Music 

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: 

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/

Picnic Bands

We have a line up of bands for the picnic. These are the year five recess time bands. They have been practising every recess break since the commencement of the school year. A late inclusion is the 4T Band playing Horse with No Name.

Years 1 & 2 Mini Concert 

Ms O’Connor and I are going lead year ones and twos in a singalong at tomorrow night’s picnic. The children are very excited by this idea, and we hope many come along to join in the fun.

The songs we have been rehearsing are: -

*Kookaburra   *On Top of Spaghetti   *You Are My Sunshine

*My Highland Goat      *She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Mountain

 -featuring a special verse written by 1M.

I call these the campfire songs!

**Whilst we will be setting up from 5.30pm – the actual performances will take place from 6pm onwards. Years 1 & 2 first, followed by year five bands.

See you at the Welcome Picnic!

Yours in Music,     

Marie Morrow   

Meaghan O’Connor

Liz Bonetti and the Strings Teachers