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 If you thought a school
having its own choir is great, then what will you say to a school which has its
own band?
St. Andrews School band has 100 accomplished music players, who have made their
school proud by winning several inter-school band display competitions.
The pioneer band consisted of flutes, chanters, guard drums, side drums and base
drum with cymbals, bugles and saxophones. Our band also includes flag bearers who
carry their respective House flags i.e. Emerald Gladiators, Ruby Spartans, Sapphire
Knights and Topaz Vikings. Each House has 12 flag bearers and they are selected
from Class VI. Most of these flag bearers then go on to join the band.
The band came into its own league when it gave its very first display, smartly turned
out in red and white kilts, on the Sports day in 1992. From then on there was no
turning back. The band display has become a not-to-be-missed event on every school
occasion.
Now, the St. Andrews band has become a prominent and renowned one and they are being
constantly invited to play for different government functions. St. Andrews band
has been a regular participant in the Andhra Pradesh Police Traffic Week celebrations.
They were adjudged the Best School Band in the State. The greatest honour of course
was when the St. Andrews band was invited by the State Government to play for the
Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Honorable Dr. C. Rangarajan on his visit to the Open
Air Jail at Cherallapally in October 2000.
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