With the holes dug and inspected under the hall is looking a lot cleaner after a lot of rubbish and dirt has been removed. The poles are being hung and once they’re ready concrete will be poured around them.
Things are moving a little slowly with restumping so bingo won’t be restarting until Saturday 22 August. But by then we will have
We’ll have the same extra jackpots 5 x $100 in 90 calls on Thursday 27 August too!
The lads from Lammi Bros Restumping and House Removals arrived Monday and have made great progress on removing the old stumps and digging the larger holes for the new ones. A quick water level around the hall showed that the whole building was virtually twisted and no two parts the same height as any other!
We found some changes to the front and side steps will cost an extra $1200 but that’s within our contingency budget limits so all in all a week in and things are looking pretty good. Our new bingo gear arrived too (yes we’re going all out!) and Keith’s updating the wall mounting to hold the new display. It’s all go (except for lunch)
Whoa! It’s certainly an interesting view of the state of things under the hall. All this will be totally replaced:
Well, we’re finally on our way with some action on the hall itself. Keith, Paulo, Terry, David, Brian and Chris have removed the battens around the hall to leave the stumps and their poor state clearly visible. It’s a great start and didn’t go too badly by all accounts.
RCBB is very happy to hear we’ve been successfully granted money by the Gambling Community Benefit Fund which will now allow us to finally proceed with the much needed restumping of our band hall.
Work is planned to start August 3rd, 2009 and take about two weeks with Lammi Bros Builders doing the business. They’ve been generally very helpful all the way through this very long process of figuring out what to do and now being actually able to do it.
Goss Park’s history as a watercourse has resulted in the ground being a poor quality footing for the hall and subsequently the existing stumps have sunk substantially. Efforts to stabilise the ground through removal of moisture (improved drainage) have been ineffective and engineers have recommended the only way to prevent further damage to the hall – and to bring it back to level – is the total restumping of the building. This will level the building removing the risk of further damage to the structure caused by sinking stumps and ensure it is stable and usable well into the future.
We’ll be putting up photos of before, during and after as the hall goes from sinking wooden stumps to concrete and steel which will suit the clay soil better.
Thanks to all who have assisted in the grant application and information gathering needed to get all this happening – drafting, engineering, soil tests, building quoting, etc. Not to mention the ongoing bingos which fund the general running of the band and allow us to complete this project.
The band has participated for a number of years at the Relay for Life, and this year has been no exception. We performed for almost 90 minutes on the oval of the Central Queensland University to support this cause, held each year by the Cancer Council of Australia. A varied program was performed prior to the official launch of the relay.
Our players again marched in the 2009 Anzac Day Parade through the streets of Rockhampton. The band was in the past the band of the 42nd Battalion, and we are proud to continue our tradition of participating in this day of commemoration.
The Rockhampton City Brass Band again travelled to Maryborough to participate in the Best of Brass Competition. Although we didn’t win the competition, the band performed to a high standard. Our drum major, Len Sinnot, came away with the Champion Drum Major trophy. A great weekend was had by all.
A big thank you to our permit players from Capricornia Silver and Maryborough Excelsior bands.
