Events of 2013 (110th Class Senior Year)

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112th Class Enter, 111th School Anniversary, 109th Class Graduate

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Band 50th Regular Concert:

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(rather poor quality video at bilibili of the Stage Show is here)

Band 50th Regular Concert was held on December 22 and 23, 2013 at School Festival Hall (in the video above by 20120909singsingsing we can see the festivites at the lobby after the concert, another short video is here). In the end of the video the graduating band members walk off the stage while the rest of the band plays “Hotaru no Hikari” (=”Auld Lang Syne“).

Notes and picture by Orange Fairy are here. Further commemorative pictures of the 110th Class band members after the concert by Orange Fairy are here.

Report at school site (in Japanese) is here (Wayback Machine).

Very relaxed Yokoyama-coach in the picture…

Halftime show at Kansai Collegiate American Football League:

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Band halftime show at Kansai Collegiate American Football League match Kyoto University vs Ritsumeikan University on November 8, 2013 at Nishikyōgoku Athletic Stadium (video by t30302e).

Sing, Sing, Sing Experience Session:

Band held “Sing, Sing, Sing Experience Session” to Junior High School students from Kyoto on November 3, 2013. Reference is here, in Japanese.

Parade at Kyoto Private School Festival:
(7 short twitter videos, click here and open the thread, or click here for a combined video in bilibili)

Band attended the Kyoto Private School Festival October 2013 at Shijō-dōri close to Maruyama Park, Kyoto.

Nagoya Marching & Baton Wave:

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Band battle at Nagoya Marching & Baton Wave on October 6, 2013 (video by
I LOVE BRASS). Tōhō High School and Anjō Gakuen High School had not a lot of chance against top-form Tachibana who won by thunderous applause (Tachibana performance starts at 19:34). Tachibana only performance can be seen in this video.

41st Kansai Marching Contest:

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The band played at the 41st Kansai Marching Contest (=Qualifications for the 26th All-Japan Marching Contest) on September 23, 2013 at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium (video by Cobra 427SC). Unfortunately the result was “dud” Gold again as in previous year, and the band did not advance to the National Finals.

Short video of Tachibana performance is here, and some further pictures here.

Full results the National Finals are here (in Japanese).

School Festival “Tachibanasai”:

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The outdoor stage show at School Courtyard Stage of Tachibanasai on September 14, 2013 (video and English subtitles by yuu2chan). Same video at Niconico (registration required) is here. Another take of the same event is here.

And below is the Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) of the indoor stage show (video by kyo no shiki). Another take of the same is here.

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26th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest:

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Stage show at the 26th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest (=Qualifications for the 26th All-Japan Marching Contest) at Taiyogaoka Gymnasium on September 8, 2013 (video above by HAKUAKI901, another take of the same is here). Notice the trouble they had at 5:37 during the very dangerous “guru-guru”-move. Regardless, the band won Gold and proceeded further to the 41st Kansai Marching Contest. View from the back of the band is here.

Some pictures of the Tachibana performance are here.

As the band had a lot of members this year they also had a team playing in the “free” category (the band in this category cannot advance further in the competition) (video below by HAKUAKI901, another take of the same is here):

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Band visit to Kaua’i, Hawai’i:

Band concert at Kukui Grove Center

Band traditional visit to Kaua’i took place on August 16-21, 2013 (photos by unknown). Report of the visit (in Japanese) is here.

50th Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 61st All-Japan Band Competition (Category A):

Band participated in the 50th Kyoto Brass Band Competition (Category A) of the 61st All-Japan Band Competition probably held in August 2013. As the set piece they played Celebration March “Rising Sun” (“祝典行進曲「ライジング・サン」 “) by Yūtaku Shiraiwa, and as the free choice piece “With Heart and Voice” by David Gillingham. The band won Gold but unfortunately did not proceed further in the competition. Full result list is here, in Japanese.

50th Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 61st All-Japan Band Competition (Category B):

The band also participated in the Category B (non-competing Category) of the 50th Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 61st All-Japan Band Competition held presumably in August 2013. They played “Songs of Sailor and Sea” by Robert W. Smith conducted by Mizuki Tani, and received Gold for their efforts. Full result list is here, in Japanese.

