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The final free community concert of the year was a huge success. The council provided an enormous chocolate cake complete with the band emblem, so perfectly reproduced that it seemed a shame to cut into it. We played mainly Christmas music with Nat King Cole…

There were no fireworks, but our centenary year definitely ended with a bang, not a whimper. The warm-up (literally) consisted of community carols in the idyllic surroundings of Thorndon Park. 36 degree heat meant that the parade had to be cancelled, but that didn’t stop…

Our third community concert for 2019 was a tribute to the men and women who sacrificed so much to safeguard our freedom and way of life. On a perfect early summer day, surrounded by friends, we reflected on how fortunate we are to be living…

At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. The allied armies had driven the German invaders back, having inflicted heavy defeats upon them over the preceding four months. In November…

For the last 7 years, the Campbelltown City Council have held their Moonlight Markets at Thorndon Park. The markets are held on the first Friday of November, December, January and February and are regarded as one of the significant markets in SA with over 10,000…

We are almost at the end of October already and the centenary pace continues. This time we partnered with the Lobethal Harmony Club (a male voice choir) in an evening concert at the Lutheran Church. Fitting band and choir on stage was a logistical nightmare…

Unfortunately centenaries only happen once in a hundred years, but at least no one can say we didn’t make the most of the occasion. The current band with MD Peter Smith had rehearsed for several weeks prior to the main event, but celebrations really started…

Third out of six competitors! Not a bad effort considering that this was our first time for many years as a “real” C Grade band. We came second in the test piece – one point behind Mitcham – and only three points separated the first…

“In Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love”. Was this the inspiration for our July concert? Not a bad idea in the middle of a gloomy Adelaide winter ….. And it’s a theme which has inspired so many composers and singers…

What next for the Mitcham Band festival, we all ask ourselves. Every year it just seems to get bigger and better. While the Gala Concert on Friday evening is an occasion to marvel at the skills of top SA bands, Saturday is a true manifestation…