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Kokoda Trail (the) March for British & North American Brass Band (Keith Terrett Classic March Series)
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Kokoda Trail (the) March for British & North American Brass Band (Keith Terrett Classic March Series)
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.A new march and exilerating march scored for the British & North American Brass Band, based on a Papua New Guinea folk song called rici rici. There is also a version for Military/Wind,Concert/Symphonic band available in store.
When I shifted from my position from ''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 in the office on my first day with the band; and requested I make a band arrangement. This was the start of many arrangements of the folk music of PNG; and there began my love of PNG Folk Songs, which I arranged over my 5 year tenure in PNG for band, available in my stores with ArrangeMe, Score Exchange & keithterrettmusic.com
Examples:
1) Hula Bird Song 2) Papua New Guinea Marching Songs from Hula & Central Province 3) Wan Kantri (One Country) 4) National Anthem of Papua New Guinea (Arise All Ye Sons) 5) Piri Piri 6) Butterfly 7) Keep the Fire Alive
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.
