Anzac Day 2026
🌺 ANZAC Day 2026 – Sumner RSA 🌺 The Sumner Silver Band was honoured to once again support our local ANZAC Day service, joining a large and respectful crowd on a beautifully clear autumn morning.
Our pre‑service programme featured reflective and heartfelt music including Aces High, Elizabeth Remembered, and Amazing Grace with Abide With Me. Elizabeth Remembered — composed by Debbie Wiseman OBE in 2022 to honour Queen Elizabeth II and arranged for brass band by Andrew Wainwright and Glenn Greet — was a particularly moving moment. We also performed Hine e Hine, Band of Brothers, and First Light, delivered in an exceptional performance by Robyn Porter.
A great turnout to hour our veterans, Sumner 2026.
We were delighted to be joined by guest bagpiper Greg, whose playing added a powerful and emotional dimension to Amazing Grace, Abide With Me, and Highland Cathedral. The service also included a parade led by a local pipe band, a wreath‑laying ceremony, and Last Post and Rouse, performed by Chris.
Chris Hollis-Locke performs the Last Post on Anzac Day Sumner, 2026.
A special thank‑you to soprano vocalist Lizzie Drury, who led Abide With Me (Eventide) and the national anthems with grace and clarity. Community speakers shared thoughtful reflections on the meaning of ANZAC Day and the importance of remembrance.
Lizzie Drury leads the National Anthems and Abide With Me, with Sumner Silver Band, Anzac Day 2026
After the service, we enjoyed performing a lighter programme for the community, including 1914, Cherry Pink, Invercargill — conducted by our wonderful 7‑year‑old guest conductor Lydia van Uden — and Now Is the Hour. We closed the morning with a well‑received performance of Highland Cathedral.
Lydia Van Uden conducts Sumner Silver Band in the march “invercargill”
Aiyana Manson-King on Principal Euphonium, Sumner Silver Band Anzac Day 2026
Thank you to everyone who attended, supported, and shared this meaningful day with us. The Sumner Silver Band is proud to continue honouring those who served and sacrificed through music. Lest we forget.
