The 1998 band near the Chan Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

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NYB 1998 practised and performed in Vancouver, BC from May 6 to May 14. A performance was held at a local high school followed later in the week by a concert at MusicFest Canada on the evening of May 13 before an audience of over 4000 people. The band's conductor was Mr. Bobby Herriot and the concerts featured Mr. John Griffiths as Yamaha-sponsored guest tuba soloist.

 

Flute   Kirsten Banga, Toronto ON Christiana Bower - Winnipeg MB Erin Fletcher - Charlottetown PEI Sara Hahn - Winnipeg MB David Popoff - Regina SK   Oboe   Janet Carter - Sarnia ON (3950286 & 19620283) Jonathan Leung - Scarborough ON Daniel Waldron - Halifax NS * (22610980)   Clarinet   Danae Ackles - Kipling SK * Crystal Anderson- Winnipeg MB Mark Bass - Sherwood Park AB **+ Stephen Christie - Jasper AB Sandra Elliott - Maidstone SK Gillian Hickie - Waldron SK Sharlene Hoftyzer - Brinston ON Cheryl Landry - Charlottetown PEI * Tegan Neal - Victoria BC Leanne Pekrul - Winnipeg MB Katherine Pincock - Hubley NS ** Pamela Tretiak - Winnipeg MB Sara Wiley - Saltcoats SK   Bass Clarinet Jennifer Brandick - Calgary AB Julia MacDonald - Walkerton ON (13861725)   Bassoon Erin Bodnar - Rocky Mountain House AB Kristy Tillman - Yorkton SK (8101790)   Alto Saxophone Michael Ibrahim - Melville SK * (3238795) Michael Kurpjuweit - Medicine Hat AB Jessica Ng - Winnipeg MB Brea Sanderson - Port Carling ON *   Tenor Saxophone Christine Dencs - Kanata ON Jason Rempel - Winnipeg MB Baritone Saxophone Annie Morin - Sherbrooke PQ   French Horn Simon Gamache - Charlesbourg PQ David Haskins - North Bay ON * Lauren Hill - Winnipeg MB Irene Sas - Winnipeg MB* Katy Smallwood - Corner Brook NF Tracy Wynn - Truro NS

* - Member in 1997 ** - Member in 1996 and 1997 **+ - Member in 1995, 1996 *** - Member in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997   ICQ Numbers are in brackets. Trumpet   Pierre-Luc Bernier - Bromptonville PQ Colin Gilmore - Winnipeg Amy Horvey - Cabri, SK Alan Klaus - London, ON Matthew Lamb - Winnipeg Isabelle Marois - Rock Forest, PQ * Matthew Myer - Halifax Jonathan Toy - Winnipeg ** Eddie Phillips - Lindsay, ON **   Trombone   David Dick - Moose Jaw Nick Francis - Willowdale, ON ** Joan Grant - Rocky Mountain House, AB * Graham Reynolds - Winnipeg Bass Trombone   Matthew Nichols - Sarnia, ON * Euphonium   Tim Schwab - Sarnia, ON Adam Trider - Bedford, Nova Scotia * Tuba   Bill Bayer - Wilmot, NS * (13065003) David Drysdale - Golden, BC ** (6311264) Geoffrey Shoesmith - Sarnia, ON   String Bass   Alex MacCuaig - Maple Ridge, BC   Percussion   Jeremy Epp - Winnipeg Michael Gambacurta - Camlachie, ON Kristie Ibrahim - Halifax *** François Morin - Canton de Hatley, PQ Joshua Priess - Mississauga, ON Heidi Swanson - Calgary *

 

Rehearsing at the UBC Music Building with conductor Bobby Herriot.

 

Even more rehearsing at the UBC Music Building.

 

The 1998 band rehearsing at UBC's Chan Centre

 

The 1998 band in front of one of the UBC Theology residences.