Intricate marching display
A popular attraction at previous Canterbury shows has been the New Zealand Army Band, which has forged a world-wide reputation for its music and complicated marching displays. The band will again feature at the show and has prepared a new marching display, more intricate than any performed in the past. Staff-Sergeant Peter Wilson said the new display was set to the music of St
Louis Blues and included a lot of complex movements. Bandsmen had to concentrate totally on their footwork and commit the music to memory. “They won’t have time to think about the music,” said Staff-Sergeant Wilson. A modified version of the new display was performed at the Alexandra Blossom Festival in September but, since then, the programme has been extended. The band will present its
marching display on Thursday and Friday afternoons. On Thursday evening, it will take part in a mock battle arranged by the New Zealand Army. Twenty-four bandsmen will take part in the show, which will be its second public performance since some members returned from duty in Singapore. The Army maintains a second band in Singapore. The Canterbury show will
signal the start of a busy period for the band. After the show, the band will tour North Auckland and be based at Waiouru for Christmas. Early next year, there is a possibility the band will take part in the Melbourne Tattoo. On its last appearance at the Tattoo in 1980, the band (comprising both the Singapore and New Zea-land-based units) was a tremendous hit.
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