NSW POLICE BAND …on the beat since 1895!

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NSW Seniors Week 21st – 28th March, 2010

NSW Seniors Week celebrates the valuable contribution seniors make to our community. Here in NSW it is our way of saying thank you to seniors and a great opportunity for all generations to join with older people to celebrate. The theme is “Live Life” and aims to encourage seniors to actively participate in one of the 700 events taking place across NSW each year in Seniors Week. The NSW Police Band has five performances during Seniors Week and we welcome your presence at any and all of them (see “What’s On” for further details).

Only $20 (+ $4 postage & handling)

CD Order Form Our ‘Ceremonial & Parade Music’ CD was released last month and is now for sale. It can be purchased via mail order. To purchase, please send a cheque or money order (payable to ‘NSW Police Force’) to our contact address listed on the rear of our newsletter and include the following details:

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Welcome one and all to our March 2010 newsletter. I am pleased to convey to our “Friends” that the members of the NSW Police Band acquitted themselves magnificently at the recent Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Australia. Our performances over the four nights were of a very high standard and we have received much positive feedback, both from members of the NSW Police Force and from the general public that attended the shows. I would like to personally thank the band for their efforts and I look forward to the year ahead. Happy reading. John Saunders, Director of Music, NSW Police Band

NSW Police Band Unit 4, 31-41 Bridge Road

Stanmore NSW 2048 Events Coordinator 02 9557 9456 General Enquiries 02 9557 2090

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Musical Moments in March

March 20th Bowral Big Band Festival

1 – 2pm performance Corbett Gardens, Bowral

March 22nd – 23rd

Seniors Week Premier’s Concerts 22nd: 9.45am, 12.15pm & 1.45pm

23rd: 10am & 12.45pm Outdoor entertainment at the Sydney Entertainment Centre

March 24th

Newcastle Seniors Week Concert 10am – 1pm performance

Civic Park, Newcastle

March 25th Toukley Seniors Week Concert

12.30pm performance Centenary Hall, Toukley

March 26th

Newcastle Show Musical Ride 4pm performance

Newcastle Showgrounds

March 31st Free Concert at

St Andrews Cathedral George St, Sydney

12.30 – 1.30pm performance

In addition the band will be performing at six schools in March as well as a graduation ceremony taking our total performances this

month to 14.

Ken Dean joined the Police Band in 1991 on flute & saxophone after a varied career including being an original member of the Daly-Wilson Big Band in the 70s. Ken tells us more… “I took up saxophone at the age of 12 because I liked the sound. I would hear it played on the radio and, not knowing what instrument it was, would pester my parents to get me “one of those” which they did eventually thinking it would be something I would soon lose interest in. Well obviously not as I have managed to make a career out of playing saxophone for most of my life. “A most rewarding experience for me in the Police Band was to travel to perform in Tokyo in the mid-nineties. Our band had been invited to represent Australia there for a world convention of police bands and we had a great time. The Japanese people were wonderful hosts and our performances consisted of a variety of musical styles and we were very well received. “I have been in the Police Band for 19 years now and although I’m not the longest serving member I have the dubious distinction of being the oldest member. Don’t quite need a cane to assist on the march yet!”

On March 2, 1959 Miles Davis records the first of two sessions for his iconic album Kind of Blue.

On March 21, 1685 Johann

Sebastian Bach is born in

Eisenach, Germany.

On March 22, 1980 The first compact

disc system is marketed by

Radio Corporation of

America (RCA).

On March 26, 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna of liver failure aged 56. 20,000 people watch the funeral procession take one and a half hours to go a little over one block to the church.