GCB

Saturday November 26th – Trivia Night

The band will once again host a Trivia Night on Satuday November 26th – lead by the outstanding duo of Steve and John – doors will open at 6pm, questions will start from 6:30pm – bring along your friends – 8 per table. Cost is $10 for an individual and $25 for a family – all must be members of the same immediate family. BYO food and drinks. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

Sunday December 4th – Keith Humble Centre

The Senior, Youth, Workshop and Youth Stage Band will perform their final concert for 2011 at the Keith Humble Centre, Geelong College Senior School, Aphrasia St, Newtown at 2:30pm on Sunday December 4th. Tickets can be purchased at the door – Adults $8 and concession/students $5.

Sunday December 11th – Leopold Carols by Candlelight

The Youth Band will perform at Leopold Carols by Candlelight at the Leopold Primary School from 6pm – 9pm on Sunday December 11th. Entry is free – go along and support the band as they support the local community and local singers in their renditions of a variety of Christmas carols.

Saturday December 24th – Carols by Candlelight

The Senior Band will perform at Carols by Candlelight in Johnstone Park on Christmas eve from 7:30pm onwards. Entry is free – go along and support the band as they support the local community and local singers in their renditions of a variety of Christmas carols.

There are currenly vacancies on all instruments except bass guitar and percussion in the new workshop band. If you would like to learn to play an instrument – NO AGE LIMITS – please email geelongcb@gmail.com ASAP so you can be registered and ready to start at the first rehearsal on Friday April 29th.

All three bands will rehearse at the Humble Centre, Geelong College Senior School on Friday December 3rd. Workshop band will rehearse from 4:30-6:00 – Youth Band will need to be there from 6-8:30pm to attend the AGM and Senior Band will need to be there from 7:30 – 10:00pm to attend the AGM.

To ALL GCB members, please note that rehearsal this Friday October 8th will be held at the Humble Centre at Geelong College Prep School, Aphrasia Street, Newtown for all three bands.

Unfortunately due to lack of preparation of the bands after a long and busy term, the concert that was scheduled for this coming Sunday September 12th has now been cancelled. The next concert to be presented by the GCB on Saturday November 20th at Costa Hall – please keep an eye on the website for further information regarding this concert.

Congratulations to the senior band members who performed at the State Band Championships on Saturday August 21st at the Wendoree Performing Arts Centre in Ballarat. The band performed a challenging program under the direction of guest conductor Jemima Bunn and received excellent feedback from Adjudicator Graham Lloyd. It is a great shame that other bands were not competing in the competition this year, however a score of 288/300 highlighted the playing capabilities of the Senior Band.

We have had confirmation from the VBL that the Senior Band will report at 4:00pm and perform on stage at 5:00pm on Saturday August 21st in Ballarat. At this stage Jemima is keen to have a rehearsal prior to the competition and this will be discussed at rehearsal – venue likely to be in Ballarat. Our departure time from Geelong will depend on this rehearsal and we are unlikely to return before 7:30pm.

On Friday August 6th and Friday August 13th, ALL band rehearsals will be held in the Austin Grey Centre, a part of the Humble Centre at Geelong College Senior School, Aphraisa Street, Newtown. This is not the concert hall but the rehearsal room on your left when you enter the foyer.

We had the opportunity to invite Dr Rob McWilliam, a very experienced Australian conductor who lives in the USA to come and work with the Youth and Senior Bands on Friday August 6th. Rob will be out to work with bands at the Melbourne Schools Music Festival, so it was very opportune to have him come and work with the Youth and Senior bands as they work towards their performances at the MSMF and the State Championships respectively. We realise that there is an MSO concert in Geelong that night but encourage all members to attend rehearsal on this night so that Rob will have a full band to work with and you will have to opportunity to work with a very experienced conductor.

Geelong Entertainment Books are now available for $55 each. The GCB are currently selling these books as a fundraiser for the band. The book contains $1000’s of savings and all you need to do is use the book 2-3 times and you have made your money back. We can also purchase Melbourne Entertainment Books at a cost of $65. Unsold entertainment books will be returned to the distributor at the end of July, so please see Trish if you would like to purchase one or email geelongcb@gmail.com.