Photo by Jane Dawber.
Members of New Zealand's first triple brass band champions (1952-54), Kaikorai Brass Band, gather at the Dunedin clubrooms yesterday morning as part of their first reunion in more than two decades.
Front (from left): Bill Willers (80), of Dunedin, Hugh Dickinson (80), of Palmerston North, Len Rush (75), of Dunedin, Jack Lanham (83), Ray MacDonald (85), of Christchurch, and Barry Bain (77), of Arrowtown.
Rear (from left): Kerry Bain (74), of Dunedin, Duncan McMillan (73), of Cromwell, Bernie Thorn (94), of Dunedin, John Dawson (82), of Paraparaumu, Gordon Gallagher (78), of Dunedin, Fred Knopp (83), of Dunedin, Ian Quigley (80), of Timaru, and the conductor of the present band, Norman Thorn (57), of Dunedin.
