Musical notes will be ringing out of the Performing Arts Centre at Proserpine State high school next Thursday night when a host of musical magicians come together to present a night of big bands, big tunes and big entertainment.
The 2022 Gala Concert promises to be a revival of an iconic annual event that is now back after a three-year hiatus.
A true cross-community event, the concert brings together bands from across the region.
Cannonvale and Proserpine State School’s will join together, their concert bands and string orchestras combining to create the “The Little Kids Big Band’.
Having practiced the same songs separately all term, they will be united the day before for a full-day workshop where they will play together for the first time.
Proserpine State High School will showcase their concert band, stage band and string orchestra as well as their High School Big Band.
This year, the event also welcomes the Citizens Band who are coming to ‘sit in’ with the High School Band.
The Whitsunday Big Band will also feature in the Gala Concert and will be joined by young musicians from the High School.
Around 70 instrumentalists of all ages will be playing on the night and the new Performing Arts Centre can hold up to 450 people with tickets selling fast.
Head of the Arts Department Jenny Napier said that the bands will play a range of familiar songs from jazz to modern classics.
“It will be a lovely night of school and community bands getting together and performing,” she said.
“All the bands have already got a following so it will be a good opportunity for everyone to come and listen.”
A smaller event called The Gala Evening held in 2021
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