Volume 48, No. 22, November 30, 2006

Central Band
December 3: The Concert Band will perform Christmas Carols at the Point Cook Chapel, RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook.
December 6: The Ceremonial Band will support the 1RTU graduation parade at RAAF Base Edinburgh at 1pm.
December 8: The Ceremonial Band will support the OTS graduation parade at RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, from 11.30am.
December 8: The Catalina Wind Quintet will provide music for the OTS graduation dinner at the Point Cook Officers’ Mess from 7pm.
December 8: The Ceremonial Band will support the 2FTS 206 Pilots’ Course graduation parade at RAAF Base Pearce.
December 9: The Ceremonial Band will support the 21SQN annual presentation parade at RAAF Base Williams, Laverton, from 5pm.
December 10: The Central Band will perform Christmas favourites at the Coburg Carols by the Lake at Coburg Lake, Lake Grove (off Murray Road), from 6.30pm.
December 10: The Catalina Wind Quintet will perform an ABC Classic FM Sunday Live concert at Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Complex, at 3pm.
December 13: The Ceremonial Band will support the RMIT graduation parade at the RMIT city campus in Melbourne from 10am.
December 17: The Concert Band will perform Christmas favourites at the Mordialloc Carols by the Bay at Peter Scullen Reserve, Mordialloc, from 8.15pm.

Air Command Band
December 4: The Clarinet Quartet will support the CAF’s dinner, at the Boathouse Restaurant at Grevillea Park in Canberra from 7pm.
December 4: The Parade Band will support the arrival of the C-17 at RAAF Base Fairbairn.
December 7: The Parade Band will perform at the RAAFSTT Parade at RAAF Base Wagga.
December 12: 15 members of the Air Command Band will deploy to the MEAO to perform 15 tasks in 13 days. They are due to arrive home on January 4, 2007.

Apprentice reunion
The annual reunion of RAAF ex-apprentices will be held on Saturday January 27, 2007. This function is for all ex-apprentices and their partners and will be held at the Melbourne RSL, Duckboard House, 91 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, from 1pm to 5.30pm. The entry fee will be $10.00 and dress is neat casual.

For more information, contact Sean Sunley on (03) 925 63311 or email: sean.sunley@defence.gov.au or Rick Lovett on (03) 925 63610 or email: rick.lovett@defence.gov.au.

Silent WWII heroes sought
Contributors are being sought for a new book being written by Fay Karamanakis called A Tribute to the Silent Heroes. Kay is looking for people who served in the military during WWII for Australia and any American personnel who were stationed in Darwin during the period.

Fay Karamanakis can be contacted by email: fayk@iinet.net.au or by calling (08) 8981 9702.

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