23 November 2015 – It’s been a busy November for TMB so far and lots more to come! Remembrance Sunday this year fell on 8 November and the youngsters from Thurrock Marching Brass were again given the honour of leading the South Ockendon Parade down South Road and to the original location of Thor’s Oak […]
One day in the fall of 1960, an older gentleman handed a shiny chrome bugle to a 13 year old and showed him how to hold it properly. The youngster already knew a few calls, but had never been this close to a bugle with a valve.
The Indoor Music Games are coming to Middelburg – The Netherlands on Saturday 23rd April 2016, with a contest to be run in collaboration with Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps. The Indoor Music Games are a series of contests from February to May which will be held in several European countries. The shows are aimed […]
As the holidays draw near, representatives of the Bridgemen Alumni Corps are feverishly planning quite possibly the biggest event in their historical season. On November 7th members from around the world will gather at the Marriott, at Newark Liberty Airport to Celebrate 50 years of music, friendship and performances. Members of the Bridgemen and the […]
Thurrock Marching Brass is delighted to announce that Jay Lindner has been appointed by the board as Corps Director for the next three years. Jay comes to us with a varied and rich history in the marching and performing arts, having started his musical career at Tilbury Brass in 1982 where he spent six years […]
The Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps announce the appointment of the following 2016 Creative Management and Design Staff. CREATIVE DIRECTOR – David Bruni and PROGRAM COORDINATOR – George D Mattis III. BRASS ARRANGER – Joey Pero; BATTERY ARRANGER – Teddy Mascari; PIT ARRANGER – Ryan Reed; and VISUAL DESIGNER – Thomas Sparling.
For the first time since 1985 the borough’s own Thurrock Marching Brass fielded a competitive marching band at a European Championships, where the young Lions would be outnumbered, outsized, and the clear underdogs for what turned out to be one of the most memorable European Championships for some time at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in […]
After a thrilling final, the Kidsgrove Scouts are the European champions in the Premier Clas. Although the British corps was behind The Company in the Prelims, in the evening it overtook its component. With 91.25 points, the corps won the title. The Finals flew by. It was unprecedented to see how the entire top ten […]
On Saturday 19th September the UK saw its first official DrumLine Battle™ take place with 4 units battling it out to be crowned the days Champion. The event took place as part of the 2015 British Drum Corps Championships in Widnes, Cheshire and immediately followed the last performance in the Open Class Finals competition and […]
The three Royal Canadian Legion branches in Cambridge (Preston, Galt and Hespeler) have donated $1,000 to the Scout House Band organization through their Tri-Branch Warriors Day fund. The donation will be shared equally by Scout House Band and Scout House Cadets. Donations to the Scout House organization from community groups so far in 2015 amount […]
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