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  • Registrations are open!

    Registrations are open!

    Register your school groups for the 2020 Strum Strike and Blow festival here. 2020 Workshop dates are Thursday 26 March Tuesday 19 May Thursday 23 July 4-6pmSnacks provided Chisnallwood Intermediate School,76 Breezes Road, Christchurch 8061

  • KBB Raffle

    We are very excited to announce that KBB Music has donated a set of boom-whackers, a tenor recorder and a ukulele for us to raffle on the day and evening of Strum Strike and Blow. Tickets will be $2 each and the winner will be announced at the end of the evening concert. So bring…

  • Final workshop

    The final teacher workshop will be held on Thursday 29 June at Chisnallwood Intermediate from 4.00pm – 6.00pm. The schedule for the day will be: 4.00-4.20: Star Wars (massed) 4.20-4.40: July (massed) 4.40-5.00: Do Whatcha Wanna (massed) 5.00-5.30: Ukulele pieces 5.30-6.00: Recorder and marimba pieces as required Look forward to seeing you all there.

  • Rap winners announced

    Congratulations to our rap winners: Gabrielle Beale from South New Brighton School and Dylan Jonkers from Chisnallwood Intermediate School! We look forward to hearing them next week!

  • Update

    Thanks to everyone who attended the final workshop on August 4th. The music is sounding great! TShirt Orders have now closed and orders will be delivered soon.

  • 3rd Workshop for teachers

    The 3rd teacher workshop will be on  Thursday July 7th 4pm Venue: TBC A teaching video will go up on the teacher page with tips on teaching “Bend Over Backwards’.  

  • MAY 11 WORKSHOP CHANGE OF VENUE

    PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WEDNESDAY THE WORKSHOP WILL NOW BE AT CHISNALLWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 76 BREEZES ROAD. (Due to a kitchen being installed at CSM). A reminder that DuBois music resource books available for perusal and ordering from 3.30pm with drinks and snacks. 4pm Ukes and massed, followed by marimba and recorder. 6pm finish See you there!

  • May 11 workshop

    A reminder that the next SSB workshop is WEDNESDAY MAY 11th Time 4pm – 6pm workshops Please arrive from 3.30 to grab a cuppa and browse a special display of music books by Geoff Wood from Du Bois Enterprises. The books cover listening, music and Orff based programmes, resources for ukulele, marimba and recorder. Venue:…

  • News update March 2016

    Registration Thanks to those who have registered for the 2016 Strum Strike Blow Festival on Thursday August 25th! To date, we have 520 students from 14 schools. In case you haven’t registered yet, here is the link: https://strumstrikeblow.org/registration/  Workshop dates The dates for the first 2 teacher workshops for Marimba, Ukulele and Recorder are: April 7th 4pm at…