The Geelong Concert Band

Friends of the Geelong Botanical Gardens Performance

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:27:10 +0000

The GCB Senior Band will be performing as part of the Friends of the Gardens concert series on Sunday February 7th in the new 21st Century Gardens at the Botanical Gardens from 5:00 – 7:30pm. Ticket prices are $10 for singles or $25 for a family of 4 and can be purchased at the gate or from GPAC.

This is the first time that there has been a musical performance in the natural amphitheatre provided in the 21st Century Gardens and weather permitting we are looking forward to performing in this new environment.

So pack a picnic, bring a rug or chair and come and enjoy an outstanding music performance.

Return to Rehearsals in 2010

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:18:15 +0000

The SENIOR band will return to rehearsals on Friday January 29th from 7-10pm. It is likely that there will be a Big Band rehearsal on this night from 5:30-7:00pm also but this will be confirmed with individual players.

YOUTH and WORKSHOP bands will return to rehearsals the following Friday on February 5th at their regular times ie Workshop Band 4:30 – 6:00pm and Youth Band 6:00 – 8:00pm – Senior band will also rehearse at their regular time of 8:00-10:00pm from this night onwards.

If you have any questions regarding these times, please contact Trish for further information.

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:11:43 +0000

A huge thank-you to everyone who assisted at the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle on December 19th. Many thanks to Amanda for all of her hard work in organisating the day for the band. It turned out to be a very busy day with the sale of 110kg of sausages and 25kg of onions between 9am and 5pm. Many thanks to Heather for running around and organising an extra 50kg of sausages when we ran out at 1pm!

All in all we made a profit of just over $2400.

Trivia Night Success

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:45:57 +0000

Congratulations to Steve Horman and John Adams for all of their hard work in putting the Triva Night together. Just under 100 people attended the night which was full of lots of fun trivia and games. Many thanks to all of the companies who sponsored the event and provided fantastic prizes – including Novo Shoes Waurn Ponds, Subway Geelong, Cold Rock Belmont, Jetts Gym, The Chocolate Room Geelong, Panache Waurn Ponds, Donut King Waurn Ponds, Bakers Delight Waurn Ponds, Panini Geelong West and Ferguson-Plarre Bake House.

Many thanks go to the Belmont Bowls Club for the use of their excellent facility and to the two gentlemen behind the bar who kept the drinks coming at a very cheap price all night!!

Thanks to Mark Irwin for organising the video projector and Dan Zampatti for the use of his sound equipment.

A great night was had by all.

Final In House Concert for 2009

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:23:24 +0000

The Workshop,Youth and Senior bands of the Geelong Concert Band will present their final in house concert for 2009 on Friday December 4th at 7pm at Robertson Hall, Geelong College Prep School, Minerva Road, Newtown. Tickets can be purchased at the door – Adults $8 and Concession $5.

Raffle tickets will be sold on the night – 50c each or 3 for $1 – there are multiple Christmas Hampers to be won and a Christmas Cake.

Could all Youth Band members be at Robertson Hall by 6pm – Katie would like to do a quick run through before the concert. Workshop Band members need to be present by 6:15pm and Senior band members by the start of the concert. All band members must be in full band uniform for this concert.

If you have items for the hamper, please bring them along, we will leave a hamper open to add extra items on the night.

Rehearsal Times

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:27:27 +0000

This Friday is the final rehearsal for all three bands for term 3. There will then be a two week break for the Youth and Workshop Bands who will return to rehearsals on Friday October 9th at the normal times. The Senior band will however return on Friday October 2nd from 7-9:30pm in preparation for Concert of the Decade which will be staged on Saturday October 3rd at Costa Hall – performance and report times will be given out at rehearsal on Friday October 2nd. Tickets for Concert of the Decade can be purchased from the CoGG – only catch is that you must be over 50 years of age to attend as it is the opening concert of Seniors Week 2009.

The GCB Senior Band Joins Forces with the Grainger Wind Symphony

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:50:07 +0000

The GCB Senior Band will perform a concert with the Grainger Wind Symph on Saturday September 12th 2009. This concert will be held at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar, Rachelle Road, East Keilor starting at 7:30pm. Tickets can be purchased at the door – Adults $15 Concession $10. Come along and support both of these outstanding bands.

A Show Stopping Concert Review

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:29:25 +0000

Congratulations to all of the members of the GCB who performed at last weekends Annual Costa Hall Concert. The concert was very successful with all bands playing extremely well. A big thank-you to our special guests Tim McCallum, Reyna and Chris Hudgell for their amazing ability to perform and entertain the audiance.

Colin Mockett has completed a review which can be found on the Entertainment Geelong website at the following link:

http://www.entertainmentgeelong.com/nnreviews.html

GCB presents a Show Stopping Concert

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:27:28 +0000

If you are looking for something to do on Saturday August 29th please come along to Costa Hall, Deakin University Waterfront campus at 7:30pm to support the Geelong Concert Band. This concert will feature the Workshop, Youth and Senior Band and the GCB Big Band performing works that can be heard in musical theatre or the movies. Tickets can be purchased at the door – Adult $18, Student/Concession $15, Children under 12 $10 and groups of 10+ $14.

Tim McCallum and Reyna Hudgell will be performing with the Senior Band and Big Band and Chris Hudgell will help Reyna out with compering.

For Band members – rehearsals will be held at the following times at Costa Hall:

Workshop Band 1:00-1:30pm
Youth Band 1:40-2:30pm
Senior Band 2:40 – 4:00pm
Big Band 4:10-4:45pm.

All members are asked to be in the Green Room 15 minutes prior to their allocated on stage rehearsal time.

Evening call is 6:30pm for Workshop Band and Youth Band and 7:30pm for everyone else.

GCB Senior Band retains the Open A Grade State Championship Title

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:18:41 +0000

On August 22nd, the GCB Senior Band ventured to Ballarat to take place in the Victorian State Band Chapionships. Unfortunately there were no other bands competing in the Open A Grade Section but that did not deter the band from putting on an excellent performance. They scored the following for the works they presented:

Major Work
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night 88/100
Concert Items
Cartoon 44/50
Moto Perpetuo 41/50

Total Score 173/200

Congratulations to Mark and all of the band members for retaining their Open A Grade Title.