The Band will be performing on at the Napier RSA on Sunday 19 May starting at 2.30pm. The tune list includes:
Scotland the Brave bracket
Loch Lomond bracket
Hector the Hero
Mike Metcalfe/RAF 100
On the Road to Passchendaelle/Land of My youth/My Home Town
Green Hills/When the Battle’s O’er
M’hairi’s Wedding & Heyken’s Serenade
Crags of Tumbledown Mountain/King Charles 111
Highland Cradle Song/My Lodgings on a Cold Ground/Skye Boat Song
Flower of Scotland
Amazing Grace
Highland Cathedral
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Napier RSA Concert November 2023
We’ll be presenting our concert on Sunday 19 November at the Napier RSA. Here’s the concert programme:
Band:
Scotland the Brave bracket
My Home/Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
Green Hills of Tyrol & When the Battle’s O’er
The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain/King Charles III
Loch Lomond/Blue Bells of Scotland/Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie O’
On the Road to Passchendaelle/Land of My Youth/My Home Town
Group 1 – Slow air & jigs: Mermaid Song/Banjo Breakdown/Paddy’s Leather Breeches
Group 2 – Slow air & marches: Morag of Dunvegan/Mhari’s Wedding & Heyken’s Serenade
Learners:
Dancers – Highland Fling
Small groups/solo items
Music Group
Dancers: Irish Jig or Sailors Hornpipe (tbc)
Band with Music Group
Amazing Grace
Flower of Scotland
Highland Cathedral
Bells of Dunblane
Hector the Hero
Auld Lang Syne
Finale: Scotland the Brave/Will Ye Now Come Back/ Scotland the Brave
Art Deco Concert Feb23
The Band is staging it’s 2023 Art Deco Concert on Saturday 18 February at 2.30pm. The venue is the St Paul’s Church, Tennyson St. The following is the tune list for the concert:
Green Hills & When the Battle’s O’er
Morag of Dunvegan
Scotland the Brave bracket
Leaving of Liverpool bracket
Thomas Sander bracket
Wings bracket
Mhari’s Wedding & Heyken’s Serenadee
The following tunes will be played with the music group
Highland Cathedral
A Love Song for Deborah Anne
Hector the Hero
The Wellerman
Castle Dangerous/Land of My Youth
Amazing Grace
Flower of Scotland
Scotland the Brave
Bus times from Nelson Park to St Paul’s: 10:45 & 11:15 for the morning parades and 1:30pm & 2pm for the concert.
The bust will do return trips Saint Pauls Church to Nelson Park from 4pm.
Note to band members – we will be practicing at the church on Monday 13th at 7pm. Click here for details of the music arrangements.
November Concert programme
On Sunday 20 November the Band’s concert programme will be as follows:
First part:
Scotland the Brave bracket
Loch Lomond bracket
Thomas Sander bracket
Lament/My Home/Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
Nurse Edith Cavell
Atholl Highlanders/Leaving Port Askaig/Diu Regnare
Music Group
Band Second Part
M’hairis Wedding/Heykens Serenade
Green Hill/Battle is O’er
Band and Music Group
Arrangement of Band & Music Group Items
| Hector the Hero | Solo piper plays first part once, all repeat first part then play second part twice through. |
| The Bells of Dunblane | Solo piper plays first part then all play the tune |
| The Mists of Time | Solo piper plays lament Small group play first part All play first part, second part, first part. |
| Highland Cathedral | Drummer starts Solo piper plays 1st and 2nd parts. All play 1st part, 2nd part and back to first part with long E and D at end. |
| Flower of Scotland | Solo piper Vocals All play tune once. |
| Amazing Grace | Guitar, vocals, guitar Solo piper All play once through. Note play normal ending not extended E at end. |
Probable encore – Scotland the Brave
Sept 17 Music
The following is a provisional list of the music for the Sports Park event on Saturday 17 Sept. The bands are playing at 11.50 so meet at 10.45.
- Scotland the Brave, The Rowan Tree, Bonnie Galloway (4/4)
- Highland Cathedral (drummer and solo piper plays parts 1&2, band plays 1,2 &1)
- Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken’s Serenade (2/4)
- The Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle’s O’er (3/4)
- Drummers
- Teribus, Chorriechollies Welcome (2/4)
- Flower of Scotland (solo piper plays once through, band plays tune twice)
- Highland Laddie, The Brown Haired Maiden, The Barren Rocks of Aden (2/4)
- Amazing Grace (solo piper plays once through, band plays tune twice)
December Music
The Summerset Palms event has been cancelled so we’re doing an impromptu concert at St Paul’s Church on Sunday 19th December starting at 2pm. Here’s the list of tunes:
First Half:
– Mhari’s Wedding/Heyken’s Serenade
– Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
– Leaving of Liverpool/Kelly the Boy from Killane/No Awa Tae Bide awa/The Minstrel Boy/Will Ye No Come Back Again
– Morag of Dunvegan, Athol Highlanders
– Green Hills/Battle is O’er
– Nurse Edith Cavell
Music Group:
– Hettie’s Waltz
– The Wellerman
– The Hills of Argyle
– Silver Threads Among the Gold
– A Love Song for Deborah Anne
– The Londonderry Air
Second Half
– Flower of Scotland
– The Mists of Time
– Hector the Hero
– Highland Cathedral
– Amazing Grace
– Scotland the Brave