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25.01.2022 Happy Halloween Everyone!
23.01.2022 . The Challenge Brass Band Presents... A Christmas Carol Concert 15th of December 2019 Wanneroo Community Centre 23 Civic Drive Wanneroo Doors open 6pm Concert starts 6:30pm Tickets $8 Includes refreshments Tickets available at the door
23.01.2022 "I Love the Smell of Brasso in the morning!" The band played outside St George's Cathedral this morning for Airborne Services day! Was such an honour to perform for these gentlemen today.... Even Spiderman dropped in to say g'day!
23.01.2022 Fundraising Sausage Sizzle!! What a beautiful day to come down to Bunnings Wangara and grab yourself a sausage sizzle!! Not only do you get some yummy sausage, but you also help to support the band.
22.01.2022 Our Flugal Horn Player, Shima Saito, A Long time member of our Challenge Brass family has left us this week, after many years loyal service. It was almost impossible to find a photo of Shima by herself as she was always taking photos with other members of the band. We wish you all the best Shima with your new Challenge's and musical future endeavours & we hope you will drop in for a blow with us in the future. ... @ Wanneroo Community Centre
21.01.2022 The Man, The Myth, The Legend Friday Evening at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Wanneroo Agricultural Society, Wanneroo Show The band was fortunate enough to catch a selfie with the man of the hour Premier Mark McGowan. @Mark_Mcgowan_MP... Mark McGowan #thankyoumark #markmcgowanmp
20.01.2022 https://fb.me/e/1AODiyfNh Challenge Brass Band is hosting an Open Rehearsal to reconnect with our local brass band community, past members and friends of the band. Please come along! Meet our new musical director Ian Jones, see our new home and stick around for a BBQ and a chat.... Date & details are on the invite attached. Please RSVP so we can prepare music, seating and catering (inc dietary requirements). We look forward to catching up with you on the day!
19.01.2022 The Band held their annual Christmas Party and Awards night last Tuesday night. Congratulations to all award recipients! A great time was had by all which started with a short rehearsal of combined senior and training band members followed by awards, a visit from Santa and some light refreshments.... #brassband #brass #christmas #awards @ Wanneroo Community Centre
19.01.2022 Looking forward to performing on Sunday morning on this huge occasion!!
19.01.2022 -=NEW HOME=- The Challenge Brass Band has a NEW HOME! We are now located at The Wanneroo Community Centre - 23 Civic Drive Wanneroo W.A. 6065... Rehearsals are in the open space up stairs on Tuesday evenings and we also have access to a huge storage area on the bottom floor and also access to a meeting/board room. Please drop in and see us for a blow soon! Please follow this link if you would like to take a virtual tour. https://www.google.com//data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipNKYwD6UZ
18.01.2022 A crowd of just over 100 people packed the Curumbine Community Centre last Saturday evening to hear The Challenge Brass Band & Challenge Brass Training Band lead them on a Rock Music Journey for the ages!! The main band started with Buddy & Elvis followed by Ricky and the Training Band show casing the Beatles before the Senior Band led by Evan resumed working all through the ages to some fancy Heavy Metal numbers. (fitting for a brass band ;) ) The audience enjoyed plenty of ...food & beverages, some great raffle prizes, good company and some awesome entertainment. A great night was had by all. A big thank you to everyone who attended.
16.01.2022 A Statement From Our Chairperson. After a discussion yesterday, the committee has made the difficult decision to cancel all band engagements for the next four weeks. We feel that this is the most socially responsible course... of action to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus. This will include: -Tuesday night rehearsals of training band and senior band. -Sunday afternoon music ensembles and lessons. -The upcoming Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. -The social dinner planned for 21st March. As you know, the Nationals and the training band's gig at Cambrai Village have already been cancelled by the organisers. It is very sad that all our hard work preparing for these gigs will not come to fruition. Both senior and training bands were sounding great, so thank you, everyone, for your fantastic efforts. Special thanks to Evan, Carolyn, Chris and Lorraine for their behind the scenes work. The committee will review the situation in one month's time and I will keep you up to date with any developments. In the meantime, please keep up with your practice at home. Once the band is back in business there will be lots to do. Further advice on the Coronavirus COVID-19 can be found from the following recommended sources: Australian Government Department of Health (www.health.gov.au) or for general advice regarding COVID-19, call the Australian Government's Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080. Look after yourselves and your loved ones, Ricky (Committee Chairperson)
15.01.2022 It's our first rehearsal for 2020 tonight in preparation for the @cityofwanneroo Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony this coming Sunday at the Wanneroo Showgrounds. Baton down at 7:30pm for the senior band at the Wanneroo Community Centre. You coming??
