Events of 2016 (113th Class Senior Year)

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115th Class Enter, 114th School Anniversary, 112th Class Graduate (video homage)

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Cheering at 95th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament:

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The very last event of the year was to cheer school soccer team in first round match in the 95th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament against the formidable multiple National Champion Ichiritsu Funabashi High School at Fukuda Denshi Arena on December 31, 2016 (video by dai12). Unfortunately Kyoto Tachibana lost the match 0-1 but it surely was not due to lack of cheering quality! Notice the bright red jackets band uses when it goes cheering.

Concert at Atsuta Cultural Center, Nagoya:

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Concert at Atsuta Cultural Center, Nagoya

Concert at Atsuta Cultural Center, Atsuta Ward, Nagoya on December 27, 2016 (photo by Hiroyuki Tanaka facebook).

Band 53rd Regular Concert:

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Santa Claus is visiting the band at school

Band 53rd Regular Concert was held on December 23, 24 and 25, 2016 at 1.30pm each day at School Festival Hall (photo by Hiroyuki Tanaka facebook). The event was fully-booked with the audience of 900 each day, which is pretty remarkable achievement. Three concert days is clearly not enough!

Rather dramatic eyewitness account (in Japanese) can be found here, and another one here. More pictures from Tanaka-sensei’s facebook are here. Notes and picture by Orange Fairy are here.

Momoyama Music Festival:

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Stage show at Momoyama Music Festival at School Festival Hall on November 26, 2016 (video by MIKAN).

Cheering at 95th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Preliminary Round:

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Band cheering school soccer team at 95th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Preliminary Round against Kyoto Sangyo on November 23, 2016 at Nishikyōgoku Stadium, Kyoto (video by st.taketo). Cheering worked, Tachibana soccer team won 1-0!

Parade at Garasha (Gracia) Festival:

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Gruelling 1+ hour parade at Garasha (Gracia) Festival in Nagaokakyō on November 13, 2016 (video by st.taketo). Likely the longest parade since Tournament of Roses Parade 2012 (see more here) brought out large support staff and we saw band being supplied with water like in any long-distance sports event. Long (2.7 km) and crowded parade route proved tough on security forces too.

Parade at 35th Shuten-dōji Festival:

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To conclude busy week the band parades at 35th Ōeyama Shuten-dōji Festival on October 30, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). By request of organizers the orange uniforms were used in this event for the first time – the famous Red Demon of Mount Ōe met Orange Devils finally!

Field show of the same event (video by st.taketo):

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Parade at Art Festa, Kyoto Yamashina ward:

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Band parades as opening act at Art Festa to celebrate 40th anniversary of Kyoto Yamashina ward on October 29, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). Sun is setting while the band marches which provides dramatic light to this event (parade starts 5 pm and sun sets 6 minutes later).

Field show at festival by Kyoto Truck Association (KTK):

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Field show at festival by Kyoto Truck Association (KTK) a.k.a Famous Flying Shoes (at 4:46) field show on October 23, 2016 (video by Mô de in The Japan) at Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. Tight spaces can surprise even the most experienced performers!

And here is a longer version of the same event by st.taketo:

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44th Kansai Marching Contest:

Band was playing at the 44th Kansai Marching Contest (=Qualification for the 29th All-Japan Marching Contest) on September 22, 2016 at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium (nowadays known as Asue Arena Osaka). They won Gold, but unfortunately did not proceeded to the National Finals this year.

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

Full result list of the Kansai Marching Contest is here, in Japanese.

Full result list of the National Finals is here (in Japanese).

29th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest:

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Band participated in the 29th Kyoto Marching Contest (=Qualification for the 29th All-Japan Marching Contest) on September 11, 2016 at Taiyogaoka Gymnasium (video by おーじろー２). Band begins with the first movement “Catalonia” from “Cats Tales” by British brass band composer Peter Graham, and continues with “Merry-Go-Round” by Philip Sparke. Then saxophone sextet plays “Amapola” by Joseph Lacalle, and we have traditional finish with a combination of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” made famous by Benny Goodman and “Swing, swing, swing” from the movie “1941” by John Williams. The advanced version of Waterfall Run at 6:09 was impressive and judges liked it too as band won Gold and advanced to the 44th Kansai Marching Contest!

