STAGE BAND
Back Row : Oscar Holm , Georgina Willan , Joe Clinton , George Cummings , Jamie Matthews , Robbie Cargill ( Teacher ) Front Row : Gus Klingender , Thomas Hooper , Joseph Duff , Connor Grant , Bridget Grant
The Havelock North High School Stage Band is an invitation senior band made up of bass guitar , electric guitar , drums , saxophones , brass , vocals , and piano . It is a fun upbeat band and I am happy to say I am a proud band member of two years and looking forward to more years in the band .
This year we have played many lively pieces such as “ Let ’ s Groove ”, “ Open Season ”, “ Play Mass ”, and “ Weather with You ”. I particularly enjoyed playing “ Careless Whisper ” as it is made up of many famous jazz pieces such as “ Take Five ”, “ Careless Whisper ’’, inspired by Scott Bradley , Postmodern Jukebox .
We were all disappointed about the 2021 Music Festival being cancelled due to Covid Level 2 , as it was the final chance for the Year 13s to perform together , but our band were still happily practising , even when not working towards a performance .
We say farewell and thank you to our Year 13s , for their contribution over the years to HNHS Bands - Ben Bush on guitar , George Cummings on bass , Connor Grant on tenor saxophone and Jamie Matthews on drums . A big thank you to Mr Wuts for taking us every Tuesday lunchtime and organising parts for all of us . It has been a pleasure having the very accomplished Mr Wuts conduct us for the past years . A sincere thank you to the talented Mr Cargill for helping us out on trumpet and organising music for us . We look forward to a new version of Stage Band next year and are excited to see the band carry on in the future .
Bridget Grant
The Junior Jazz Band is a group of Year 9 and 10 students who play woodwind , brass , percussion , vocal and guitars at any skill level who come together to play fun , jazzy songs arranged by our conductor Mr Anton Wuts . The songs are always entertaining and are great for everyone . We had learnt a range of songs that we planned to play at the music festival but , sadly , due to Covid restrictions , the music festival was cancelled . This year , the band played the pieces Brain Sprain , Cissy Strut , Don ’ t Know Why and The Less I Know the Better , two of which contain vocals . A big thanks to Mr Wuts for bringing this together .
Oscar Holm
Ruby Hall Year 10
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