Events of 2020 (117th Class Senior Year)

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119th Class Enter, 118th School Anniversary, 116th Class Graduate (their video homage is here and here)

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Halftime show at the final soccer match of the Empress’s Cup:

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(short videos also in Twitter here and here)

Band performed the halftime show at the final soccer match (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies vs Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) of the 42nd All-Japan Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament “Empress’s Cup” on December 29, 2020 at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera (video by st.taketo). Reference here, in Japanese.

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Results of the online video tournament by Sky-A:

Results of the online video tournament by Sky-A were broadcasted on December 27, 2020 when Osaka University of Arts Group presented their “Marching Bravo! ~ Putting hope on music ~” -program (click here for more details of the tournament). At the end of the program Tachibana was declared winner with 9237 votes (see more here). Translation of the conversation between the hosts and the band members to English is here. See the entire broadcast here (Tachibana comes in at 117:38). St. Ursula Eichi Wind Orchestra is on at 10:59 followed by Izumo Business High School (Izusho) at 12:10.

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Band 57th Regular Concert:

(Entire concert at bilibili is here: Part I, Part II, Part III. Video of the Stage Show (Part III) at YouTube is here)

Band 57th Regular Concert was held at ROHM Theater Kyoto on December 24, 2020 with special guest, former T-Square saxophonist Takahiro Miyazaki. Only parents and guardians were allowed to attend in person, but for the first time ever the concert was streamed alive over PIA Live Stream to the audience in Japan and all over the world (even the comments by MC were captioned in English in most part). The band introduced new uniform for sit-down concerts, white tuxedo with orange handkerchief and black trousers. 117th Class played “Let It Be” by The Beatles as their farewell song, and the whole band took their last bow to the tunes of “Sailing” made famous by Rod Stewart.

Club President speech translated to English is here.

English translation of the Program Sheet is here.

Click here (Wayback Machine) and here for the notes at the school site, all in Japanese.

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Appearance at NHK E-Tele:

Tachibana appeared at NHK E-Tele (=TV-channel) on December 7, 2020. They played “Takarajima” by T-Square in remote relay with five other high school brass bands. The video of the event can be seen here.

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Appearance in “Waratte Koraete!”:

(video at bilibili is here)

Band appeared in the rebroadcast of Tachibana 2011 journey to All-Japan Marching Contest at NTV variety show “Waratte Koraete!” segment “Wind Band Trip” on December 2, 2020 (originally broadcasted on December 7, 2011). In addition there was an update of the band current affairs as well as special appearance of Horacha-senpai (=108th Class DM who was leading the band in 2011 as well as in 2012 Rose Parade). Reference here, in Japanese. Note at the school site here (Wayback Machine), in Japanese.

English translations to selected parts of the program are here.

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Concert at Toyooka Citizen’s Hall:

Band held sold out concert at Toyooka Citizens’ Hall at Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture on November 29, 2020.

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Cheering school soccer team at qualifiers for All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament:

Due to the coronavirus outbreak the band cheering songs were played from tape when the school boys’ soccer team played against Higashiyama High School (website, Wikipedia) at Sanga Stadium in Kyoto qualifier final for the 99th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament on November 15, 2020. Regardless of the difficult situation Tachibana won 2-1 and proceeded to the National Tournament for the 9th time. Note at school site is here, in Japanese.

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Parade at Garasha (Gracia) Festival:

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The 29th Garasha (Gracia) Festival in Nagaokakyō on November 8, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. The organizers however published a video with messages and memories of the past Festivals on January 24, 2021 featuring Tachibana in the beginning.

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Kyoto High School General Cultural Festival/Concert section:

The band participated into the 37th Kyoto High School General Cultural Festival/Brass Concert Section on November 7, 2020 at Kyoto Concert Hall playing “La Forme De Chaque amour change comme le Kaléidoscope” by Masamichi Amano. Reference here, in Japanese. Event was held without audience.

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Online video tournament by Sky-A:

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As the All-Japan Band Competition and All-Japan Marching Contest have been cancelled this year the sports broadcaster sky-A announced on October 23, 2020 (see details here) that they will arrange an online video tournament for high school marching bands. Competition videos were published on November 2, 2020 (see them all here) and the voting period ended November 15, 2020. Videos with most votes were broadcasted on December 27, 2020 when Osaka University of Arts Group presented their “Marching Bravo! ~ Putting hope on music ~” -program.

In their entry above (video by SKYA CS SPORTS CHANNEL) Tachibana played first “Yorkshire Ballad” by James Barnes, then “The Olympic Spirit” by John Williams and “Let the Good Times Roll” by Louis Jordan, and finally of course “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. At 6:48 notice the “Diamond Cutter” move (so named by The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in 2000).

Event is covered more comprehensively in this post.

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Halftime show at basketball game:

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(a bit longer videos at bilibili is here and here)

Band performed at halftime show at Japan B.League professional basketball game Kyoto Hannaryz vs Niigata Albirex BB at Hannaryz Arena on October 25, 2020 (video by
fkym1955). Band played “Winter Games” by David Foster, “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from 2002 musical “Hairspray” and finished with traditional “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. Soundtrack of the event can be found here and here, and a short video clip at bilibili is here.

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Field show and parade at Meridian Marching Festa:

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Band participated in Meridian Marching Festa on October 18, 2020 at Kishiro Stadium, Akashi Park, Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture (video above by MK KOBE). Event started with a field show followed by a parade. Parade route was rather innovative (see below), but no matter: this was the first (and also the last) parade of the band in 2020! References here and here, in Japanese. Article with video on Machishū Akashi is here, in Japanese. Eyewitness story is here, in Japanese. Another video on the field show is here. Very well edited summary video of the event is here. Entire event is in this video by TOMOYA KARAMATSU, with Tachibana entering at 1:03:33. Tachibana parade of that video is below:

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Kyoto High School General Cultural Festival/Marching section:

Band played at the 37th Kyoto High School General Cultural Festival/Marching section on October 17, 2020 at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto. Reference here, in Japanese.

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Stage show at Open Campus II -event:

Band performed at the school Open Campus II -event on October 17, 2020. Note at school site is here, in Japanese.

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Attending radio program at FM Kyoto 89.4 α.-station:

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Kaneshiro-sensei with 3rd and 2nd Year Club Presidents discussed the band activities during the time of coronavirus at radio program “Tuning Room” on FM Kyoto 89.4 α.-station on September 20, 2020. Recording of the program is above, and translation to English is here. Reference at the school site is here (Wayback Machine) and here, all in Japanese.

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School festival “Tachibanasai”:

Band performed at School Cultural Festival “Tachibanasai” on September 12, 2020. Due to coronavirus outbreak the Festival was held without guests this year. Report at Band Official Site is here, and at school site here, in Japanese.

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Concert at Maruyama Brass Concert:

Band apparently withdrew from Maruyama Brass Concert held at Maruyama Park Concert Hall on September 6, 2020. Event reference is here, in Japanese.

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Performance at NTV variety show:

Band appeared at NTV variety show “24 Hour Television / Love saves the earth” broadcasted on August 23, 2020 in a joint performance of Kyū Sakamoto song “Ue o Muite Arukō” with singer/songwriter Hitomi “Yaiko” Yaida. Notes at Band Official Site are here and here, in Japanese.

Video of the entire Club Performance -segment is here, and the translation of the discussions to English is here.

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All-Japan Band Competition and All-Japan Marching Contest:

All-Japan Band Competition and All-Japan Marching Contest with their respective Qualification Contests in Kyoto and Kansai (August-November 2020) were cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Open Campus -event:

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School Open Campus -event on August 2, 2020 was held without guests this year. The band did not perform but they were featured in the club activity introduction -video (see video above, by the school official YouTube-channel). The Open Campus Special Site is here (Wayback Machine), full school introductory video is here, and short school event introductory video here (English translation to this video is here), all in Japanese. Note at school site is here, in Japanese.

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Attending Bukapi TV show:

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Related to the collaboration with J-Pop singer/songwriter/actress Kalen Anzai music video “僕らは強くなれる” (=”We can be stronger”) which was shot with the band in August 2019 and published on July 22, 2020, Anzai-san and three 117th Class band members (from top left: Club President Nakamura-san, Drum Major Aoyama-san, Student Conductor Takehara-san) attended at TV show Bukapi (ブカピ 部活ONE) hosted by Riko-san on July 14, 2020 (video by Bukapi official YouTube-channel).

