Logan Park High School Big Bad Big Band members (from left) Colin MacAndrew (17), Lealia Devereux (17), Anna Denys (17), Hamish O'Malley (17) and Jayden Jesudhass (14) are headed to the Mt Gambier Jazz Festival in South Australia. But at Logan Park High School, there is such a thing - the school's Big Bad Big Band. Musical director and head of music John Dodd said it was the school band's first overseas trip since 2010, and the band members were excited. Not only had the band members been rehearsing daily, they had been even busier fundraising the $62,000 needed for the tour. ''Usually, I need to start pretty much from the beginning in rebuilding the band each school year.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 15, 2019 16:30 UTC