Music 

More Big News on The Big Lost Band!

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Background:

The Big Lost Band debuted as part of the 2019 Lost Lands festival. The Lost Lands is a large scale family oriented music and arts festival held each cup weekend in the grounds of Werribee Mansion. The Big Lost Band was one of the highlights of this last festival. In only four rehearsals over the weeks leading up to the gig, the core creative team pulled together a 136 strong band of musicians made up of families who were attending the event. 70% were children and young people, playing 20 drum kits, 40 guitars, 10 basses and assorted whistles, saxes, keyboards, buckets and coconuts. Plus a big choir.

In 2022, The Big Lost Band will debut as part of the City of Whittlesea Community Festival, offering workshops for musicians, singers and music lovers to come together and jam some serious rock anthems!  Working with a creative team of directors and musicians, performers and music lovers (from absolute beginners to musical guns), are invited to come together and rehearse a set of songs in the weeks leading up to the Whittlesea Community Festival - Arts on the Northern Edge, which will be staged in South Morang from 25 & 26 March 2022.  

The Big Lost Band performance will be on the afternoon of Saturday 26th March and will serve as the festival’s finale.

Each iteration of the Big Lost Band involves workshops aimed at recruiting people to join the band. This will be done with schools, community clubs, existing local community music programs, open workshops, etc. The Big Lost Band is the brain child of Ian Pidd, a highly experienced community art practitioner, who has an enthusiasm and vision to turn pretty much any group of individuals into an ecstatic rock and roll animal! 

Check out this video for the first Lost Land Band here https://vimeo.com/418339940

REHEARSAL DATES: 

Thursday 10 & 17 March

IPS Music Room (rehearsal to be held over lunch time)

Sunday 20 March

12pm-3pm

The Terrace, City of Whittlesea Civic Centre, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

Saturday 26 March 

1pm (rehearsal), and

5pm (Performance)

Terrace Stage, Civic Centre Lawns, 25-35 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME! Please come along to one of the lunchtime rehearsals in the Music Room and then attend the final rehearsals on March 20 & 26 with the full ensemble!

For more information on the festival, visit https://arts.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/