Events of 2021 (118th Class Senior Year)

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120th Class Enter, 119th School Anniversary, 117th Class Graduate (their video homage is here and here)
118th Class introduction is here

Picture by Rei’ichirō Fukuno

Disaster Prevention Lecture and Heart Bond Concert:

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Band played at “Disaster Prevention Lecture and Heart Bond Concert” on December 27, 2021 at Nagoya Congress Center, Century Hall. The sit-down part of the concert is in the video above, and the stage show part is in the video below (both videos by ♡吹奏楽). Other takes of the stage show are here and here. The concert program closely followed that of the concert at Toyooka (see below). The last song of the enka-medley (and the last song of the sit-down concert) is “Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni“, a song chosen in popularity poll in 1997 as “the most impressive song of the 20th Century”.

Reference is here, in Japanese. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, in Japanese.

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Concert at Toyooka Citizen’s Hall:

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Band played at sold out Toyooka Citizens’ Hall at Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture on December 19, 2021 (video above is a news flash by TV-program “News RUNNER” produced by Kansai Telecasting Corporation covering the event). English translation of the concert program is here. Short video at bilibili is here. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, in Japanese.

Appearance at TV-program “News RUNNER”:

(video at bilibili is here, English translation is here, here and here)

The band journey to the Finals of the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest was shown at the TV-program “News RUNNER” produced by Kansai Telecasting Corporation on December 7, 2021 (video by TACHIBANA flute cat is ”TEKI-NYAN” 「てきにゃん 」). Reference is here, in Japanese.

The National Finals of the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest:

Orange and Pink Devils with a backdrop of Osaka Castle

The National Finals of the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest were held on November 21, 2021 at Ōsaka-jō Hall. For the first time since 2015 Tachibana won National Gold! Band played “Hands Across the Sea” by John Philip Sousa, original arrangement of “El día que me quieras” by Carlos Gardel, and of course “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. All arrangements by Eiji Suzuki.

Some pictures of the Tachibana performance are here.

Video on Tachibana performance at bilibili is here, and video on the whole Contest is here. Broadcast of the entire Contest at Sky-A is here and here, and Tachibana performance is here. Translation of the comments on Izusho and Tachibana performance to English is here. Video on Tachibana and other bands warming up before the Contest at Ōsaka-jō Baseball Field is here. Comments of the performance by the Club President and Kaneshiro-sensei as reported by brass band writer Ozawa Buchō are here, in Japanese.

Full result list is here, in Japanese. Newspaper article on the results is here, in Japanese. Notes at the School’s Official Twitter-account are here and here, in Japanese. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, in Japanese. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

Banner celebrates the National Gold the band won!

Marching with the Band of the Coldstream Guards:

Band planned to march with the Band of the Coldstream Guards on November 19, 2021 while the Guards were visiting Japan. Unfortunately this event was cancelled. Reference here, in Japanese.

Appearance at KBS Kyoto TV “news Face”:

(video of the program at bilibili is here)

Band appeared at KBS Kyoto TV “news Face” -TV program broadcasted on November 15, 2021 focusing on the band’s preparation for the upcoming National Finals of the AJBA Marching Contest. English translation of this program is here.

Lake Biwa Brass Band Festa:

Lake Biwa Brass Band Festa to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Moriyama City on November 14, 2021 at Moriyama Station and Moriyama Citizen Hall was cancelled.

Parade at Garasha (Gracia) Festival:

The Garasha (Gracia) Festival in Nagaokakyō on November 14, 2021 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

Field show at Dream Marching -event:

Band participated into “Dream Marching -event” with three other high school bands at EDION Arena Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) on November 13, 2021. Only parents and family members were allowed to attend this event. References here and here.

Concert at the 38th Kyoto Prefectural High School Cultural Festival:

Tachibana performed at the 38th Kyoto Prefectural High School Cultural Festival (Concert Section) on November 6, 2021 at Kyoto Concert Hall. However they were not selected for the 46th National High School Cultural Festival in Tokyo. References are here and here, in Japanese.

Joint practice with Higashi-Uji Junior High School:

Band had joint practice with Higashi-Uji Junior High School on November 3, 2021.