Field show at 53rd “Brass Band of 3000” Event:

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Field show at 53rd “Brass Band of 3000” Event at Kyocera Dome, Osaka on June 22, 2013 (video by pamyu hirevo). They start with popular 80s song “Sailor Fuku o Nugasanai de” by Onyanko Club. Other highlights were the sax-solo of “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson 5 at 3:57, and the top hat props (at 5:11). TV-program covering this event is here.

Joint concert (May 3):

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Stage show of the joint concert series at School Festival Hall on May 3, 2013 (video by sggkiy).

Parade at Brass Expo 2013:

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Parade at Brass Expo 2013 at Expo Commemoration Park, Osaka on May 12, 2013 (video by zorosaku). Report at school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Short videoclip of the Friendship Concert (video by ytokoma):

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Video containing both the Friendship Concert and the parade, click here.

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm:

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Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm on April 28, 2013 (video above by zorosaku, sorry for the poor sound quality). In the video you can see Tachibana famous standstill performance of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With_a_Swing)“, followed by short videoclips of the parade.

Another series of short clips of the parade by keiogi2001 are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

New Student Welcoming Party:

Band performed at the New Student Welcoming Party on April 11, 2013. Reference at the school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Entrance Ceremony:

Band played “La primavera” from “Le quattro stagioni” by Antonio Vivaldi at the School Entrance Ceremony on April 8, 2013. Reference at the school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Parade at Fushimi Ōtesuji-dōri:

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Spring Traffic Safety Parade at Fushimi Ōtesuji-dōri on April 8, 2013 (video by yamanoboru1).

Stage show at Uji-Ōkubo Sakura Festival:

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Stage show part of Uji-Ōkubo Sakura Festival on April 7, 2013 at Ground Self-Defence Force Camp Ōkubo (video by zorosaku; warning of poor sound quality). Parade was unfortunately cancelled due to heavy rain. Note at school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Second part:

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12th Kyoto Sakura Parade:

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Field show at 12th Kyoto Sakura Parade in front of Kyoto City Hall on March 24, 2013 (video above on the Friendship Concert by HAKUAKI901, another take of the same is here).

And below is the parade at Teramachi Street during which the band got stuck standstill for a long time (video by keiogi 2001). Short video of the beginning part of the parade is here.

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15th Kansai Stage Marching Festival:

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Band was playing at 15th Kansai Stage Marching Festival in February-March 2013 (video by Orange Fairy).

Cheering at 91st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Finals:

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And also on January 19, 2013 the soccer team of the school reached the finals of the 91st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament against Hosho High School at the National Stadium (video by raisummer). Band can here be seen cheering their team but unfortunately Tachibana lost after penalty shoot-out.

NHK-E School Live Show Band Battle (National Final):

(video on bilibili is here)

In March 2012 Tachibana proceeded from the NHK-E School Live Show Kansai Qualifications (for more information of that click here and scroll down to “NHK-E School Live Show Band Battle (Kansai Qualifications)”) to the Finals of the nationwide Band Battle at Hamamatsu City Hamakita Cultural Center. They won the title of Grand National Champion on January 19, 2013 (show broadcasted on February 17, 2013). “Sing, Sing, Sing” and Kyoto Tachibana is pretty hard combination to beat… Reference at school site (in Japanese) is here.

Cheering at 91st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament:

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Band entertains the audience during halftime at the 91st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament match when the school team played against Tungko Gakuen High School on January 12, 2013 (video by Jeffy2U). Convincing 3-0 victory to Tachibana!

Cheering school volleyball team/Quarterfinals:

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Band was cheering the school’s volleyball team which has proceeded to the quarterfinals of the 65th All-Japan Volleyball High School Championships Tournament held on January 7, 2013 at Saitama Super Arena (video by tv2ne1). Unfortunately Tachibana team lost 1-2 against the eventual runner-up of the tournament Seiei High School (website, Wikipedia).

45 thoughts on “Events of 2013 (110th Class Senior Year)”

    • Thanks for posting these great videos. I see some familiar faces among the 110th graduates. Looks like at least one of the graduates may have been overcome by her emotions.

      I wonder what Yuina was doing there. She’d already graduated from Maser Haus earlier that year and was playing in her band Aporon in the Tokyo area.