Second part of the program was broadcasted on July 21, 2020, and it also contained a message to all high school third year students in Japan by the three Tachibana students (see that video here). On August 3, 2020 Bukapi YouTube-channel published additional video featuring band practice discussion (see it here).

Read the full story of this collaboration with Kalen Anzai here, with English translations to all videos mentioned above.

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Ensemble concert:

First event after the coronavirus hiatus was a remote ensemble concert to the new band members at the School Festival Hall on June 21, 2020. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

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60th “Brass Band of 3000” Event:

Field show at 60th “Brass Band of 3000” -event at Kyocera Dome on June 20, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Concert at Kyoto Brass Band Festival:

Concert at Kyoto Brass Band Festival on June 14, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Concert at Spring High School Band Festival:

Concert at Spring High School Band Festival on May 31, 2020 at Kyoto Station Building was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Parade at Brass Expo:

Parade at Brass Expo at Expo Commemoration Park, Osaka on May 10, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. Reference here, in Japanese.

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Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm:

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm on April 26, 2020 were cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Stage show at classical music festival “Ōmi no haru”:

Stage show at classical music festival “Ōmi no haru” on April 25, 2020 at Biwako Hall was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. Event reference (in Japanese) is here.

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Concert by Uji City and Keihan Electric Railway:

Concert by Uji City and Keihan Electric Railway at Uji City Cultural Center on April 19, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Concert at ROHM Music Festival:

Concert at ROHM Music Festival at ROHM Square on April 18, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak (event reference here, in Japanese).

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Performance at Tulip Festival:

Band performance at Tulip Festival at Kiso Sansen Park, Gifu Prefecture on April 4, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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19th Kyoto Sakura Parade:

This event on March 22, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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Concert at Kyoto Fushimi Music Festival:

This event on March 20, 2020 at Kyoto Kuretake Cultural Center was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak (event reference here, in Japanese).

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Opening concert at Childcare Festival:

(soundtrack of the Stage Show at bilibili is here)

Band played in the opening concert of the 23rd Childcare Festival on February 8, 2020 at Miyako Messe. Sit-down concert consisted of majestic “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from opera “Lohengrin” by Richard Wagner, “Takarajima” by The Square, and “Paprika” by children choral group Foorin (this is a cheer song for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics). Stage show part started of course with “Winter Games” by David Foster, followed with “Can I Have This Dance?” from 2008 movie “High School Musical 3: Senior Year“, “Rock and Roll All Nite” by hard rock band KIϟϟ, “We Are the World” by USA for Africa, and finished traditionally with “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. Reference is here, in Japanese.

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Stage show at the 22nd Kansai Stage Marching Festival:

Stage show at the 22nd Kansai Stage Marching Festival on February 2, 2020. Article on the event at Asahi Shimbun is here, in Japanese. Soundtrack of the performance is here.

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Stage show at Field Art Media Mix -event:

Stage show at Field Art Media Mix -event on January 26, 2020 at Shiga Prefecture Cultural Exchange Hall. Band opened traditionally with “Winter Games” by David Foster, followed by “Take On Me” by a-ha and “We Are the World” by USA for Africa, and of course finished with “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima.

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Cheering school volleyball team:

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Band went to cheer school girls’ volleyball team at the first round of the 72nd All-Japan Volleyball High School Championships Tournament on January 5, 2020 at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza (video above by Shingo Shingo Shingo). There were four matches at the same time so lots of noise in the arena but Tachibana won Kōchi High School (website, Wikipedia) 2-0 and proceeded to the next round.

Second round game was on January 6, 2020 against Saga Prefecture Tosu Commercial High School (website, Wikipedia) and Tachibana won the match again 2-0 (see video below by Keys Tk). Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

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The band were also cheering at the third round match on January 7, 2020 against Kyōei Gakuen High School (website, Wikipedia) which Tachibana unfortunately lost. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

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Cheering school soccer team at All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament:

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Band was cheering school boys’ soccer team who played against Ōtori High School (website, Wikipedia) at the 98th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament on January 2, 2020 (video by blueamber). It was 1-1 draw after full-time but unfortunately Tachibana lost penalty shoot-out and the final result was 4-3 to Ōtori (see match report here). Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

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