Dan Griffiths on cornet wowed us with his silky rendition of a solo arrangement of Georgia on my Mind, and some rounded and resonant playing made for a soothing atmosphere in Hine e Hine.
The Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir performed nine pieces, singing with enthusiasm while being attentive to the subtleties of the music, and drawing the audience in as the mood became quieter. Highlights included the story-telling Shelter, and poignant So Far Away.
Finally the groups amassed together on-stage to perform Anthem from Chess, and Panis Angelicus, with the World in Union bringing the concert to a triumphant close.
Both groups thoroughly enjoyed the day and we hope the coming together of these two different kinds of musical group will remain a cherished memory for all involved.
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