The B.C. Cadet Honour Band will be in Vernon to give their annual free admission concert at the Performing Arts Centre March 20 at 7:30 p.m.
“This one-night only free performance by B.C.’s best cadet musicians should not be missed,” said Norm Crerar, president of the Okanagan Military Tattoo Society. “Many of the cadets performing were in the Okanagan Military Tattoo in 2014 and will be returning for the 2015 tattoo, July 25 and 26.”
The 45-piece B.C. Cadet Honour Band, whose members range in age from 14 to 18 and are a mix of sea, army and air cadets, is the pinnacle of achievement for cadet musicians, who have worked years to achieve a high level of performance.
Carefully selected for the one-week spring break band based on their musical skill, many of the cadets are multi-talented musicians who play several instruments as well as sing.
Competition to be part of the band is fierce and the experience is intense. Musicians learn a concert’s worth of music in just three days and then tour the province performing nightly in four different cities.
This year’s concert music comes from the two hit films, Disney’s Frozen and The Hunger Games, as well as a selection of military marches and a special pipes and drums performance, which will feature Enderby snare drummer Galen March, son of Kelly March of the Shuswap Pipes and Drums.
