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Subject(s)

• Marching bands—South Africa—Western Cape—History [Browse]
• Bands (Music)—South Africa—Western Cape [Browse]
• Popular music—Religious aspects—Christianity [Browse]
• Popular music—South Africa—Cape Town [Browse]

Series

African humanities series. [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Sociopolitical and historical introduction
• Cape Town's ghoema musical complex
• An early history of the Cape
• Cultural life in the early Cape
• Coloured identity
• Language diversities, religious differences and gender
• Ambiguous identity and government ambivalence
• Cultural hybridity
• Emerging themes
• Why Christmas bands?
• Fieldwork and methodology
• Comparative study
• Outline
• Notes
• ch. 2 Ethnography of the Christmas Bands Movement
• History of the Christmas Bands Movement
• Meetings
• The road marches
• The reinterpretation of public space: Spectacular moments
• Federal structures
• Cultural identity, religious and moral underpinnings
• Respectability
• Strategies of discipline
• Constructing value
• Musical sound of community
• ch. 3 The St Joseph's Christmas Band
• Biographical sketches of band members
• Hannes September: founder and "father" of the band
• Wallace Witbooi: Bandmaster
• Chris Petersen: Captain
• Anthony Tockley: Chairperson
• Sharon Tockley: Secretary
• Peter Noble: Treasurer
• Cecil Tookley: Senior drum major
• Embodied subjectivity
• ch. 4 From oral/aural to literate: Musical transmission in the Christmas Bands
• Ambivalent notions about reading music
• Ownership of instruments
• The roles of the bandmaster and captain
• Learning the "solo" in St Joseph's
• Conflicting ideas: Bandmaster's aspirations versus community's expectations
• Visiting other bands
• Star of Peace Christmas Band, Bishop Lavis
• Royal Crusaders Christmas Band, Bellville
• Palm Crusaders Christmas Band, Ravensmead
• Perseverance Christmas Band, Elsies River
• Biographical sketches of musical directors of other bands
• Rochelle Klassen, Star of Calvary Christmas Band, Heathfield
• Byron Abrahams, Good Hope Christmas Band, Grassy Park
• In conclusion
• ch. 5 Militarism in the bands: Christmas Bands Competitions
• Background to the competitions
• Getting ready for the union competition
• The City and Suburban Union Competition
• The "solo"
• "Best-dressed band"
• "Grand march past"
• The contestation of process
• Why competitions?
• Paternalism and masculinity
• Military influence
• Christmas band competitions and the local-global contexts
• The spectacular nature of competitions
• Conclusions
• ch. 6 Hidden subjectivities: Women's involvement in the Christmas bands
• Gendered scholarship
• Advance of the women's sector
• Women in the Christmas Bands Movement
• Royal Crusaders Christmas Band
• Mrs Shirley de Kock
• Women as music educators
• Ms Christine Fondling
• Star of Calvary Christmas Band
• Women in executive positions
• Gendered citizenship
• Conclusion
• ch. 7 Reflections and conclusions
• APPENDICES
• Appendix 1 Membership of the Christmas Bands Boards
• Appendix 2 Hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness
• Appendix 3 Letter to the Athlone and District Union.

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Other title(s)

Christmas bands movement in the Western Cape, South Africa

ISBN

• 9781920033194 (paperback)
• 192003319X (paperback)

OCLC

1030899856

RCP

N - O

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