Some pictures of the Tachibana performance are here.

Full result list is here, in Japanese.

Clever video of the same, combining three views to the performance (video by 丹羽豊):

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School festival “Tachibanasai”:

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(same video in bilibili is here)

School festival “Tachibanasai” at the Courtyard Stage on September 10, 2016 where band 3rd years’ traditionally play at an outdoor concert (video above by 慶次郎前田). Highlight this time was the Tachibanasai-song (originally “Vacation” by Connie Francis) with vocalist who did great despite equipment problems. The freewheeling atmosphere of this event is always superb, especially taking into account it typically is held just before the band main event of the year, All-Japan Marching Contest Qualifications in Kyoto.

The MC of the event was also having fun (video below by 20120909singsingsing). Translation of her (not so relevant) speech to English by Tetsuya T -san is here.

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In addition the band played also in the School Festival Hall (video below by 慶次郎前田). Another video of the same is here.

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Band visit to Kaua’i, Hawai’i:

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(all videos found on this event are in this playlist)

Band visits Kaua’i, Hawai’i 7th time since 1998 and thanks to 071 ranpei we actually have plenty of video material of this overseas visit (all videos are from his YouTube-channel). Above is the first part of the sit-down concert at Kaua’i War Memorial Convention Hall on August 21, 2016 (further parts are here and here). Stage show part of the same concert begins in the video below (and further parts are here and here).

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Local press report by newspaper for Kaua’i is here and by The Garden Island here, and organizer blog report (in Japanese) is here.
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Before the concert the band had a stage show at Kukui Grove Center (photo by Tanaka-sensei facebook):

Short Instagram-video on band playing their opening piece “Down by the Riverside” is here.

And here the band is marching towards the stage at Kukui Grove Center on August 21, 2016 (video by 071 ranpei):

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53rd Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 64th All-Japan Band Competition (Category A):

Band participated in the 53rd Kyoto Brass Band Competition (Category A) of the 64th All-Japan Band Competition probably held on August 5, 2016. As the set piece they played March “Clover Ground” (“マーチ「クローバーグラウンド」”) by Yasusho Kashima, and as the free choice piece they played movements “The Dream of Solomon”, “War Dance”, “The Dance of Belkis at Dawn” and “Orgiastic Dance” from the ballet “Belkis, Regina di Saba” by Ottorino Respighi, arranged by Yoshihiro Kimura. The band won Gold but unfortunately did not proceed further in the competition. Full result list is here or here, in Japanese.

53rd Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 64th All-Japan Band Competition (Category B):

The band also participated in the Category B (non-competing Category) of the 53rd Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 64th All-Japan Band Competition held on August 3, 2016. They played “Prayer and Pride in My Heart” (“祈り、そして誇りを胸に”) by Jun’ici Naitō conducted by Kazumi Itani, and received Gold for their efforts. Full result list is here or here, in Japanese.

Joint concert (July 18):

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Stage show part of the joint concert at School Festival Hall on July 18, 2016 (video above by 慶次郎前田).

In the same event also the brass band of Katagihara Junior High School from Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto led by Ryūichi Okazaki -sensei (岡崎龍一) plays selections from the opera “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini (video by 20120909singsingsing). In April 2025 Okazaki-sensei was appointed as Tachibana Band Director (click here for more information on that). Opening conversation is translated to English by dyuimjuhoo Knoluing -san here.

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Joint concert (July 17):

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Band stage show at the Joint Concert on July 17, 2016 (video by MIKAN). Report by visiting band is here, in Japanese. In this event there was also a short interview of “Chippi” (click here for the video, English translation by Tsukama-san is here).

Joint concert (July 16):

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Stage show part of the joint concert at School Festival Hall on July 16, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田).

The band releases their first Blu-ray/DVD:

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The band released their first Blu-ray/DVD in July 2016 featuring the National Final drills at the All-Japan Marching Contest in 2007-2015 (from 20th to 28th), except for the years 2010 and 2012-13, click here for the detailed disc introduction and ordering instructions.

