10 Canty men in national band
Ten of the 32 players named in the National Band of New Zealand to tour China and Japan later this year are members of Christchurch’s Skellerup Woolston Band.
Two other Skellerup Woolston members, Mr Mervyn Waters and Mr Tony Lewis, are the musical director and manager of the touring band.
The national band was selected by Messrs Waters and Lewis and a third person appointed by the Brass Bands Association.
The band will gather on October 13 and its four-week tour will begin with concerts in New Zea-
land, before it travels to China and Japan. The band will then probably participate in the London Lord Mayor’s Parade as part of the launch of New Zealand’s 1990 celebrations by the New Zealand Embassy.
In China the band will play concerts in Christchurch’s sister province, Gansu, and in Auckland’s sister city of Guangzhou. It would also play in Beijing.
Mr Lewis expects a Chinese musical group to make a return visit to New Zealand in 1990.
The band members are: Brent Hoy (Skellerup Woolston), Gary Valentine
(Trustbank Otago, St Kilda), soprano cornets; Kevin Dell (H and H Cougar Brass, Invercargill), Kerry Garrett and Steven Rudhall (Warnocks Wanganui Brass), Clyde Dixon and lan Levien (Continental Airlines Auckland Brass), lan Billington (Evening Post Onslow), Vincent Jones (Yamaha Brass), David Johnstone, Kevin McMorran and Christopher Reside (Skellerup Woolston), Bb cornets; Stephen Yearbury (Skellerup Woolston), flugel horn; Merton Tapp (Skellerup Woolston), Megan Garrett (Warnocks Wanganui Brass), Peter Adams (Greymouth Municipal), Leslie Green (Trustbank Otago), Eb horns; Gary Bilton (Prolog Rotorua Brass), Jeffrey Mulraney (Warnocks Wanganui Brass), baritones; Errol Moore (H and H Cougar Brass), Bruce Muschamp
(RNZAF Base, Wigram), euphoniums; Barrie Aldridge (Skellerup Woolston), Ted Pheloung (Trustbank Otago), Wayne Myhill (Hastings Citizens), Richard Hogarth (Skellerup Woolston), trombones; Robert Grimwood (Skellerup Woolston), Shaun Jarrett (Warnocks Wanganui Brass), Robin Lacey (Hawera Municipal), Eb basses; Bruce Wright (Skellerup Woolston), Stephen Clayton (Prolog Rotorua Brass), BBb basses; Jack Perry (Continental Airlines Auckland), Grant Myhill (Hastings), percussion. The band was chosen from 100 applicants who auditioned for the selectors. The band’s executive officer on tour is Mr John Harrison.
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