A great weekend of band activity with the parade and the concert.
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Art Deco 2024
The Band will be staging another Art Deco concert on Saturday 17 February. Once again we’ll be performing Highland Cathedral in the wonderful setting of St Paul’s church. Entry is $10 adults and gold coin for school children.
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.
January Music
Here is the proposed list of tunes for the Art Deco concert which should all be familiar. Richard has attempted to add some variation from the tunes played in the previous concert. Whether the concert goes ahead will depend on the traffic light level that the country is in and whether Omicron is in the community.
March on- Scotland the Brave bracket. I would envisage that the drummers would already be at the front.
Wings/76 Police Tattoo/Children’s Song
Caller Herrin bracket with intro-piper playing first measure and band coming in for 2nd.
Swing of the Kilt with intro
Learner’s bracket-? Edith Cavell/Scots Wha Hae
? Dawning of the Day/La Boum with intro or ? Green Hills bracket.
Mike Metcalf/RAF 100
2nd Half-100 Pipers bracket with intro. Again with pipers marching in and drummers already at the front.
Bells of Dunblane
Love Song for Deborah Ann
Flower of Scotland
Highland Cathedral
Amazing Grace
Encore-Scotland the Brave-again
Music for coming events
With two significant events coming up here’s the music list for our members:
Summer in the Park 14 February
Combined bands
Scotland the Brave/Rowan Tree/Bonnie Galloway
Mhairi’s Wedding /Heyken’s Serenade
Bathgate Highland Gathering/Heather Grant of Strathrye
Teribus/Chorriechollies
Highland Laddie/Brown Haired Maiden/Barren Rocks
Castle Dangerous/Land of My Youth
Flower of Scotland
Highland Cathedral
Amazing Grace
Napier Band items
Swing of the Kilt
Bells of Dunblane
Skye BS/Maori Canoe Song
The Dawning of the Day/La Boum
Chief Mike Metcalf/RAF 100
Morag of Dunvegan
Mists of Time
Hector the Hero
Loch Lomond/Blue Bells of Scotland/The Bonnie Lass O’ Fyvie O’
The Mermaid’s Song (solo piper plays 1st and 2nd parts, all play tunes with repeated parts)
Art Deco Concert 20 Feb
M’hairis Wedding/Heykin’s Serenade
Wings/76 Police/Children’s Song
Green Hills/Battle is O’er
Swing of the Kilt (drummer and piper play intro, all play the tune)
Bells of Dunblane (solo piper 1st part, all play 1stx2, 2ndx2)
Skye BS/Maori Canoe Song
Highland Cathedral (drummer and piper start playing 1st and 2nd part, all play 1st, 2nd, 1st))
Mists of Time (lament, two pipers play 1st part then all play 1st, 2nd, 1st)
Hector the Hero (solo piper 1st part, all play 1st part once then second part repeated)
Flower of Scotland (solo piper, vocal, all play)
Amazing Grace (vocal, guitar, solo piper, all)
Music Group: Setting a Course for Lewis; Love Song for Deborah Anne
Art Deco 2020
Another busy Saturday for Napier’s Art Deco weekend. Band members played on Thursday and Friday night at events and then the band played at the St Paul’s church fete on Saturday morning, paraded in Emerson St for the car parade. This was followed by a successful concert at the church. Overall a very busy weekend.
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Concert – Art Deco Feb 2020
Once again the Band is presenting its music in a concert at St Paul’s Church, Napier on the Saturday of Art Deco weekend.
For band members here is the list of music:
Chief Mike Metcalf, RAF 100
The Bells of Dunblane
Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree, Bonnie Galloway
Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken’s Serenade
Hundred Pipers, Bonnie Dundee (drummers start)
Green Hills, When the Battle’s O’er
Highland Cathedral
Hector the Hero
The Mists of Time
Amazing Grace
Flower of Scotland
Art Deco Weekend Photos
Its been a busy weekend with the band performing at several functions including the vintage car parade and a concert at St Paul’s church.
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Art Deco Concert 2019
Art Deco celebrations are happening this week and to support this community event, your Band is once again parading and performing in various events. These include welcoming guests to the ball on Thursday evening, leading diners to the Depression Dinner, entertaining shoppers at the fete on Tennyson Street, plus the usual highlight of parading in the Automobilia parade.
As if that’s not enough (phew!), we are also holding a concert on Saturday afternoon which we warmly invite you to. Commencing at 2.30pm, the Band will be performing their Highland Cathedral concert, playing all your favourites such as Amazing Grace, the Green Hills of Tyrol, Scotland the Brave and of course – Highland Cathedral.
Entry to this concert is just $5 on presentation of your current membership card. Bring along a friend for just $10. Ticket sales at the door of St Pauls Church, Tennyson Street, Napier. We look forward to entertaining you.
Art Deco 2018
Photos from a very busy weekend:
