We are pleased to announce that the BYBA Festival of Fun & Music this year will make a welcome return to Hemsby in Norfolk. What at first seemed like a terrible blow, Pontins have sold Wall Park in Devon and can therefore not accommodate us this year, Hemsby the home of the Festival for many […]
Colchester will be holding its 16th contest this year on Sunday 22nd June in the Lower Castle Park, Colchester in Essex, UK. This gives bands taking part in DCE contest on Saturday 21st June a chance to do a double header and save money by taking part at Colchester only 50 minutes by road from […]
Members of a Coventry band formed in July have returned from their first competition with an impressive haul of nine medals. Musicians from The Spirit of Coventry Drum and Bugle Corps struck gold at the British Youth Band Association contest in Leicester. Solo successes included Lizzie Killick, who clinched gold in the brass under-25 section, […]
The Concord Ceremonial Fanfare Team has just closed their 2007 season with one of their biggest "gigs" to date. They recently played for the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Business awards ceremony before 1200 guests from the city’s business and commerce community. Held in the massive Ponds Forge leisure facility, the event is an annual celebration […]
Following the successful tour of 2007, invitation now goes out to ALL interested Bands/Corps to contact event Director and BYBA President Bob Girvan on navrig [at] hotmail [dot] com to book your place in the 2008 road show. It is hoped to hold an initial meeting in January 2008 to discuss further, followed by a […]
Current and prospective leaders representing the whole activity are coming together on Saturday January 26th in Leicester to join in a Conference titled ‘Marching Towards the Olympics’ Organised by the Federation, the agenda already boasts keynote speeches from Youth Music’s No.2 DAVID SULKIN, and MICHAEL McKEEVER the Head teacher of Trinity School in Nottingham. The […]
A Full report and even a DVD of the event are being prepared and will be with us shortly, but if you weren’t there yesterday, 24th November 2007, you would have missed on the biggest turnout of entrants and the largest number of entering Bands so far in over 10 years, beating last years figures […]
The Spirit of Coventry are proud to announce their Show details for the 2008 season A Night at the West End, which will see them in their first year of competition. Opener, I Dreamed a Dream from the Hit Musical, Les MiserablesTaken from this fantastic musical written by Cameron Mackintosh, the Corps will embark on […]
It is now possible to register for the DCE Power Regional to be held in London next year on 21st June. A special section has been added to the DCE website containing detailed information on the Power Regional. This is the first time that DCE is organizing a regional in the United Kingdom. This is […]
On Sunday 7th October, over 2,500 gathered at Butts Park Arena, Coventry, England for the UK’s premier National Championships staged by the British Youth Band Association, and boy, what a Championships it promised to be in all Divisions. 30 units performed in competition out of a season starting line of 45 units back in June, […]
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