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Banding ain't what it used to be!

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Subject: Banding ain't what it used to be!
From: "Roy Taylor" <roy.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:27:17 +1000
Organization: Quest Software
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I noticed this fascinating comment from the "Besses 'O the Barn" band website
(http://besses.co.uk/), talking about their tour of Australia and NZ in the
early 1900's.

"An arrival parade in Melbourne during one of the tours saw the Band preceded by
no fewer than twenty-two of Australia's finest brass bands. Their stay
culminated in four days of concerts in the city that attracted a total crowd of
over 100,000. It took the arrival of The Beatles more than sixty years later
before the city once again saw such vast crowds for visiting musicians."

These days an audience of a few hundred is quite an achievement.

Cheers,
Roy, Eupho, Dandenong Band, Melbourne, Australia.




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