KidsFest Big Brass Bang

Name: KidsFest Big Brass Bang
Start: 2024-07-07T14:00:00+12:00
End: 2024-07-07T15:00:00+12:00
Location: Woolston School

Schedule

Sun Jul 07 2024 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

Woolston School | Christchurch, CA

Woolston Brass Academy presents KidsFest Big Brass Bang
Sunday 7 July, 2pm Te Waka Unua School Hall (476 Ferry Road, Woolston)
After the concert there will be opportunities to try a brass instrument and learn more about the Woolston Brass Academy
Book Early Bird Tickets via Eventfinda or Door Sales $10 (Eftpos/Cash), Children Under 14 Free
In association with KidsFest, Woolston Junior Band with Music Director Vickie van Uden will entertain and showcase their talents on Sunday 7 July, 2pm-3pm in a concert open to the general public at Te Waka Unua School. The band will perform a diverse range of fun and entertaining music that will get you clapping along and bouncing in your seat!
The 60-minute concert will feature tunes such as the NZ Crusaders theme song "Conquest of Paradise", “The Great Escape” and much more. Woolston Junior Band will blow you away with their diverse range of styles they can perform from the Spanish Traditional Nursery Rhyme "La Cucaracha" to light jazz foot-tapping well known pieces such as "Little Brown Jug" and "Oh When the Saints", even the youngest audience members won’t be able to take their eyes off this concert.
This musical adventure will introduce the brass and percussion family in an engaging concert for all the family to enjoy. Younger audience members will be flag-waving and marching with the band, and will have the opportunity try these instruments for themselves and to learn more about the Academy. Woolston Junior Band features an array of wonderful percussion instruments from Xylophone to Vibraphone.
About Woolston Brass Inc.
Founded in 1891, Woolston Brass Inc. has remained true to its Maori motto, Tohea Kia Kaha (Persevere, so there is Strength). Today the Woolston organisation has 120+ members across three brass bands and a learners group. Their leading Academy education programme teaches over 80 children and adults, and provides a positive environment for them to learn music and engage with the community through concert performances, local and National contests.
Many Academy members progress to Christchurch’s iconic Woolston Brass, who are known for their musical excellence and versatility as a popular stage performer – whether it be in the concert hall performing to the Canterbury community in their annual concert series, or on the National or local contest stage as New Zealand’s most successful contesting brass band. Woolston Brass Inc. exists today for its members to learn, play, perform and inspire each other and the community with excellent and diverse musical experiences.