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Following from the Mt Barker Pageant, and after a few hours rest for those oldies needing it, the band ventured down to the Willunga Uniting Church for their annual Carols in the Paddock evening. This was bitterly cold as the strong southerly winds blew in…

Campbelltown City Band participated in the 2011 Christmas Pageant at Mt Barker. This is a major event for the whole Hills community which turned out in great strength. The weather was just perfect at around 22°C and was so different from the previous week's pageant…

For two years in a row the heavens have not been kind to the Norwood Christmas Pageant and the extremely heavy downpour during this year's pageant was not welcomed by organisers, spectators or participants. Many young children were saturated either walking alongside or sitting on…

Campbelltown City Band under the Musical Director of Brent Parry combined for a concert with The Payneham City Concert Band in the Payneham Youth Centre, Turner Street, Felixstow on Sunday 18th September. Brent Parry, MD of Payneham Concert Band is currently the acting Musical Director…

As soon as the Annual Concert was over the band got stuck into the Hymn (Deep Harmony), Own Choice Test Piece (Glasshouse Sketches), and Stage March (The Viking) for the State Band Championships. Although the selected music was great it did challenge most of our…

The annual concert of the Campbelltown City Band was designed around a nautical theme but naturally enough this "degenerated" into a pirate theme as there seemed to be a number of musical scores written with this popular theme in mind. The first part of the…

After the pressures and effort needed for the National Band Championships no one could sit down and take it easy as Anzac Day followed on the Easter Monday. Campbelltown City Band had a good turn out for the Dawn Service at the Payneham Garden of…

Campbelltown City Band competed in the 2011 National Band Championships over the Easter weekend in 2011. A compulsory street march was a big part of the competition and while Campbelltown received the highest score in the D-Grade section for it's music on the march it…

Campbelltown and Hahndorf bands were both competing in the National Band Championships later in April and a combined concert was arranged to put each band under the sort of stress to be experienced in a different building and a concert environment. The concert was held…

Campbelltown City Band entertained the community who had gathered at the Council Civic Centre to celebrate Australia Day earlier this year. We played a variety of catchy tunes plus of course the National Anthem for the raising of the Australian Flag. A typical Aussie sausage…