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Band at Darling Harbour
Yesterday we played in 30 Deg heat (but with a breeze) in front of an appreciative audience . One gentlemen very kindly offered to email me these pics .
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Shire Band Halloween night
Not a fan of Halloween, but the Shire band practice tonight required a 'dress up' so I went as the more innocuous Gandalf! After the break we played games instead of music . I won the 'knock the bottles over with a ball tied to your head with
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Club on East performance
Sunday night we played, withe the PCYC band as well, at Club on East, Sutherland. It was a jolly evening , with a club buffet meal at the end, to look forward to. Thanks to Al and Jess for the pics.
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The Scenic World Performance
The highlight of the tour is today, at Scenic World. Another beautiful day. I took some more pics to illustrate this unique holiday complex, derived from the main and outbuildings of the Old Leura Dairy. My bed had a 'cow ring' on the post next to it! A
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Three day New Horizons Band Tour in Blue Mountains
We stayed in a converted dairy in Leura. The conversion is spectacular--all modern conveniences set in old timbers and metalwork from the dairy--incredibly imaginative. We played first (first band picture below) in the grounds of a nursing home in Leura--the Ritz, which it isn't (!) and
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Band fundraising barbeque
This time for our 'New Horizons' band X
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Hellenic village band performance
Getting ready, the clarinet section then pics from the following lunch, one with Jill, a clarinettist and recent member and another showing the age range of the band!
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Mary's Choir performance
The Sutherland Shire Choral Society performed works by Rutter and Holst today, to a large and appreciative audience.
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Band Performance
Recently our 'New Horizons' band performed at John Paul Village. It was a very enjoyable occasion for us and we think the audience liked it too!
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Fundraising BBQ for the Band
Each year the band does the BBQ for a big bike rally at Loftus. I was on 'eggs' and worked solidly for nearly two hours, slaving over a hot BBQ in my new 'Bear Grills' apron.
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New Horizons -first concert
Similar to U3A, New Horizons is a global organisation of voluntary bands for retired people who want to take up a musical instrument or are returning to music or try a different instrument. Our group started about a year ago and we held our first concert in our band hall
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ANZAC service -Bundeena 2015
A routine ANZAC Day (April 25th) is an important date in Australia, so the 100th year anniversary of WWI receives particular attention and in Bundeena they held their service a week early. All the armed services were represented, including a fly-past. The Bundeena Band (of which I'm