Concert to mark Centenary of Armistice
A FREE concert at Bella Vista Farm on Sunday will mark the Centenary of Armistice, 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I.
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A FREE concert at Bella Vista Farm on Sunday will mark the Centenary of Armistice, 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I.
Pipers and drummers from Castle Hill RSL Pipe Band, Parramatta RSL Caledonian Pipe Band, the Hills District Pipe Band and The Combined RSL Centenary of ANZAC Pipes & Drums will perform When The Battle’s Over together at 5pm.
The performance will be part of an international commemoration, where pipers around the world perform the traditional Scottish piece, composed by Pipe Major William Robb.
The time has been chosen to mark the exact time (Greenwich Mean Time) when the Armistice of Compiegne was signed, signalling the end of the WWI.
The 11am minute’s silence on Remembrance Day marks when it came into force.
The commemorations will also include a performance of Tschaikovsky’s 1812 Overture by the Castle Hill RSL Youth Wind Orchestra accompanied by the Australian Army’s “big guns”, the Lancer Band (Regimental Band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers).
There will be presentations from 16 Centenary of ANZAC Ambassadors as well as speeches, while ceramic and woollen poppies made for the day will decorate the farm.
Gates open at 4.30pm, and visitors can bring a rug and a picnic.
Food and coffee will also be available for purchase on the day.
Register to attend the free event at eventbrite.com.au