1978 School Magazine

Since then, we have performed in combined concerts with BGS, and in assembly, but our next major perfor- mance was on September 20, at the Bardon Professional Development Centre, in conjunction with the North Brisbane Wind Ensemble. Again, we had a very suc- cessful evening, with that (in)famous BGGS personality, Miss GALE TYSON as guest compere, and for those of you with poor hearing, our latest appearance was on School Day. On the weekend oI 27-29 October, we are hosting the Townsville Youth Orchestra Concert Band, who will give a public concert in Centenary Hall on the evening of Saturday 28. Next year, we hope to pay a reciprocal visit to Townsville, so, already, we have started raising money through an old{ime dance, which we held at the end of second term,and the sale of our beautiful "BGGS Concert Band" stickers (only 40c each), and a family barbecue. lf you have not yet had the pleasure of hearing us perform, (we play everything f rom Vivaldi's "FOUR SEASONS" to Carol King's "l FEEL THE EARTH MOVE") please come along to any future concerts, or our fund-raising efforts. Of course, new members to the band are always welcomed, especially if you play saxophone, trombone, horn, or better still, TUBA. (we are desperately short of bass instruments). Once again, I would like to extend my thanks to all of you who have supported us so far this year, and also to our wonderful conductor, Mr. Barry Warden, and Gale Tyson, for willingly allowing herself to be conned into at- tending all our functions, and acting as our compere.

ThIE EOruEERT BAhIP This is not the usual concert band report, but a special "Thank you" to MR. WARDEN, our conductor. He has built up the B.G.G.S. Concert Band f rom literally nothing, and made it a highly praised success. Not only does he spend Thursday afternoons with us, but he spends countless hours buying music, photo-copying it, writing arrangements, and making trips to Grammar to fix details. He seems to have endless supplies of good humour and patience to put up with 40 or 50 chattering girls, but still applies the right amount of discipline to make our musical efforts successful, while letting us have a good time. He is also deft at encouraging and reassuring us on concert nights. The concert band is looking forward to the future, which looks promising in- deed. THANK YOU, MR. WARDEN.

Alison Harris, on behalf of the band

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You've read about our conductor, the man with the in- finite patience, and to whom we owe our success, so I will tell you a little about the band. We began the year with a concert at Salisbury High School, after we had been playing together for only 9 weeks. The response to our first performance was ex- tremely encouraging; especially for the many second formers, most of whom had never played in a group before. Our second concert was held on April 20, in the gym, with special guests, Jenni Flemming, a talented young pianist, and lan Hankey, world acclaimed trom- bonist; this was the first opportunity for members of the school to hear us, and we were extremely well sup- ported.

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