Two of the members of the New Zealand National Band on the first day of practice at Burnham Military Camp. The band will leave on July 8 for a three-month World tour and will compete in the world brass band championships in the Netherlands. Mr Graham Riach, double B flat bass, of the Skellerup-Woolston Band, was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Trinity College of Music (F.T.C.L.). Miss Julie Mason, tenor horn, of the Takapuna City Band, is the first woman player in a national band.
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Press, 24 June 1978, Page 6
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86Two of the members of the New Zealand National Band on the first day of practice at Burnham Military Camp. The band will leave on July 8 for a three-month World tour and will compete in the world brass band championships in the Netherlands. Mr Graham Riach, double B flat bass, of the Skellerup-Woolston Band, was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Trinity College of Music (F.T.C.L.). Miss Julie Mason, tenor horn, of the Takapuna City Band, is the first woman player in a national band. Press, 24 June 1978, Page 6
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