The two winners of the 2016 Wilf Blum Youth Music Scholarships offered by Preston Scout House Band Inc. of Cambridge will be heading off to post-secondary music programs this fall to add to more than 10 years of music training they have already experienced. Each will receive a $750 scholarship award, to be presented during […]
Two individuals with outstanding lifetime achievements will be inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame during the organization’s 40th annual ceremony to be held September 3 in Rochester, New York, one of the special events during the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) championship tournament weekend. The two lifetime achievers will hold regular Hall of […]
Seven new members of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame to be inducted in September have left their marks on drum and bugle corps activity across the United States, Canada and Europe. The 2016 banquet and induction ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Hall of Fame’s founding in 1976 by the late Vince […]
Thurrock Marching Brass travelled to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire on Saturday 30 April 2016 to compete in what is being hailed as the future of indoor competition, the Drum Corps Europe (DCE) / Drum Corps International (DCI) sponsored Indoor Music Games and Soundsport. The young members of Thurrock Marching Brass entered the Soundsport […]
The Bridgemen Board of Directors recently announced that the coming 2016 season will be the last for the Alumni corps due to membership and practice facility issues that were presenting the corps for this coming year. Director, George Lavelle recommended that, the corps should go out on top; on their own terms, instead of folding […]
Thurrock Marching Brass led the St George’s Day Scout Parade in Grays, Essex from Hathaway Academy to Blackshots. Getting into the community is really important for this young group and to perform such an important day and within our own borough was a special treat. The St George’s Day parade involves more than 1,000 members […]
On Thursday evening 21 April 2016 the young members of Thurrock Marching Brass lead a parade into the Coalhouse Fort in Tilbury with popular march tunes, and then joined forces with the Golden Voices choir as tributes to HRH Queen Elizabeth II were paid with the playing and singing of the National Anthem and a […]
Thurrock Marching Brass is delighted to confirm that the April 2016 winner for the Jack Petchey Achievement Award goes to Chloe Honour. Chloe has been an exceptional member since joining Thurrock Marching Brass a short while ago and has excelled in all areas of the Colourguard. Always bringing a positive attitude and a willing to […]
The 2016 Scout House Invitational Tattoo will salute the drum and bugle corps, Cadets corps and bands of today and yesterday from Waterloo Region and surrounding southern Ontario counties and regions. Members of all these groups will be asked to dig out old uniforms and flags to participate in a march-on ceremony to open the […]
Pacific Crest is seeking a communications professional who is interested in volunteering 2-4 hours per week as the organization’s Manager of Communications. (Click HERE to download the PDF version of this job announcement)
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