It will come as no surprise to anyone that in terms of the recent flooding, Upton on Severn, the original home of the Severn Vale Marching Band Championships, was one of the worst hit areas, and one point the sports field which is hired for the BYBA contest was under 5 feet of water!! Well, […]
The “Summer Break” (excluding the weather this year) is coming to the end and we approach the second half of the season with a more determined attitude to finish off this year on a positive note. The experiences have been both high and low this season from the impact of flooding, loss of accommodation and […]
The tour culminated with a fantastic evening in Perranporth on the North coast of Cornwall on Saturday night. Picture the following scene: Golden sands with surf rolling in with the incoming tide. Each wave seeming to be more powerful than the last one. The sun gradually setting, a warm evening breeze. The arena was on […]
Following a successful trip nto Devon, the Corps moved to Cornwall with a journey of 90 miles further west to Truro. Once again based in a Methodist Church Hall both Corps made the most of Thursday either rehearsing or surfing followed by a very welcome shower at Truro College. Up bright and early Poynton Commodores […]
Day three of the Tour saw the two bands Warwick & Poynton performing in Teignmouth Devon. After an earlier than expected start to the day due to a Coffee morning at the Church where the bands were staying, both groups made use of the warm sunny weather to rehearse at a nearby sports centre before […]
Both Corps arrived safely on Sunday afternoon and immediately headed for the beaches for a quick swim – a little cold I hear but nothing to deter some of the Poynton guys. Everyone met up at the Methodist Church in Newton Abbott after their evening service and lots of energy was put in to getting […]
You can now order your British Youth Band Association Finals Tickets On Line through the main web site at www.byba.org.uk and use a multitude of transaction options including Credit/Debit Cards as well as Paypal if you have an account there also. Simply click on the National Finals Ticket Sales Banner at the top of the […]
Well folks all the plans are now in place. Two Corps will be setting off from their respective HQs in Cheshire and Warwick on Sunday morning and travelling to Devon. Poynton Commodores and Warwick Girls will meet up in Newton Abbott where they will be based for the Devon leg of the tour. Approximately 80 […]
A large field of 21 Bands and Corps made their way to Barnsley in the North of England for the last BYBA show in the first half of the season. It was also the first time that the DCE system was to be used in the UK as a trial for Division 1 and Associate […]
Over the last few months the Directors of both VP and 37th have been in discussions about how both organisations can work together to raise both organisations profiles to support a separate winter and summer programme with no impact to their organisation and the activity as a whole. They have now decided to enter in […]
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