A new march for British Brass band, based on a Papua New Guinea folk song called rici rici. If you need lower brass in BC, I can provide FOC, just ask!

When I shifted from my position in The Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Papua New Guinea University as Lecturer in Music, and took over the Constabulary Band in 1994, the late Inspector Pala Walo MBE, sung the melody of Rici rici to me; and requested I make a band arrangement. This was the start of many arrangements of the folk music of PNG such as:

1) Hula Bird Song 2) PNG Marching Songs 3) Wan Kantri 4) National Anthem 5) Piri Piri

The Kokoda Trail or Track is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland — 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line — through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. The track is the most famous in Papua New Guinea and is known for being the location of the World War II battle between Japanese and Australian forces in 1942.

The track starts, or ends, at Owers Corner in Central Province, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Port Moresby, and then crosses rugged and isolated terrain, which is only passable on foot, to the village of Kokoda in Oro Province. It reaches a height of 2,190 metres (7,185 ft) as it passes around the peak of Mount Bellamy. The track travels primarily through the land of the Mountain Koiari people.

Hot, humid days with intensely cold nights, torrential rainfall and the risk of endemic tropical diseases such as malaria make it a challenge to walk. Despite the challenges posed, it is a popular hike that takes between four and twelve days (depending on fitness). Locals have been known to hike the route in one to three days.