21 February 2025, Issue 1248
Banding together With each band performing a march, strathspey and reel musical display, then a medley and a massed band performance – where everyone plays together – Mount Maunganui will not be able to miss the skirl of the pipes on Saturday. “Then it’s the turn of drum majors in the
mace-flourishing contest, where you’ll see them twirling and tossing the mace while commanding a band on the march,” said City of Tauranga’s secretary Angela Kell. Her band is hosting the prestigious Central North Island Pipe Band Contest on February 22, at Soper Reserve from
10am. The street march starts 10.30am and heads from Aerodrome Rd into Newton St. The City of Tauranga Pipe Band is 111 years old – and is quite a family affair. Four adult children of husband-and-wife Doug Hendry and Angela Kell, pictured,
are part of the band. “More than half our 34 members have relations in the band; either a parent, child, sibling or partner playing alongside them,” said Kell. Read more about the call of the pipes on page 26. Photo: Bob Tulloch
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