Stage show and parade at the “Marching Carnival in Beppu 2021” -event:

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Stage show and parade at the “Marching Carnival in Beppu 2021” -event at and nearby Beppu B-con Plaza, Beppu, Ōita Prefecture (video above on the parade by st.taketo). “Marching Night” -stage show was on October 30, 2021, and parade along Fujimi Street was on October 31, 2021. Video on the sit-down concert in bilibili is here, and on the stage show here.

Flyer is here, in Japanese. News article on the band attending this event is translated to English here. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, and at the school site here, in Japanese. Pictures at Seika Girls’ Marching Band blog on their meeting with Tachibana is here.

Concert at elderly home “Amagase-en”:

Band held concert at elderly home “Amagase-en” on October 24, 2021.

Field show and parade at Meridian Marching Festa:

Field show and parade at Meridian Marching Festa on October 24, 2021 at Kishiro Stadium, Akashi Park, Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture were cancelled.

Parade and field show at Daigomeets:

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(Stage Show at bilibili is here, parade is here)

Opening parade and field show at Daigomeets in Umekōji Park, Kyoto on October 23, 2021. In the video above extremely rare joint performance of the brass bands of Kyoto Tachibana Junior High School (school uniforms), Senior High School (blue-gold uniforms) and University (red shirts) playing “Takarajima” by T-Square (video by Kyoto tachibana room). Another take of the same is here. In the video below is the digest of the parade (video by the event organizer’s Official YouTube-channel). Full length version of the parade is here.

References are here and here, in Japanese. Soundtrack of the opening parade is here and here. Short videos at bilibili are here and here. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, and at the school site here, in Japanese.

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Field show at the 38th Kyoto Prefectural High School Cultural Festival:

Tachibana did not perform at the 38th Kyoto Prefectural High School Cultural Festival (Marching Section) on October 17, 2021 at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto. Reference is here, in Japanese.

Open Campus II:

School Open Campus II -event was held on October 16, 2021 and the band played at the Opening Ceremonies. Notes at school site are here (Wayback Machine) and here, in Japanese.

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm:

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(smartphone video of the 11am parade at bilibili is here, and of the 2pm parade here)

The two parades at Blumen Hügel Farm were held this year unusually in the fall, on October 3, 2021. Short video above is by Momoyama Orange, and his other clips are here and here. Video below is by ばんびーの, another video by him is here. Note the red-lettered T-shirts from the band’s sponsor company Sun•Chlorella.

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This compilation video has some footage of the parades. Short videoclip of the 11am parade is here. Soundtrack of the 11am parade is here. Soundtrack excerpt video from both parades is here. Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, in Japanese.

The band also had a short field show (video below by Teru Taki, soundtrack video of this show is here):

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Promotional video of the parades at the Blumen Hügel Farm:

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Band playing “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” at the promotional video of the parades at the Blumen Hügel Farm on October 3, 2021. Published on September 29, 2021 at the Blumen Hügel Farm’s Official YouTube-channel. Click here for the English translation of the band member comments.

49th Kansai Marching Contest:

The 49th Kansai Marching Contest (=Qualifications for the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest) were held on September 23, 2021 at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka (=Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium). To the great satisfaction to all fans Tachibana won Gold AND the much coveted spot to the National Finals first time since 2015!

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

Detailed program sheet is here. Full result sheet is here or here. Note at the school website is here, at the Band’s Official Website here, and notes at the Band’s Official Instagram are here and here (English translation of the captions is here). All these are in Japanese.

34th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest:

The 34th Kyoto Prefecture Marching Contest (=Qualifications for the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest) was held on September 12, 2021 at Taiyogaoka Gymnasium with no audience. Despite minor problem with the mace the band won Gold and proceeded to the 49th Kansai Marching Contest.

Full result list is here, in Japanese.

Note at the Band’s Official Instagram is here, and on the Band’s Official Website here, both in Japanese.

School festival “Tachibanasai”:

The band played at the School Festival Hall at the Opening Ceremonies of the school traditional Cultural Festival on September 10, 2021. The band was performing also on September 11, 2021, and the traditional outdoor concert by the band 3rd year members was held on a new specially constructed stage. Unfortunately the event was held without guest visitors this year. Notes at the Band’s Official Instagram are here and here, on the Band’s Official Website here, and at the school website here, all in Japanese. Short video on events is here.

