Always nice to host an Old Boy musician, Mr Rob Connelly (Class of 1954/55), and to have him play the school’s historic heraldic trumpets with current music teacher, and trumpeter, Mr Dan Johnson. Dan had been commissioned to write a new fanfare for the 2020 Bicentenary Celebrations using the three trumpets which had been used …
1953 Cadet Band 1955 1960s 1970s Cadet Ball A Brief History of the Parramatta Marist Cadet Unit The Cadet Unit began at Parramatta Marist Brothers in 1941. The tradition of Friday afternoon training began that year, as did the annual camp. In September 1941 it was held at Brookvale with the combined cadet corps of …
Victoria Road Parramatta Westmead– 1960s – 1970s – 1990s > The Pool Victoria Road Parramatta Darcy Road (Old Windsor Road) Westmead The construction of Stage 4 of the Parramatta Bypass – completed in December 1981 – spelt the end of the Westmead-Wentworthville section of Old Windsor Rd, being severed into a number of residential streets. …
