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| unit_name = Stadacona Band of The Royal Canadian Navy
| native_name =La Musique Stadacona de la Marine royale canadienne
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| dates = 1940-Present
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| type = [[Military band]]
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| command_structure = [[Maritime Forces Atlantic]]
| garrison = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]
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| notable_commanders = William Gordon
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The '''Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy''' is a Canadian military band in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] based in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]. It serves as official military band of the [[Maritime Forces Atlantic]] Command (MARLANT). It is one of six regular force military bands in the [[Canadian Forces]]. It provides musical accompaniment for ceremonial requirements of the East Coast Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/about/structure-marlant-units-stadband.page|title=The Stadacona Band of The Royal Canadian Navy|first=National Defence|last=Government of Canada|date=3 September 2013|website=www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca}}</ref> The Stadacona Band usually performs at the Halifax dockyard to take part in the welcoming naval vessels. For over 75 years, the band's performances have been seen members of the Royal Family, the [[Governor General of Canada]], the [[Prime Minister of Canada]], foreign heads of state, and Canadian naval officials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadband.ca/main.php?content=ssi/welcome.html&language=en|title=Stadacona Band - Royal Canadian Navy|website=stadband.ca}}</ref> The band has provided music for all graduation activities in the area.<ref>https://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1960_2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi42_DO9-3mAhVSd6wKHZQpCPAQFjARegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw3J9prb4qnahlJxjDUgZUw6 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
==History==
In the summer of 1942 the original
Stadacona band was divided into three parts, with one section going to HMCS
St. Hyacinthe, another to [[HMCS Cornwallis]] and the remainder to [[HMCS Avalon]]. In October of that year another [[Navy bands in Canada|military band]] was formed for the ship. In 1943, part of the Stadacona band went to serve as aboard [[HMCS Protector]] at [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]].<ref>https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CFB-Esquimalt-Museum-Crowsnest-Volume13-Number-09-Jul-1961.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjZwPKq0M_mAhWVZM0KHfZLDCIQFjAAegQIBRAC&usg=AOvVaw1KM298OjrMj8BBGDBy7fI9 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 1967, the band was one of three naval bands represented in the [[Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967|1967 Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlY7DwAAQBAJ&q=Royal+Canadian+Dragoon+Band&pg=PA115|title = The Making of a Tattoo: Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967|isbn = 9781525514043|last1 = Wilson|first1 = Keith Allan|date = 23 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/2336245/armed-forces-centennial-programme/|title = The Minute Book}}</ref> The Stadacona band absorbed the [[Royal Canadian Artillery]] Band (Coastal) and members of the HMCS Cornwallis Band following the 1968 [[Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces]].
In September 2017, a member of the band composed what is now the service march of the [[Canadian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/sponsorships/|title = Sponsorship}}</ref>
==Directors of Music==
*Jim Forde (July 1988-July 1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sackvilleband.com/conductors/|title = Conductors – Sackville Community Band}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wamsb.org/about/board-of-directors/jim-forde/|title = Jim Forde – the World Association of Marching Show Bands}}</ref>
*Peter van der Horden (July 1993-May 2001)
* Gaetan Bouchard (May 2001-January 2006)
*Raymond Murray (January 2006-August 2016 )<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadband.ca/main.php?content=ssi/bossbio.html&language=en|title = Stadacona Band - Royal Canadian Navy}}</ref>
*Patrice Arsenault (August 2016-August 2018)
*Brad Ritson (August 2018 – Present)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tridentnewspaper.com/new-conductor-stadacona-band/|title = New conductor for Stadacona Band|date = 20 August 2018}}</ref>
==Ensembles==
[[File:Sunset Ceremony 2013 (9510544554).jpg|thumb|The band at a sunset ceremony in [[CFB Greenwood]] in August 2013.]]
* Parade Band
* Concert Band
* Big Band
* "Boarding Party" Rock Band
* Jazz Combo
* Brass Quintet
* Woodwind Quintet
A four-piece combo from the Stadacona Band toured [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], and [[Denmark]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bands-emc#AirForceBands|title = Music Bands &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
==Links==
* [http://stadband.ca/index.html Official Website]
*[http://www.stadband.ca/snd/heartofoak.mp3 "Heart of Oak" (MP3)] performed by the Stadacona Band
==References==
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[[Category:Bands of the Royal Canadian Navy]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1940]]
[[Category:1940 establishments in Canada]]
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