Fifty Anzac Parades

RAY Jago will play his cornet for the 50th consecutive year in Sale's 2000 Anzac ceremony.
Since moving to Giffard in 1950, Mr J ago cannot recall a year not playing The Last Post.
Mr Jago began playing the cornet at eight years of age.
Growing up in Melbourne, he played in the East Kew school band before leaving school and joining the East Kew Citizens' Band in the 1940s.
It was in this band that he first played The Last Post.
Mr Jago clearly remembers the Melbourne Anzac marches he participated in as a teenager. "We started from Lonsdale St., walked up Swanston St. and St Kilda Rd. to the Shrine of Remembrance. "It was a long walk for a young feller, especially with such a large crowd to witness the event ," he said.
Moving to his Giffard farm in 1950, Mr Jago immediately joined the Sale City Band to continue his keen interest in brass instruments.
He obtained a winning place in the Ballarat Australiasian Championships in the late 1950s.
From 1960-68, he changed to the Maffra band, becoming band master.
He then returned to the Sale band, also as Band Master for a few years.
He also taught brass instruments at St Annes and Gippsland Grammar and Sale Technical School in the 1970s. "He has successfully trained many people, and many children to play brass instruments," said his wife, Beverley.
Mr Jago has helped coordinate the brass section of the Sale Eisteddford for a number of years, including time on the committee and as president.
Ray and Beverley, have sold their farm and are now living in Sale. They have two sons, each with two daughters .