Details for the 2009 Victorian State Band Championships to be Held in Ballarat on 22nd & 23rd August
The Adjudicator for the weekend is Mr Barrie Gott from Queensland. Music is own choice, so the audience will hear a wide selection of different items from the bands.
The venue is the Wendouree Performing Arts Centre, Howitt Street, Wendouree. The VBL acknowledges with thanks its partnership for the weekend (and over many previous years) with the Royal South Street Society in the running of the Championships.
Times shown below are Section start times. The order shown is NOT the order of appearance of the bands.
In summary, the Saturday sees nine bands appearing, beginning with three Open Concert Bands - one in each Grade. They are then followed by two Junior Bands - a School Concert Band and A Junior Brass Band. The evening concludes with performances from four Open A Grade Brass Bands, which should provide some excellent performances.
On the Sunday, the day opens with six bands in Open C Grade, followed in the afternoon by five D Grade bands, then a Junior B Grade Brass Band, and closes with evening performances by four B Grade Brass Bands
Saturday 22nd August
|
Grade |
Grade Start Time |
Band |
Conductor |
|
Open C Concert |
2:00 pm |
Bendigo & District Concert |
Jason Hague |
|
Open B Concert |
2:45 pm |
Eltham Concert Band |
Eric Klay |
|
Open A Concert |
3:30 pm |
Geelong Concert Band |
Mark Irwin |
|
Junior B Concert |
4:30 pm |
Shepparton High School Wind Symphony |
Lachlan Gallacher |
|
Junior C Brass |
5:00 pm |
Hyde Street Youth |
David Redding / Ben Milne |
|
Open A Brass |
7:00 pm |
Boroondara Brass |
Daniel van Bergen |
|
- |
- |
Darebin City Brass - Preston |
Danny Dielkens |
|
- |
- |
Hawthorn Band |
Peter Sykes |
|
- |
- |
Kew Band Melbourne |
Mark Ford |
Sunday 23rd August
|
Grade |
Grade Start Time |
Band |
Conductor |
|
Open C Brass |
9:00 am |
Advent Brass |
Reynold Gilson |
|
- |
- |
City of Ballarat Municipal Brass |
Brenda Beck |
|
- |
- |
City of Bendigo Brass |
Andrew Trewartha |
|
- |
- |
Darebin City Brass - Northern |
Chris Lee |
|
- |
- |
Marist Brothers Band |
Mr Bell |
|
- |
- |
Sunshine Community |
Christopher Smith |
|
Open D Brass |
2:00 pm |
Boroondara Harmony Brass |
Daniel van Bergen |
|
- |
- |
Maryborough City Brass |
Jenny Wagstaff |
|
- |
- |
Moonee Valley Brass |
John M. Breen |
|
- |
- |
Sale City Band |
Hugh Davies |
|
- |
- |
Shepparton Brass Band |
Eric Anderson |
|
Junior B Brass |
5:20 pm |
Whitehorse Brass |
David Farrell |
|
Open B Brass |
7:00 pm |
Box Hill City Band |
David Farrell |
|
- |
- |
Geelong West Brass |
Jeff Steele |
|
- |
- |
Maroondah Brass |
Ron Moore |
|
- |
- |
Wonthaggi Citizens' Band |
Craig Marinus |