So who will play for the celebrations?

Some names of the early band players include Yesensky, Bill Tolhopf, Jim Rauner, Charles Becher, Annie Rauner, the Dennis and Paul families and several members of the Wech, Bayer, and Lambert families.There are too many to name individually. Many of you will remember Joe Tolhopf, Phillip Wech and his sisters Dorothy and Kathleen, Laurie Rauner, and Ben Lambert. All gone now.

So who will play for the 150th celebrations? The current little group of those descendants of the above make a mammoth attempt to keep up tradition and they travel from near and wide to oblige and remember "the good old days”.

Down the years the music has been the life and bread of the heart of Puhoi. Now it is all but a skeleton of the enthusiastic past.

Dedicated and inspiring past musicians have to a certain extent handed the talent down to a mere few who now play on special occasions: Diane with the Dudlesack, Coralie, Brian and Mark play accordions and Fred, the senior surviving player, leads them with his accordion.

The live music tears at the heartstrings of those who know it's vibrant history.