De Beers Blouberg are 2016 SA Field Band champions

 With 1 500 participants performing before hundreds of members of the public, sponsoring company representatives, SA government and international partners, the 2016 national championships of the Field Band Foundation were a huge success of joyful choreography, inventive dance, and musical excellence.

   Held on a sunny Saturday 20 February at Soweto’s funky Nike Football Training Centre, the event brought together the Foundation’s 12 top Field Bands. Selected through their outstanding performances in four Regional Championships held in 2015, the bands were from Alexandra (supported by Investec), Blouberg (De Beers), Dordrecht (Emalahleni Municipality), Hammanskraal (Black Like Me), Kimberley (De Beers/PPC), Kuruman (Anglo American), Musina (De Beers), Parys (De Beers), Soweto (Investec), Springs (PFG Londulusha), Thabazimbi (Anglo American), and Tsantsabane (Anglo American).

  
  Winning the national championships for their first time were Limpopo’s De Beers Blouberg Field Band. Second place was taken by PFG Londulusha Field Band (Springs), and third place was taken by De Beers Musina Field Band, another Limpopo triumph.

In the more junior First Division, top honours went to the Hammanskraal Field Band (sponsored by Black Like Me), while second and third spots were awarded to Anglo American Kuruman Field Band and Ponahalo De Beers Field Band (Parys) respectively.

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Field Band Foundation