2024
Saturday 29 June 2024 Dobell Festival @Rathmines Theatre
Sunday 23 June 2024 East Coast Band Championships @ the Newcastle Con
Sunday 5 May 2024 Bands in the Park @Speers Point Park @10:25am CANCELLED DUE TO POOR WEATHER
Thursday 25 April 2024 ANZAC Day service with Valentines Lions Club at Allambee Park, Valentine
SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2024
Valentine Lions 50th Birthday Celebrations at Allambee Park
A free family & community day at Allambee Park Valentine to celebrate 50 years of the Valentine Lions Club. With Lake Macquarie Winds, dance groups, classic cars, competitions, & memorabilia of 50 years of community support for Valentine Lions Club.
WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 2023
Christmas Carols at the Foreshore
A quick burst of Christmas Carols for friends of the band and for passers-by at the Warners Bay foreshore.
Click here to watch video of father daughter duo, Paul and Ella, playing Feliz Navidad. https://www.facebook.com/lmwconcertband/videos/289196917454668/
WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2023
Christmas Carols at the Bolton Clarke Macquarie View Retirement Village
An evening of traditional and not-so-traditional Christmas music for the residents of the village.
If you’d like our band to play for your residents next Christmas, please email our Secretary Ruth.
Sunday 26 NOVEMBER 2023
Bands in the Park
@Speers Point Park, in the Multi Arts Pavilion
Sunday 22 OCTOBER 2023
Music from Around the World
@Rathmines Theatre
An afternoon of music from countries round the world, including Spain, Italy, Ireland, China and Brazil. The Band was supported by a performance from Elevate Irish Dance Troupe.
The concert was free of charge and sponsored by Lake Macquarie Council.
Sunday 25 June 2023
Dobell Festival
@Rathmines Theatre
Sunday 11 June 2023
East Coast Band Championships
Lake Macquarie Winds Concert Band played in the East Coast Band Championships held in Newcastle NSW on Sunday 11 June 2023. We were crowned the champions of Open D Grade Concert Band. Our Sacred Item was Cantique de Noel (Adolphe Adams) and Own Choice was Oregon (Jacob de Haan). Well done and thanks to all players, supporters – with special thanks to our conductor, Dr Mark Pinner.
Photo credit: brassbanned.com
Sunday 21 May 2023
Bands in the Park, Speers Point Park
Tuesday 25 April 2023
ANZAC Day at Allambie Park, Valentine
Sunday 8 April 2023
National Band Championships
Lake Macquarie Winds Concert Band played in the National Band Championships held in Newcastle NSW over the Easter weekend 2023. We played in Open D Grade Concert Band on Saturday 8 April. We placed a very close second. Well done and thanks to all players, supporters and special thanks to our conductor, Dr Mark Pinner.
22 October 2023
From DreamTime to Modern
From Dreamtime to Modern was an afternoon celebrating Australia’s culture and rich soundscapes, at Rathmines Theatre on 23 October 2023.
The performance consisted of a smoking ceremony and indigenous dance performances by Gabinya Miyay Aboriginal Dance Group and Australian-themed compositions performed by Lake Macquarie Winds concert band.
Gabinya Miyay (Boy Girl) was founded by Randall Briggs to reinforce aboriginal culture and beliefs in indigenous young people, by enabling support moving from childhood to adult life. It focuses on maintaining traditional customs and storytelling through dance. They perform at a variety of events including sporting carnivals, conferences. and schools.
Lake Macquarie Winds Australian repertoire included:
- Kurrajong by Australian composter Adrian Hallam. A suite evoking the natural landscape of the Kurrajong region, beginning with early morning on Bluebird Hill and moving through the sounds of Kurrajong village, a quiet reminiscence before a bushfire bursts through the stillness. A quieter section represents the ashes then a return to normal life and a quiet sunset.
- Aurora Australis by Australian composer Martyn Hancock is a descriptive work portraying the wonder of the aurora light display visible in our southern latitudes.
- Blue Lake Reflections by Ed Huckerby portraying the calm serenity of a beautiful lake such as ours
- From Dawn to Dusk by Australian composer Graham LLoyd is a musical interlude depicting the early sunrise beachside merging with the hustle and bustle of the day, followed by the peace of sunset and nightfall
- The Lord of the Rings arranged by Howard Shore is a soundscape conveying images of sweeping vistas and dramatic battles.
Lake Macquarie Winds Concert Band 