International musicians Jools Holland and Dame Evelyn Glennie have been joined by Sir Alan Sugar in supporting hundreds of youth marching bands as they perform to thousands of people during July’s ‘Marching Youth Music Month’ By playing outdoors in carnivals, processions and in festival arenas, youth marching bands perform to bigger audiences than any other […]
Trinity School Showband, 2008 division 2 percussion champions have signed a lucrative 6 year deal with percussion manufacturer Dynasty. The deal will see Trinity carry the Dynasty name and use exclusively their percussion for 6 years! Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Dynasty USA Mark Reynolds said, “It is exciting to now be a […]
Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th NovemberHaven Seaview Holiday Park, Weymouth, Dorset Highlight of the marching band and drum corps educational and social calendar. Celebrate the end of the 2009 season in style. Clinics and interactive workshops with top name International instructors and staff. Also entry-level cadet class. All included in the accommodation price.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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