The British Youth Band Association are again proud to announce that it’s Festival of Fun and Music (which is now celebrating it’s amazing 25th Year!) looks set to be an extremely well attended affair again for 2007, and with the top National and International instructional staff now being finalized, if you are wanting to attend […]
Draft details of the exciting South Coast Tour, “On the Road Again” are now available below. Any Band/Corps wishing to take part in this amazing adventure and an experience not to be missed should send all enquiries to Bob Girvan, event organizer at navrig [at] hotmail [dot] com. A full meeting has been arranged to […]
The British Youth Band Association continues to support Destination Events/London Parade New Year Day Parade. Over one hundred acts participated in the world’s biggest parade which marches from Parliament Street through to Piccadilly. This was the 21st London New Year’s Day Parade and 18 High School Marching Bands from the United State, plus units from […]
Trinity High School in Nottingham was the venue for the first ever Marching Boot Camp, an event designed to promote and encourage the principals of marching movement. 36 marching members and staff took part in the pilot event on December 2nd, led through a series of workshops, group challenges and games by a team of […]
The 37th Kingswood Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps are pleased to announce their return to the British Youth Bands Association circuit as our main competing activity for 2007. As part of the corps development plans in 2006, we have been planning to return to BYBA for the 2007 season. Read the rest of the article […]
The British Youth Band Association (BYBA) and Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom (MPA-UK), representing both Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) and Winterguard United Kingdom (WGUK), are pleased to announce that, following the first official meeting between the two organisations, a new Strategic Partnership has been formed to ensure, following the successful Europe wide talks […]
After another successful DCE European Championships in which BYBA Member Corps demonstrated their clear dedication to the Drum Corps Experience, the boards of DCE and BYBA were unanimous in agreeing that the next steps from a strategic perspective was to work closer together to ensure that more members can enjoy the experience that both organizations […]
The 2006 BYBA Individuals & Ensembles Competition was blessed with not only a 10 year record entry level, but also with an extremely appreciative and enthusiastic audience for all sections. The event, which took place on Saturday 18th November saw over 70 competitors showcase their immense talents and anyone who attended this show would agree […]
At the 33rd BYBA Annual General Meeting, held on 19 th November 2006, the membership unanimously voted in favour of accepting open age units into Competition for the 2007 season, and have introduced a new class called the BYBA Associates Class. Any unit that elects to march in excess of the rule for overage members […]
After two extremely successful Think Tank events where Members of Council met with Member Units to look at ways in which to shape the future of BYBA, one of the more sensitive subjects of Open Age received a thorough airing and was debated at length and with passion by all who attended. Read the rest […]
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