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BYBA National Championships – A Celebration Of 35 Years

Further to the announcement made on 1 May, 2009, which was prepared in April with the information available at that time, the Performance Portfolio have now debated further the qualification for the 2009 National Championships. This has taken into account a mix of views from across the Association during the 2008 Rules Congress and since […]

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Halifax Boys’ Brigade, Girls’ Brigade Band Represent Yorkshire

17 members of the Halifax Boys’ Brigade and Girls Brigade Band along with 30 other members from Hull and Market Weighton represented Yorkshire this weekend in the Boys’ Brigades 125 Tattoo celebrating 125 years of Boys’ Brigade. It’s been a mammoth weekend for the members of Halifax BBGB Band starting at 7:00 on Friday night […]

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BYBA Releases 2009 Qualifying Unit Numbers

In line with BYBA Rules, we are required to announce the number of units that will be eligible for the 2009 Championships. The 2008 Rules Congress clearly gave the Performance Portfolio the mandate to ensure that BYBA’s uniqueness remained through our Leagues, ensuring there will be strong competition right through into September. Therefore, the Performance […]

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Halifax BBGB Band Marches 26 Miles For Charity

On Easter Sunday Night 2009, six members of Halifax BBGB set out on the Long March – 26.2 mile walk through the night to raise money for Christian Aid. The six member met at the YMCA in Halifax and at mid night set out around Halifax. The rough took them to Sowerby Bridge, Elland, Hipperholme, […]

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Beeches Cadets Website Launch

Beeches Cadets are pleased to announce that there new website is up and running, it is work in progress and will be adding various sections over the coming months. Launching the website was the first target after the band re-established itself within BYBA and the Banding world. They are now busy working on our next […]

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Revolution Lottery Funding Success

Revolution Show Corps are delighted to announce we have been successful with our grant application for £10,000. The award from the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ program was a result of many hours of hard work by Oliver Richardson and Josiah Sulc. Only taking 4 weeks before we found out, it has been brilliant news […]

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Concord Celebrates 25th Anniversary

CONCORD is pleased to announce preliminary details of our major celebration of the 25th anniversary of the formation of the organisation. All Alumni, staff, current members, parents, supporters and friends are invited to attend an evening of reminiscence and celebration to mark this special time in Concord’s history. This milestone event will be held at […]

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Coseley Comets Now Online

Coseley Comets are pleased to announce the launch of their new website. The address is thecoseleycomets.webs.com. This website has been put together by one of our assistant corps director’s, Jason Ball who will be the webmaster for the site. This is a new venture for the Coseley Comets and with regular updates we hope that […]

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BYBA On Facebook

As the BYBA Communications Portfolio expands and develops, we are now on Facebook. The site which is run by Oliver Richardson (of Revolution) provides interested parties with the opportunity to communicate, share memories and reacquaint themselves with former band and corps members. In the future it is hoped that the BYBA Facebook site will also […]

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Northen Star Announces 2009 Staff/Management Team

Over the past few months Northern Star Group’s Summer Corps has been rebuilding the unit for the forthcoming season, and in doing so has attracted and put in place a staff team who will work hard to field this corps again. Director: Mark E PicklesProgram Coordinators: Craig J Sherratt, Mark E Pickles, Ian G ButtProgram […]

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