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by Betty Barton

The Terrace Community Band was formed in the summer of 1983, an encore to a community band active in the early 1950's.

In the spring of 1952 George Peters, active in band work in Prince Rupert, kindied a spark of enthusiasm among local musicians to form a town band. On May 19 of that year, an organizational meeting was held and the Terrace and District Band Club was bom. Its president was Corbin King, its conductor Spence Muckle, and the first band practice was held on June 2, 1952 with 14 members present. In December, 26 members made their appearance on the stage of the Civic Centre (the current site of the Terrace Public Library) at their inaugural concert.

At that inaugural concert, the chairman of the village commis- sion, Emil Haugland said, "No community is complete without its own band, and this can only be accomplished in a small town when a group of civic-minded - citizens, with musical ability, are

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willing to give freely of their time and ability to such an effort. Public functions, parades and celebrations are never quite the same without the stirring strains of a band, and I am happy indeed that Terrace is now to have such an organization."

Thirteen years later, under the driving force of director Jim Ryan, a composite band of adults and junior and senior high school stu- dents formed the new Terrace Community Band. Band member and clarinetist (and daughter of

Corbin King) Christine Andrews.

says, "Jim Ryan deserves a pat on the back for all he’s contributed to music in this area."

Within that first year, the band participated in the Arts Festival, two summer band concerts in the park, the Pacific Northwest Music Festival, and a Remembrance Day ceremony. In 1985 the Band per- formed at the opening of Heritage Park. "[It}] was a tremendous suc- cess and a proud moment for the band," said Ryan after the event. The band provided the basis for the Host Band at the opening ceremonies of the 1986 B.C. Win-

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 10, 1991 B15

The Terrace Community Band: Artists, prize-winners, performers, teachers.

ter Games held in Terrace. "We were flying by the seat of our pants, but with help from Kitimat and Prince Rupert, we had a large number of excellent musicians and this was a real highlight for the whole group",

Since then, the Terrace Commun- ity Band has annually participated in the Pacific Northwest Music Festival, has won awards from the Provincial Music Festival, and in 1990 received a first place mark of 87. In 1988 they won a bronze award in the National Music Festi- val held in Calgary, an event’in- volving 5,000 musicians. The Terrace Community Band did a public performance in Calgary and another at the University.

The Community Band has worked closely with Terrace Little Theatre on the musicals "Heavens to Betsy and:"The Wiz". With the proceeds from fund raising events

" they’ve bought sheet music for the

band, partially funded their band trips and last year bought a tuba for the band. "We do a lot of work for the B.C. Kidney Foundation

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because Jim (Ryan) has had a kidney transplant and we like to support their good work", explains Christine. The band is currently in the process of registering as a society.

In February 1990 the Community Band and the Northwest Singers went on the road to Hazelton and Smithers. In addition to providing lively and entertaining perfor- mances for the two communities, the two musical groups thoroughly enjoyed performing for each other.

‘Riverboat Days, Music in the Park

and the recent Pacific Northwest Music Festival have provided venues for the Terrace Community Band and Terrace audiences.

The Band rehearses weekly for two hours, 11 months of the year. They generally work until River- boat Days weekend in early August and then break until after Labour Day weekend. The Terrace Community Band is open to any

member of the community. Prac- tices are held on Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. in the Caledonia School Band Room. ‘Interested persons are welcome. Further information may be obtained from band director, Jim Ryan at 635- 4089.

Community band member Christine Andrews confirms, "We have an incredible range of talent and interests. We’d love to have more people come out!"

The band is currently preparing for a Cabaret to be held at the Elks Hall this Saturday, April 13. Tickets are $10 and available from band members and at Sight & Sound. The Band also hopes to travel to Music Fest Canada or, alternately, to the Queen Charlotte Islands this summer. If cither plan comes to fruition, they will pro- bably put on a fund-raiser concert with door prizes at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre some time this spring.

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