13.01.2022 Guess Who's Coming To Town? An Evening of music, singalongs, raffle, silent auction and a special visit from Santa! Refreshments are included in the price. Adults $10 - Under 12's $5 - Under 5 FREE Tickets Available From Trybooking... https://www.trybooking.com/BNJAR See more
12.01.2022 Some Photos of band members performing at Raine Square in the City of Perth this evening. Getting into that Christmas Spirit!!
08.01.2022 Are you Coming? Tomorrow is our big Open Rehearsal! Can't wait to see you all soon ... https://fb.me/e/1AODiyfNh Challenge Brass Band is hosting an Open Rehearsal to reconnect with our local brass band community, past members and friends of the band. Please come along! Meet our new musical director Ian Jones, see our new home and stick around for a BBQ and a chat. Date & details are on the invite attached. Please RSVP so we can prepare music, seating and catering (inc dietary requirements). We look forward to catching up with you on the day!
08.01.2022 Don't forget you can catch CBB live on stage at 6pm this Friday night at the official opening ceremony of the 2019 Wanneroo Agricultural Society Show at the Wanneroo Showgrounds. . . . .... . . #brass #brassband #wannerooshow2019 #wanneroo #wannerooevents #wannerooshow See more
08.01.2022 -=NEW MD=- Over the covid break period we unfortunately lost our MD Evan Williams due to work commitments. Fortunately though for CBB we have been able to obtain the services of Ian Jones as our NEW MD.... Ian Jones commenced playing the euphonium at the age of twelve whilst living in South London, an instrument he has continually played since that time. During his time in London he was a member of both the South London Youth Band and Upper Norwood Band of The Salvation Army. In 1973 Ian and his family emigrated to Melbourne where he attended the Camberwell church and continued his euphonium playing in their corps band. Subsequently he became the Musical Director of Hawthorn and Waverley Temple bands of The Salvation Army. A move to the Band of the Third Military District in Melbourne further advanced Ian’s musical career and in 1983 he was asked to join the Melbourne Staff Band where he played euphonium for nearly 20 years. His time with the MSB gave him the opportunity to undertake six overseas tours with this renowned group. Ian has taught many students in various youth bands where he found a need to compose and arrange music particularly for that age group. This led to further study in arranging for brass and he now writes mainly for the Black Dyke Trombone quartet and brass sextet. Many of his arrangements can be heard on various CD’s. In 2019 he moved, with his wife Edith, to Western Australia where he currently plays euphonium in the Perth Fortress Band. And is Now the current MD of Challenge Brass Band. Welcome Aboard Ian.
07.01.2022 . 8 Days to Go! Have you got your tickets yet? ... Prepare to be rocked!
06.01.2022 So Back at the end of September we had our First gig for Challenge Brass Band since Australia Day! The Airborne Forces Gig at St George's Cathedral - NOTE This was the first time in 3 years doing this gig that we didn't get blown away
06.01.2022 2020 National Band Championship Cancelled.
04.01.2022 It's with great sadness we must convey the news of the sad loss of one of the bands past members Garnett Buckley, who sadly passed away this past Tuesday. Garnett played Cornet with the band for several years, and served on the committee including a term as President. The band extends its deepest sympathies to Garnett's friends and family members at this difficult time.
04.01.2022 What A Great Morning!
02.01.2022 -=NEW CHAIRPERSON=- Another change over the COVID Break we held our annual AGM and we now have a NEW Chairperson in Glenn Keast. Glenn joined CBB in March 2019 on Eb bass and has been very busy playing at various gigs including Anzac and Australia day ceremonies, citizenship ceremonies and public concerts including playing Christmas carols at a local shopping centre.... Glenn has been playing in brass bands since 1999, beginning with Busselton Brass full time for 7 years plus many more years returning occasionally as a guest player at numerous public concerts and competitions on cornet and in more recent years on Eb bass. Musical Highlights for Glenn include travelling with the band to Japan for a tour of Busseltons sister city Sugito as well as playing at the Sydney opera house. Glenn also spent 5 years with the Goldfields Brass Band with whom he also played at the National Band Championships in 2014 where they won D grade. Welcome to your NEW Role Glenn :)
02.01.2022 We had our final rehearsal for our annual concert last night and we are definately ready to ROCK you in just 3 more sleeps! If you havent got your tickets yet, get them now!!
01.01.2022 The band was lucky enough to help Welcome over 1000 new Australian Citizens from 65 different countries this morning, at the @cityofwanneroo Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony at the Wanneroo Showgrounds. Biggest citizenship ceremony in Australia!
