Recently...

We had a blast playing what was possibly our biggest gig ever, a dance for about 650 people at Mystery Creek on Sat 11 July.  Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Hamilton Big Band (NZ), https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=307549219315190) for photos coming soon!

Recruiting

Anyone interested in getting involved in the band is always welcome to get in touch.

In particular, if you're a drummer with a desire to keep some swing, latin and alternate timing beats as well as rock we'd like to hear from you.

Fete de la Musique

Fete de la Musique 2015, 21 June was a huge success.  The Fete is a celebration of music and we really enjoyed being part of it, playing outside Dough Bros restaurant on Victoria Street!  Dough Bros looked after us with access to power and their other facilities before they opened for the evening.  Snap Shot, Trek 'n Travel and Browsers stores also helped us out with chairs.  Get into town and support these businesses which are run by just good people!

We managed to get together to perform in downtown Hamilton for the big Hamilton150 celebrations thanks to Chris who came in with only two practices on drums to keep us in time.  What an event and fantastic fireworks to wrap it all up.  Got to love our fair city! Hamilton turned on a windy day but the rain held off and we had just enough pegs to keep our charts from blowing away up the street!  Keep an eye out for photos to come soon hopefully either here or on our Facebook page.

We had fun playing at a private Octoberfest function on that auspicious day of Halloween!  Another handful of people converted to the Big Band sound!

We had fun performing for the hardy few souls who braved a cool winters afternoon on 21 June 2014 as part of the Fete de la Musique.  We set up in the pagola outside the library in Hamilton's Garden Place and played some of our favourites while the breeze tried to disrupt our charts!  Watch out for this festival again next year with free entertainment being laid on at Chartwell Square, Centreplace and Garden Place throughout the day.

We had a great night at Novotel Tainui in Hamilton entertaining the NZ Chiropractors Association at their conference dinner on 24 May.  Quite a few guests were dressed for the Big Band era and kicked up their heels on the dancefloor....no chiropractors were harmed in the making of this commercial !

Thanks NZCA for having us at your function and thanks to the lovely staff at Novotel who helped take care of the band on the night.