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Rhonda Smith … she’s packing a saxophone and heading off to England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 23, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy musician Rhonda Smith is heading to England next month for a 10-day musical tour, and it’s all thanks to the saxophone and the small town of Mungindi.<\/p>\n

Rhonda was born in Kingaroy but headed out to western Queensland as a nurse after her marriage, where she spent the next 30 years.<\/p>\n

About seven years ago, a music festival brought well-known New Zealand musician Mark Walton to Mungindi, a tiny town that straddles the NSW and Queensland borders.<\/p>\n

This led to the formation of a music group, known as the Bated Breath Mungindi Music Ensemble.<\/p>\n

“It took some time for me to pluck up the courage to ring them. I had been told I should play the saxophone as a child because of my asthma, so I asked is there a spot for a saxophone left?” Rhonda said.<\/p>\n

There was, and Rhonda joined.<\/p>\n

She was soon playing the sax, and enjoying shopping trips and lunches with her fellow musicians.<\/p>\n

She formed some firm friendships with the other women in Bated Breath, friendships that have lasted post-Mungindi.<\/p>\n

And her love affair with the saxophone blossomed to the point that she now owns six – including tenor, alto, baritone and soprano models.<\/p>\n

Back in Kingaroy, Rhonda has kept in touch with her old friends from Bated Breath – in fact, a small group of former members travel from all over south-east Queensland every fortnight to meet up in Brisbane to play together, shop together and lunch together.<\/p>\n

She has also kept in touch with Mark Walton, who started it all off so many years ago.
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\nNow Mark is leading a musical tour to Chichester in the UK. About 40 musicians from Australia and New Zealand are going, including a small group of Mungindi and ex-Mungindi players.<\/p>\n

They’re be playing at various locations in Chichester and Lavant, and with town bands from Adur and Petworth. A highlight will be the Lavant fete!<\/p>\n

They’re not the biggest venues, but Rhonda knows she’s going to have a lot of fun, and it will give her an opportunity to combine her two greatest loves … playing the saxophone and taking long walks in the countryside. And, of course, there’ll be her friends from Mungindi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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