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      • Manny-San
        For the regular concerts through 2018, alumni and alumnae of the brass band who have graduated will come as staff to help organize the concerts.
        The number of people is around 30. They operate the lighting lights and sound, prepare bouquets for the graduates, and direct the audience. They also set up the stage.

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            • Thanks for posting these, OF. I never knew alumni did that. Wow, so some even handled the sound board…..I wonder where they learned to do that. That takes some skill, I would think.

              I remember Ieharu, she appeared on some TV feature on KT (I think a link to it is here at the blog). As I recall, she was also in the sax group J Easter Jango with four other 111th OGs (featured here in the “Other Alumni Activities” section). They played a couple of gigs. I see Kurara and Ramirin lent a hand to the concerts as well.

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  2. KT’s musical repertoire in 26th Kyoto Prefectural Marching Contest:

    Canterbury Chorale – Jan Van der Roost

    The Bandwagon – Philip Sparke

    Notte Stellata (The Swan) – Il Solo

    Sing Sing Sing – Louis Prima

    It Don’t Mean a Thing – Duke Ellington

    Swing Swing Swing – John Williams

    Also, same musical repertoire in 41th KMC (41th Kansai Marching Contest)

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    • In the Song Library there are these pieces:

      ♫ “Canterbury Chorale” – Jan Van der Roost ♫
      ♫ “I’ll Be There” – Jackson 5/Michael Jackson / Arr. Naohiro Iwai ♫
      ♫ “Misty (Clarinet Quintet)” – Erroll Garner / Arr. Mike Lewis ♫
      ♫ “Sing Sing Sing” – Louis Prima/Benny Goodman / Arr. Naohiro Iwai ♫
      ♫ “Super Mario Bros Main Theme” – Kōji Kondō / Arr. Takashi Hoshide ♫
      ♫ “The Bandwagon” – Philip Sparke ♫

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  4. I came across this second video of the Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest compulsory program of September 8th, this one taken from the left front side of the band. Quality isn’t quite as good but it’s alright. A much smaller percussion section, I could make out Vanilla Misaki-san and Mentapu on snare drums and the sole male Negibi on bass drum again. It also gives another view of the two French horn players who fell during the “running squares” part of the performance (looking at this video and the one already posted here, it looks like while the first one who fell was running to get back in place, she collided with the second player, who then fell. This second player had actually run around the first player when she fell, and she ended up falling herself when the first player cut in front of her. Fortunately, it looks like neither got hurt). At 3:47 a flute player can be seen losing her shoe as the band played “Sing.” Of course, she ignored it and kept playing. She ended up on the other side of the band formation as they concluded the performance, looks like a clarinet player picked up the shoe as the band ran off the floor.

    I assume Vanilla was the lead drummer in the percussion section, as I noticed in the video already posted here, that as the band marches around as they play “The Bandwagon,” Mentapu stopped playing at one point, while Vanilla continued to play. Perhaps that section of the song only needed one snare part. I can’t think of any other reason why Mentapu would stop playing. At the conclusion of “Bandwagon,” Vanilla immediately raced to the back ahead of the other percussionists, to put on the harnessed drum set and start playing the intro to “Sing.”

    When the five sax players come forward for their solo section, the tenor player second from the left is the one that can be seen in the Jeaster (Jango) video that’s posted here in the “Alumni/Other Alumni Activities” section. As far as I know, no one knows what her nickname is, she’s just known as being from the 111th class. She returned to KT to play in the 2018 Rose Parade band.

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  5. I saw in the video of the All-Japan Marching Contest that two members fell during the “running squares” part of the performance. That was why an alumna once said the parents were against that move, because it was hazardous. It was a challenge that was difficult, and in a previous year they considered it a miracle that they pulled it off.

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  14. Blumen Hügel Farm parade (April 28, 2013)

    Joint concert at School Festival Hall(May 3.2013）

    Parade at Brass Expo 2013(May 12, 2013) at Expo Commemoration Park

    Kansai Student American Football Half Time Show(November 8, 2013)
    Kyoto University v Ritsumeikan at Kyogoku Comprehensive Sports Park Athletics Field

    Kyogoku Athletics Field https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/京都市西京極総合運動公園陸上競技場兼球技場

    The 26th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest(September 8, 2013) Compulsory program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df09ftZ5AgM&t=17s

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