Chlorella Day:

Band recorded their performance of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” on September 5, 2021 for the video to celebrate the “Chlorella Day” on September 6, 2021. Band was sporting T-shirts and flags of their official sponsor, Japanese health food company Sun•Chlorella. Introduction of the band at the Team Sun•Chlorella -webpage is here, in Japanese.

Camp for All-Japan Marching Contest:

The training camp for All-Japan Marching Contest was held August 16-19, 2021.

58th Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 69th All-Japan Band Competition (Category A):

The band played at the 58th Kyoto Brass Band Competition of the 69th All-Japan Band Competition (Category A) held on August 8, 2021 at Kyoto Concert Hall. They played the set piece “Yell March” (“吹奏楽のための「エール・マーチ”) by Hideki Miyashita, and as the free choice piece the 3rd movement from “Symphonic Dances” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arranged by Masato Sato. They won Gold but unfortunately not the place in the Kansai Qualifications. Official results are here or here, in Japanese. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

Joint practice with Rakuhoku Junior High School:

Band had joint practice with Rakuhoku Junior High School on July 30, 2021.

Joint practice with Higashi-Uji Junior High School:

Band had joint practice with Higashi-Uji Junior High School on July 23, 2021.

Camp for All-Japan Band Competition:

The training camp for All-Japan Band Competition was held July 21-23, 2021.

Appearance in “Waratte Koraete!”:

(video at bilibili is here)

The band was featured in the NTV variety show “Waratte Koraete!” on July 14, 2021. The focus was on the anime movie “Belle” by director Mamoru Hosoda and Tachibana participation into the soundtrack of it (more information on that is here).

“Brass Band of 3000” -Event:

The “Brass Band of 3000” -Event typically held in June was not held in 2021.

Open Campus I -event:

Band performed at the school Open Campus I -event on June 20, 2021. Report at the school site is here, in Japanese.

Concert at Kyoto Brass Band Festival:

Concert at Kyoto Brass Band Festival on June 13, 2021 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

Hisashi Hiramatsu Memorial Event:

Band participated in the Hisashi Hiramatsu Memorial Event on June 6, 2021 at School Festival Hall. In the end of the event they played “Alte Kameraden” by Carl Teike together with Tachibana University Brass Band. Click here for more information. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

Band provides background music for tourism promotional video:

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Band plays “Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel based on the “Canon Brass Rock” arrangement by Mikio Gōma as the background music for the tourism promotional video of Minamiyamashiro Village, Kyoto in a video published on May 31, 2021 at the Official Tourism YouTube-channel of the village.

Band plays at the soundtrack of the anime movie “Belle”:

Band plays a song called “Slingshot” at the soundtrack of the latest anime movie “Belle” by director Mamoru Hosoda. The recording was made on May 29, 2021. The movie was in the theaters in Japan on July 16, 2021 and the soundtrack was released for sale on August 18, 2021. Click here for more information. Click here to listen Tachibana play the song “Slingshot”.

Concert at Spring High School Band Festival:

Concert at Spring High School Band Festival on May 29, 2021 at Kyoto Station Building was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

Parade at Brass Expo:

Parade at Brass Expo at Expo Commemoration Park, Osaka on May 9, 2021 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. Reference here, in Japanese.

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm:

Parades at Blumen Hügel Farm on April 25, 2021 were postponed to October due to coronavirus outbreak.

20th Kyoto Sakura Parade:

This event on March 21, 2021 was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

Practice scene:

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Band practicing at Taiyogaoka Gymnasium on March 15, 2021.

Stage show at Uji Winter Festa:

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The band played “Tetra Tetra” by Tōru Kanayama at “Uji City x Hibike! Euphonium” Uji Winter Festa on video originally published on February 19, 2021 (the video above is copy by Kyoto Tachibana [Club de Fans]). Contrary to the original plans there were no live event in this festival but the band performances were delivered only by video. Additional video introducing the fictional Kitauji High School (=combination of the real life Kyoto Prefectural Todō High School and the music room of the Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Uji High School) from the novel series “Hibike! Euphonium” is here.

