Information from Morwell, Australia06/12/2006 08:28 AM
Location : Office
Upon returning to the office this morning I read an e-mail from Peter Roberts in Morwell. The CSB will be in Morwell on Friday, June 23 and Peter is the CSM and Acting Bandmaster. He provides the following information about Morwell:
"We are located in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland 160 kms east of Melbourne. The Latrobe Valley is noted for its power generation because of its brown coal resources, the surrounding tree plantations for paper making, the rural and bush environment as well as its range of small industries and educational facilities with Monash University being central to that. Morwell is the geographic centre of the Latrobe City and is situated in a very pretty part of Gippsland.
Morwell SA is one of three corps in this area... We are a medium sized country corps with a band of 9 and a singing group of a dozen. We celebrated our 50th corps anniversary in 2005. We have had a close relationship with the Melbourne Staff Band over this period with the band's first visit in June 1955 and its last in March 2005 - there were 16 visits over that period. In addition, we have had three bandsmen join the MSB at different times. As you can see we have a strong affinity with Salvation Army music making."
We look forward to meeting Peter and the Salvationists in Morwell in just a few short days.
Information from Morwell, Australia06/12/2006 08:28 AM
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