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WCN Hosted / March 2008

April 2008 | January 2008
    • Success in Australia
      • All the hard work paid off for the band when they won the Australian B-Grade on Easter Sunday, 23 March. The Australian national contest was held in Brisbane this year and Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass was one of only two NZ bands, with Dalewool, to make the trip across the Tasman. The band won the Hymn, Own Choice and Test sections and came second in the Stage March, producing an aggregate well clear of the second-placed band. read more
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    • Mike Grace's Cook Strait Crossing Attempt
      • Wellington Senior Men's rower Mike Grace, along with Star rower Ben Dunsheath, set out on 15 March on their first attempt to cross Cook Strait in an ocean-going rowing boat. The forecast was for a great day - 2-5 knot northerly winds and a light sea swell. However, after about half way through the trip (taking an hour and 45 mins) the wind was up to 20 knots, and Mike and Ben were forced to pull out. The attempt has not lowered the spirits of the pair, and they plan on having another crack at the crossing as soon as Wellington's weather co-operates.
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      • The Boatshed, Odlins Plaza, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Pre Contest Concert
      • Attention all supporters of the band!!! Dont miss the Wellington Brass Bands Pre-Australian National Contest Concert. The concert is going to be held on the 19th of March in the Salvation Army Hall, Vivian St, Wellington, tickets are $10 on the door. The concert will not only showcase the sophisticated and highly technichal test pieces (Diversions on a Bass Theme by George Lloydd, and Main Street by Eric Ball) that the band is performing in the contest over easter, but a variety of lighter enteraining numbers aswell as soloists and other fine small ensembles from the band. read more
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