Swan Hill Harmony Band – Community Project for Harmony Day 2025
A unique, large-scale community music-making event celebrating inclusivity and creativity.
What happened?
Over a few weeks in March, we assembled a diverse group of participants who came together to play in a joyful parade on Harmony Day, April 5, 2025. The procession travelled through Riverside Park and arrived at the Sound Shell stage, where we were joined by ukuleles, guitars, a banjo, and the Swan Hill Concert Band to kick off the day’s musical offerings.
How did it work?
Regular playing sessions ran each week. Participants could choose which practice suited them and were free to swap around, so these sessions were usually between 5 and 15 people. We all came together for the final practice in the park on 2 April and then played twice – once at 3pm to begin the musical offerings for Harmony Day, and again at 7pm to conclude the day’s entertainment.
Photo Gallery 1 – playing sessions
Videos of the parade and the performance
It was lovely to meet you Graeme, along with your family. You are all beautiful people and hope one day we’ll get to catch up with you again.
Thank you for visiting our community and sharing this experience with us, we will certainly not forget this unique way of creating music and being a part of a band.
All these photos and videos are beautifully captured, thank you for sharing!
Such a pleasure Cree – thanks for your support and enthusiasm. Credit for most of those beautiful pics goes to Hazel Palmer (https://www.instagram.com/hazelpcam). Say hi to the crew!
Thank you Hazel 🤩