As their first offical engagement of 2015, on 21 February 2015, the New York Staff Band (Bandmaster Ronald Waiksnoris) ventured to southern New Jersey fo the annual Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival. The Staff Band was featured as the special guest band for the event, held on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro.
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Evans and Farr at Cornwall Youth Residential Course
76 young musicians of the Cornwall Youth Brass Band spent 4 days of their Christmas holiday rehearsing under the baton of guest conductor Richard Evans and the instruction of guest soloist Owen Farr.
Bearcrofts in Arlington
The Arlington Citadel Corps and the National Capital Band welcomed Lt.-Colonel Norman Bearcroft and his wife, Major Kathleen Bearcroft, for a musical weekend on 8 – 9 May 2004.
Canadian Staff Band Goes to London
The weekend of 6 – 7 March 2004 saw the Canadian Staff Band (Bandmaster Kevin Hayward) make a short journey to London, Ontario.
Hayward Headlines Ten Days of Music in Jamaica
Bandmaster Kevin Hayward, Assistant Territorial Music Director for the Canada and Bermuda Territory, traveled to Jamaica on 17 January 2002. Bandmaster Hayward was invited to the island to conduct the first retreat held by the Caribbean Staff Band (Bandmaster Steve Diaz), hold brass clinics and rehearsals with Jamaican musicians, and perform in several concerts.