Introduction to all of the discs of the band is here.

Parade nearby Nishikyōgoku Stadium, Kyoto:

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Parade nearby Nishikyōgoku Stadium, Kyoto to support Kyoto Sanga F.C. (=J2 League pro soccer club) against Matsumoto Yamaga FC on June 26, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). Use of Sanga T-shirts and rain gear makes this rather unusually looking parade. Lots of soccer fans around and crowd control is having a very busy day. At the end of the parade (at 17:20 in the video) the band played Kyoto Sanga F.C. anthem song “Reflections In A Palace Lake” by The Ventures (song is better known in Japan as “Kyōto bojō“).

During halftime show band was threatened by wet conditions and dangerously bouncing balls at 2:10 and 4:20… (video by 慶次郎前田):

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Field show at 56th “Brass Band of 3000” Event:

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Field show at 56th “Brass Band of 3000” Event at Kyocera Dome, Osaka on June 25, 2016 (video by I LOVE BRASS). Band motto is now “Trust Way”. No solo perfomance this year, small surprise.

Opening of the event with massed band playing is here, and Finale is here and here.

Stage show at the Open Campus -event:

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Band stage show at the school Open Campus -event on June 19, 2016 (video by MIKAN).

Concert at Kyoto Wind Festival:

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Concert at Kyoto Wind Festival on June 12, 2016 at ROHM Theater (video by I LOVE BRASS). Reference (in Japanese) here. Note the lively choreography even in orchestra setting!

Joint concert (May 29):

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Joint concert at School Festival Hall on May 29, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). Band is playing “Merry-Go-Round” by Philip Sparke.

Stage show at 2nd Dream☆School -event:

Band stage show was part of the opening ceremony of the 2nd Dream☆School -event on May 28, 2016. Note at the school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Joint concert (May 15):

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Stage show part of the joint concert at School Festival Hall on May 15, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田).

The band was also playing at sit-down concert (video by 慶次郎前田):

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And here is the band playing “Zenryōku Shōnen” by rock/jazz fusion duo Sukima Switch together with Nagaoka Daisan Junior High School (video below by 慶次郎前田):

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Parade at Brass Expo 2016:

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Parade at Brass Expo 2016 at Expo Commemoration Park, Osaka on May 8, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). Coca Cola has donated towels to brighten the day!

Joint concert (May 5):

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Band stage show at Joint Concert at School Festival Hall on May 5, 2016 (video above by MIKAN). Video on band practice at Tanaka-sensei facebook is here.

Here the band is playing “Arsenal” by Jan Van der Roost at sit-down concert together with Kaisei Junior High School (video below by 慶次郎前田):

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Choreography instruction:

Marching Composition Team of the (already graduated) 112th Class led by then Drum Major “Cony” provided choreography instructions to the members of Gifu Shōgyō (Gifusho) Green Band who would be attending the 2017 Rose Parade (based on this tweet dated May 4, 2016). Background information of this activity by Orange Fairy -san is here, and more information of the 112th Class Tachibana Marching Composition Team is here and here.

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Joint concert (May 4):

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Band stage show at Joint Concert at School Festival Hall on May 4, 2016 (video by MIKAN).

In the sit-down part of the concert the band is playing “African Symphony” by Van McCoy (as arranged by Naohiro Iwai) together with Uji Obaku Junior High School (video below by 慶次郎前田):

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Joint concert (May 3):

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Joint concert at School Festival Hall on May 3, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). Band is playing “Merry-Go-Round” by Philip Sparke.

Further in the sit-down part of the concert the band played together with Saga Junior High School the 1998 All-Japan Band Competition set piece “March Carnival” by Kōichi Sugimoto and Sōichi Konagaya (video by 慶次郎前田):

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Stage show at La Folle Journée de Biwako -concert series:

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Stage show at La Folle Journée de Biwako -concert series at Biwako Hall Lakeside Plaza, Shiga on May 1, 2016 (video by 慶次郎前田). In the background you can see the legendary Lake Biwa. Video on the percussion team performance is here.

