Edgefield Secondary School welcome La Sallege College Band and Choir students on 7 July. The 86 Band and choir members put up a good performance. Click on the photo for a higher reolution image:
19 students, 3 teachers and the band instructor embarked on a overseas learning journey to Perth, Australia from 24 to 29 November 2015.
Day 1: King's Park Our first stop in Perth was an indigenous tour of King's park by Greg. The students had a wonderful time learning about the indigenous culture and how they make use of the plants and trees for medicine, tools for hunting and starting fire etc
We had a rehearsal in our hotel, Goodearth
Hotel in Perth, after dinner.
More Day 1 Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153355383444200.1073741988.676019199&type=1&l=05e3a10ef6 Day 2: La Salle College, Local Band Music Exchange at La Salle and with City of Perth Band at St Charles Court. The students had an enriching experience rehearsing and performing with the students from La Salle. They were also greatly inspired by the veteran players from the City of Perth Brass Band which rehearse every Wed. The group also stopped over at The House of Honey, The Margaret River Chocolate factory, Mondo Nougat retail shop and Yahava coffee bean.
Performance at La Salle College
All about the Bass with La Salle College
Combined performance with La Salle College Band
We went to Sir Charles Court Band room in Queen's Park and hada combined Performance with City of Perth Brass Band after dinner.
Combined Performance with City of Perth Brass Band (1)
Combined Performance with City of Perth Brass Band (2)
Combined Performance with City of Perth Brass Band (3)
The students had great fun taking photos with the Wombat, feed the Kangaroos, touching the Koalas as well as saw sheep shearing, milk the cow and took photos with the lamb at the animal farm show at Caversham wildlife park.
Good weather and captivating view of the black swans at Lake Monger.
set=a.10153355390259200.1073741991.676019199&type=1&l=d6b13d335a Day 4: Music Exchange at Carine Senior High The students get to bake cookies and paint boomerangs at Carine Senior High. The highlight was the combined concert at night. The group has improved tremendously and they put up a great performance with Carine High.
The students get to pick their own strawberries - look at the heaps of red big strawberries which the students picked! This was followed by a visit to the popular Fremantle market.