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- Nias Tour - 2011
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This collection of photographs is about BBJ's tour of Nias in early July 2011. Nias is a mountainous island off the west coast of Sumatra. The people there are predominantly Christian and some BBJ members have relatives there. The theme of our visit was Tantangan Menguatkan Iman (A Challenge to Strengthen Faith). The idea was to encourage fellow Salvationists and other Christians by once again bringing our music to remote areas of Indonesia that foreign Christian musicians rarely visit.
- Bali Band
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This section documents BBJ's efforts to help the newly formed Salvation Army band in Bali, which consists of members of the Salvation Army boys home on the island. BBJ band trainer Imanta Karosekali went to Bali in October 2010 in response to a request from Bali Boys Home supporters in Adelaide, Australia, for a band trainer who could speak Indonesian.This band performed for the first time publicly at the Salvation Army Denpasar II corps (church) on November 21. All instruments were provided by the Adelaide-based Mission Bali Advisory Action Group led by Norman Blakey.
- Concert 2004
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The 2004 concert marked an important milestone in BBJ's revival after the difficult years that followed the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998. Unfortunately, not many photographs of the concert have survived. The small collection here mostly document events the took place around the same time when my father and my 9-year-old son Peter visited the Boys Home.
- Official Photographs
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The photographs in this section were professionally done at a studio in Medan.
- Beginnings (April-May 1987)
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These pictures document the Kuala Lumpur Salvation Army band's tour of Medan in April 1987 and my subsequent visit there to establish a brass band at the Salvation Army's William Booth Boys Home in May 1987.
- The Pioneers
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Except for the group photograph (which was taken in late May 1987) these photographs date from late 1987 or early 1988, when the band had been functioning for several months.
- Bandung 1989 (Feb 1989)
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In 1989 the band travelled from Medan to Jakarta and Bandung to take part in the Salvation Army congress and greet General Eva Burrows (the Salvation Army's international leader at the time). The trip was financed by Michael Hall and myself.
- Singapore Central Corps Delegation (Dec 1989)
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At Christmas 1989, a small group of musicians from Singapore Central Corps and one doctor (Alex Chao) visited the Medan Boys Home.
- Jakarta 1994 - with Adelaide Congress Hall Band
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In 1994 BBJ travelled to Jakarta once again to take part in a special congress celebrating 100 years of Salvation Army service in Indonesia. These pictures document our interaction with members of the Salvation Army's Adelaide Congress Hall band from Australia, which also attended the Congress. Once again, the trip was financed by Michael Hall and myself.
- Jakarta 1994 - other activities
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Apart from meeting the Adelaide Congress Hall band, the band also had performances on its own, including one at the British Embassy. Band members also spent one afternoon enjoying the swimming pool at the house of my brother Andrew, who was working in Jakarta at the time.
- BBJ in the mid-1990s
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- There has always been a turnover of membership as older boys leave the boys home to find jobs and younger ones join the band. This section includes some close-up pictures of band members in the early to mid-1990s.
- Medan Boys Home in mid-1990s
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- This section contains candid photographs of life at the Salvation Army's Boys Home in Medan during the 1990s. Some of the very young boys pictured here, such as Lasnointer Marbun, are now among the senior members of the current band (BBJ). Others later gained university degrees after years of taking night classes in local tertiary institutions. There are also sad stories behind the pictures, such as the one of the little boy who drowned after ignoring instructions not to swim in the river behind the boys home.
