The massed bands played the march Victoria for Feilding Brass drum major Stephen Lawton at his funeral service on 17 February 2024 in Palmerston North.
A man with pure heart and passion for everything he did, and for all who knew him, he will be sorely missed.
Steve has been laid to rest.
On behalf of the band, may you rest in peace. At ease.
On Saturday 10th February 2024, Steve Lawton died peacefully at Arohanui Hospice in Palmerston North. Aged 64.
Dearly loved husband of Michelle. Dearly loved Dad of Daniel, Tania, Jennifer, and Janine. Much loved Poppa to Zara, Taylor, Elizabeth, Samantha, Michael, and Addy. Loved son of Graham and the late Shirley, and brother to Christopher, Kathy, Michael, and Cherie. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the Manawatu Cancer Society at cancer.org.nz.
Steve has been in the band for many years, as kit player, percussionist, drum major, band manager, band president and an all round good bloke who would do anything for anyone. He will be dearly missed..
On behalf of the committee and band members, we would like to send our most sincere condolences to the Lawton family.
Rest in peace my friend, you will not be forgotten.
A service for Stephen will be held in the Palmerston North Cosmopolitan Club, 22 Linton Street, Palmerston North, on Saturday 17th February 2024, at 2pm.
Stephen’s wishes were for you all to wear bright colours.
Today as part of NZ May Music Month, Feilding Brass performed in Manchester Square, Feilding under new Musical Director Iraja Max Haas da Silva (Max).
Max took over from Carissa just after Anzac Day 2023, and is proudly leading the band as we continue sharing our music with our community and beyond.
The band performed for about an hour as the opening act for Feildings May Music Month with pieces that included solos from our flugel, trombone and tenor horn players.
Compered by Carissa, the band pieces from Pinball Wizard, Fields of Gold to the more traditional brass band march Brass Royal.
The band looks forward to continuing its presence in the community and to entertain us all under Max. Welcome to the band.
Feilding Dawn Parade
25th of April each year sees Feilding Brass play at 3 Anzac Day services, Feilding, Sanson and Ashhurst. It is our chance to pay our respects to the fallen soldiers of Gallipoli and for defence personnel who still do their bit for our country serving in various parts of the world.
Sanson Service
Dan Griffith playing The Last Post in Ashhurst
The rain stayed away which is always a good thing, but it was a tad nippy this morning in Feilding at 6am and Sanson at 9am which gave us all cold fingers, but slowly warmed up by the afternoon in Ashhurst.
Ashhurst Civic Service
One difference in todays proceedings, was that cornet player Elizabeth Rance took the reigns and lead the band down the street in all 3 parades as Drum Major, while our usual man with the big stick, Stephen Lawton played cornet on the marches. Well, when I say played, I mean held the cornet and marched with vigour.
Well done Elizabeth.
We Will Remember Them.
March, saw Feilding Brass perform at Brass In The park in Levin, hosted by Levin & Districts Brass and luckily the weather played its part too.
The band played for around an hour and pieces included:
The band looks forward to next year and entertaining the crowd once more.
Today saw Feilding Brass perform at the Feilding Library Family Fun Day 2023, held at Kowhai Park in Feilding.
Lead by Catherine Duxfield, the band played a 30 min segment of light entertaining music to a huge crowd, featuring A Grand Day Out, Another Day in Paradise, Despacito, Fields of Gold, Video Killed the Radio Star, One Moment in Time, Blackadder’s March and Friend Like Me.
The band looks forward to playing here again next year.
Coming up on the 26th March 2023, the band will be performing at Brass in The Park at the Levin Adventure Playground. Amongst 3 other bands, Feilding Brass will perform for an hour starting around 2pm. See you there.
Sunday 12 February 2023, Feilding Brass did its first playout for the year at Explore Esplanade Day in Palmerston North. A most enjoyable morning of music.
22nd October 2022 saw Feilding Brass back in concert, back in the Feilding Centre after a while of being away. It was good to be there.
Music varied from Another One Bite The Dust, All That Jazz, Hine Hine to The Wellerman.
The concert included solos from Andrew Aitken playing Under The Boardwalk and Nadia Aitken playing Stardust, in the first half and second half respectively.
We were very lucky to have two guest vocalists with us, Andrew Jamieson and Erica Ward who sang with us throughout the concert, which added to enjoyment of the afternoon.
This year we introduced the concept of having an afternoon tea while watching and listening to the band, and it was a great success.
Feilding Brass wishes to acknowledge and thank Wayne Belk for being our photographer for the day. It was much appreciated. We would also like to thank the following sponsors, that helped make today possible – Alsco, Mikey’s Building Services, Feilding & District Promotion Inc, Gilmours, Reuben Lueng-Wai and Nigel Towers.
Please enjoy some more photos from the concert and we hope to see you next time.
We are looking for a new Musical Director. Is this you? I hope it’s you. If you are interested, make an inquiry or be bold and apply via email, feildingbrass@gmail.com
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We are looking for a new Musical Director. Is this you? I hope it’s you.
If you are interested, make an inquiry or be bold and apply.
Email: feildingbrass@gmail.com
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