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm:

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Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm on April 24, 2016 – morning parade in the video above and the afternoon parade in the video below (both videos by 慶次郎前田).

Samba “Fireball” by Pitbull (15:01) has some nice new footwork (at 17:00):

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New Student Welcoming Party:

Band performed at the New Student Welcoming Party on April 14, 2016. Reference at the school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

Appearance at TV-program “Peeco&Hyodo”:

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Tachibana was covered by variety program “Peeco&Hyodo” broadcasted on April 13, 2016. Reference here, in Japanese.

Stage show at a concert to celebrate the 2nd season of Hibike! Euphonium -anime:

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A brass band concert “Shining! Brass Band” was arranged as a collaboration between Uji City and Keihan Electric Railway to celebrate the 2nd season of Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium) -anime (see more of Tachibana involvement into that here) at Uji City Cultural Center on April 9, 2016.

In the video above by 20120909singsingsing we have Tanaka-sensei’s humorous comments, and the band plays “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, “Fireball” by Pitbull, “Beauty and the Beast” from the Disney 1991 animated movie of the same name, and finally of course “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. Other takes of the same are here and here.

Reference of the concert and all other related events is here, in Japanese.

Entrance Ceremony:

Band played at the School Entrance Ceremony on April 8, 2016. Reference at the school site is here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

15th Kyoto Sakura Parade:

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15th Kyoto Sakura Parade was held on March 27, 2016 with new parade route with two short legs around Okazaki to commemorate the opening of the ROHM Theater Kyoto and completion of the Okazaki Promenade (video by I LOVE BRASS). Criss-cross-walk (8:10) was quite cool effect! See reference of the event here, in Japanese.

Parade was preceded by a indoor stage show at the newly redeveloped ROHM Theater Kyoto (video by 慶次郎前田):

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Stage show at the 30th Kurashiki Amateur Top Concert:

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Here is band at the 30th Kurashiki Amateur Top Concert at Kurashiki City Auditorium, Kurashiki on March 20, 2016. At the end we can see Tanaka-sensei conducting the joint band. Eyewitness story is here, in Japanese.

18th Kansai Stage Marching Festival:

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Band at the 18th Kansai Stage Marching Festival in February-March 2016 at ROHM Theater Kyoto. Video by Orange Fairy.

Cheering school volleyball team:

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Band went cheering the girls’ volleyball team of the school at the 68th All-Japan Volleyball High School Championships Tournament on January 5-7, 2016 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The team proceeded up to the quarterfinals.

The video above by paprika is on the 1st round match against Yamato-Minami Senior High School (website, Wikipedia) on January 5, 2016. Tachibana won 2-1, and the band won the Best Support Award too (see below)!

61 thoughts on “Events of 2016 (113th Class Senior Year)”

  1. KT’s girls volleyball team reached the quarterfinals (Best 8) of the 68th All Japan Volleyball High School Tournament. The video above is a cheering scene from the second round match (1/5/2016). They won 2-1. Incidentally, KT won the “Best Cheering Award” at this tournament (→ Wikipedia “The 68th All Japan Volleyball High School Championships”). A photo of the award can be found on Tanaka-sensei’s Facebook page.
    (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=811119135698224&set=a.129914273818717)

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  2. 20120909singsingsing-San’s re-upload of past videos ♬ April 9, 2016 “Hibike! Euphonium” in Kyoto Uji This video was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga but first uploaded to Youtube by 20120909singsingsing-San. This video was also filmed by 20120909singsingsing-San.
    The quality is good, so please watch it again!　(^_-)-☆

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  3. KT’s musical repertoire in Kyoto Prefectural Marching Contest:

    Cat Tales – Peter Graham

    Merry-Go-Round – Philip Sparke

    Sing Sing Sing – Louis Prima

    Swing Swing Swing – John Williams

    I hope this helped!🍊🎵

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  4. I was watching the 2016 Kyoto Marching Contest, with Piimo receiving the band’s trophy at the end. And I noticed a guy was up there with Piimo to receive the award. So who is it that accompanies the DM? At first, I thought maybe he was the assistant DM, but then I remembered it would’ve been Ron if that was the case, since she would be the next DM. Is it the Wind Club President? A member picked at random? The year before, a girl was there with Cony when they won the Gold. I think that may be the only time I’ve seen a guy there with the DM.

