Category: Concerts

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WARNERS BAY This was the first Concert to be presented by the band’s new Musical Director, Bruce Rowlett. Bruce decided that soloists should be a feature of this Concert. The first half included performances by four soloists. Alison Tonkin, principal; tenor horn, played the emotional 1971 hit Feelings. Doug Hoepper…

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WARNERS BAY This Concert provided the audience with a variety of musical styles and opened with Fanfare of the Prairie, a number written specially for the founding musical director of the Fairy Brass Band in Illinois. The March Emblem of the Army by Australian composer Arhur Gullidge (deceased) followed. The…

Dawn Service: CNL Brass supported Pelican Flat RSL Sub Branch by providing the music for the Dawn Service. The bugle calls were played by Joanne McDougall, our soprano cornet player, on a “vintage” bugle. Three Hymns were included in the Service, namely, The Recessional, Lead Kindly Light and Abide With Me, together with the Anthems…

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WARNERS BAY It was a delightful Christmas Musical Occasion, with a selection of mainly traditional Christmas Carols and Christmas Tunes providing the audience with the opportunity to embrace the “Christmas Spirit”. Two Special Selections were also featured, one in each half. In all, twenty-one numbers were presented. The Concert opened…

The evening saw the band entertain family members and friends with a thirty minute concert of Christmas Carols and Christmas Tunes. Musical Director Dave Thompson had the pleasure of presenting three Perpetual Trophies, which have been awarded annually since 1993. The recipients were: Teeena Wallace- Solo Cornet and Assistant Musical Director: Elwyn Hunt Bandsmanship Trophy…

A Carols Ensemble of nine band members provided a one hour program of Christmas Carols and Christmas Tunes at the family promotion evening at Bunnings Boolaroo on 8th December. The Ensemble greeted Santa with Jingle Bells as he arrived on a fire engine to listen to the “wish lists” of the children. The Ensemble entertained…

CNL Brass supported the fundraising market afternoon at Valentine Primary School on Saturday 5 November. The funds raised were to assist the Valentine School’s Junior and Senior Band. Entertainment was organised from 1pm to 5pm, with the senior school band opening the entertainment, followed by the junior band and the school choir. Warners Bay High…

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WARNERS BAY This Concert included the three items presented for adjudication at the State Brass Band Championships on Saturday 20 August, in which CNL Brass came third. The Concert opened with the State Test El Camino Real, an authentic Spanish music composition with a flourishing opening, a middle section of…

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WARNERS BAY A variety of music styles was presented in this Concert, ranging from swing, sacred, jazz, ballad to classical and popular. The Concert opened with Glenn Miller’s big band number In The Mood. Three solo cornets, including the musical director Dave Thompson, featured next in the very busy Bugler’s…

Dawn Service: CNL Brass supported Pelican Flat RSL Sub Branch by providing the music for the Dawn Service. Musical Director Dave Thompson played the Last Post and Reveille from a prominent position an elevated platform just above and to the rear of the Memorial. Morning Service: CNL Brass supported Stockton RSL Sub Branch, providing music…