Stage show at the 23rd Kansai Stage Marching Festival:

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This event on February 7, 2021 at Amagasaki Cultural Center was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. Reference here, in Japanese. However, the band performance was recorded on March 15, 2021 at Taiyogaoka Gymnasium (video by 京都橘高校吹奏楽部). Videos for all bands planned to participate can be found here.

Book by Tanaka-sensei:

Tanaka-sensei book on his 23 years as Advisor and Band Director of Tachibana hit the bookstores on January 27, 2021 (picture by his facebook). Click here for more information and links to buy the book.

Stage show at Field Art Media Mix -event:

This event on January 23-24, 2021 at Shiga Theatre for Cultural and Industrial Development was cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

Band featured at internet radio station OTTAVA:

Band was featured in “Bravo Brass 〜 Get Together! Brass band people 〜” -program by internet radio station OTTAVA hosted by brass band writer Ozawa Buchō on January 23, 2021. Band played “A Brussels Requiem” by Bert Appermont and “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima.

Cheering school soccer team:

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School made a cheering video for the boys’ soccer team which was playing at the 99th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament (video by the School’s Official YouTube-channel, published on January 8, 2021, the band comes in at 3:04). Band played “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima. Despite the cheering the soccer team was defeated at the second round of the tournament. Note at the school site is here, in Japanese.

111 thoughts on “Events of 2021 (118th Class Senior Year)”

  1. 　　Fans of this site know that KT won the Gold Prize at the 34th All-Japan Marching Contest held on Nov. 21, 2021 at Osaka-jo Hall for the first time in six years. I have found a wonderful photo of the KT members overflowing with joy. Please make no mistake about it. This is the contest for the year 2021.

    [https://www.facebook.com/gpbrass/posts/pfbid02rKJXyhEQZazNYesc4i6J4S7aU35g9dQCZUax9SQK9wmeagkgxpwJGrBqZJsppcSdl]

    Here is an excerpt from Kaneshiro-sensei’s comment.

    　The members of KT gave a performance that conveyed their feelings, and it was the best performance I have ever seen. I have been working on improving the musical side of the band since I became their advisor. We have been practicing to improve pitch and harmony, aiming for a beautiful sound rather than a loud sound, and I think this time we could see the results of our efforts from the fanfare at the beginning of the performance. In the second half, Kyoto Tachibana exploded with their unique style, performing with intense steps, dancing, and bouncy performances.
    　Since it has been six years since Kyoto Tachibana last participated in the National Contest, there were no experienced performers, and when they entered Osaka-jo Hall for the rehearsal, some of them were so excited that they were overpowered. 　Izumo Business High School (whose trademark pink costume was based on Kyoto Tachibana’s costume) performed before us, so it was like we were sister schools, and we also had a relationship with Seika Girls’ High School, which performed right after us, having performed and practiced together, so the order of performance was good.
    　We have been trying to start a new chapter for Kyoto Tachibana, and I feel that we were able to achieve our goal at this national competition.

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  5. Could someone ask me a question, please? I’m curious to know what they say at the beginning of ”Down By the Riverside”, I’m Brazilian and in Portuguese it sounds similar to “A BA TE CI”
    I appreciate if anyone knows what it means.

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  8. There will be a livestreaming on the All Japan Marching Competition. However, it is included on their notes that it cannot be viewed from outside Japan. What a sad news for us overseas fans.

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    • It is a strange restriction, given that the Kansai marching contest was viewable from outside Japan. I have asked asahi for clarification but they have not as yet replied. It may be worth attempting to view via VPN (which I’ll be doing).

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  15. Further details about some of the forthcoming events are now shown on the band’s Instagram site.
    The strange-sounding event on 23rd October “醍醐味eets” or “The real thrill of eets” will be held in 梅小路公園 Omikuji Park, Kyoto and include a parade and a stage performance. The 30th October evening performance at the Beppu Plaza Convention Hall will include a concert stage and a marching stage. The following day, KT will parade as guest band from 10:30 hrs and from lunchtime will be back in the Convention Hall for a marching stage. Sometime that day (it is not clear when) they will fit in their Marching Contest programme. The event in the Toyooka City Hall on 19th December will include the classics, pops and marching stages. All three stages are also part of the programme on the 27th December in the Nagoya Congress Centre.

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