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      • Oh, I don’t think I’ve seen those. I think that was Negibi who was with the DM, receiving the trophy for the 2014 contest. Which award did they receive that year? I just know it wasn’t the Gold. It looks like the guy with Okazel was one of the three male trumpet players from the 115th. So was KT one of the bands that advanced to the next competition when Okazel and the guy stepped forward? That’s what I was guessing.

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    • I don’t know this for sure, but I think it is always a member of the Marching Composition Team that receives the trophy together with the DM. At least I don’t know of any year where that has not been the case. In the 2016 it was “Shin-chan” (sousaphone).

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  7. 9 April 2016: Here is a better quality video including more songs of event. It was held at the Uji City Cultural Centre as part of a concert called “Shine! Brass Band Club”.
    Event announcement (covering all the activities organised by Uji City and Keihan Railway on the theme “Sound! Euphonium”): [https://www.keihan.co.jp/info/upload/2016-03-24_euphonium.pdf]

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  9. The photo linking to the video in the thread “Appearance at TV-program “Peeco&Hyodo” ” shows a 1st grader (class 115) in the foreground. She also appears prominently in another TV-program on July 5, 2016, which has even been translated somewhere here on the blog.
    I could never identify her performing in the band.
    Does anyone know what instrument she played?
    Did she stay in the band until her graduation?
    Any indication?
    Thanks!

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  10. 🍊 KTSHS Band 2016 Setlist 🍊

    Down By The Riverside
    PECORI NIGHT – Gorie with Jasmine & Joann
    The Locomotion – Little Eva

    Disney Medley
    – Stormrider
    – Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Lilo & Stitch)
    – Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
    – Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
    – So This Is Love (Cinderella)
    – I Just Can’t Wait To Be King (The Lion King)
    – Under The Sea (The Little Mermaid)
    – Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (Cinderella)
    – Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (Pinocchio)
    – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mary Poppins)
    – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (The Three Little Pigs)
    – He’s a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean)
    – Part Of Your World (The Little Mermaid)

    Fireball – Pitbull

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    • Also, this was the main set list for their 2018 Rose Parade March (aside from Singx3, Star Wars, and others) Most probably because more members knew this set, since it was only less than a year when the 112th seniors had graduated, so they probably still remember this set.

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  12. For map nerds, interested in the unusual route followed by the 2016 Sakura Parade. This video [https://youtu.be/sGHN2dLFAxk] starts with a helpful map. The parade began south of the Reisen-dori at the Heian-Jingu Shrine Outen-mon Gate shown here: https://goo.gl/maps/qsq47ueScYkQuEWJA . Following the Jingu-michi path, it crosses Nijo dori and continues on the road south, past the Museum of Art on the left. Google Maps shows major reconstruction work since being undertaken there. The band proceeds under Otorii Gate and immediately turns left. The Keijiro Maeda video [https://youtu.be/KxDxWkMbjJQ] at around 5:27 indicates that they half-ran eastwards across the southern end of the museum, turning left northwards on the path alongside Okazaki dori. The cameramen then pick them up from when they turn left, westwards on Nijo dori. They continue until the car park where they loop right around the entrance and stop as shown at the end of the
    Shirasagi’s video [https://youtu.be/kxQ7sR94JK8].

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    • Thank you Emms. Lovely to see the 2017 & 2018 DMs playing together at 13:01 and both the Senior and Junior school bands together in concert; and to appreciate the bravery of the trumpet soloist.

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      • And also the drummer (Co-mare), she was missing at the start (Winter Game) but thankfully recovered and finished the concert, but their seniors are always ready to save the day!

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  18. More from the Blumen Hugel Farm
    this is from 2016 but it shows the first years that are marching in the back which are the seniors now.

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