While lan Perry (left) of Oamaru eyes the weather his companions Brendan Mercer and Joanne McKenzie look just a little brassed off that cold rain had caused the cancellation of the street march on Saturday, May 17, in the 1986 New Zealand Brass Band Championships.

While the trio, from the Oamaru Garrison Band, sheltered under a handy bass, contest organisers were deciding to hold the marching music competitions in the Dunedin Town Hall.