When founder Dave Loader first invited excited youngsters to take up an instrument ON 18 October 1973 and prepare to march their way into the history books, the very first lad through the door to do so was none other than Dan Doherty. Dan rose through the ranks to the eminent status of Staff Sgt. […]
Thurrock Marching Brass are thrilled that the members have elected Daniel Reynolds as their November 2015 Jack Petchey Achievement Award Winner. Daniel, or ‘Dan the Man’ as he likes to be known has been an integral part of the marching percussion section for a number of years after first starting off as a trumpet player […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 weather was perfect on Saturday 19th September as DCUK returned for the 3rd time to the fantastic facilities of the Select Security Stadium in Widnes, Cheshire for the 36th British Drum Corps Championships. Once again the “i-pitch” astro turf pitch provided a perfect marching surface for the competing units and so the day was […]
At a packed Select Stadium in Widnes on Saturday 19 September 2015 the young Lions of Thurrock Marching Brass competed to defend their 2014 Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) Junior Class British Championship title with their 2015 production called Leo, which tells the story of young Lion cubs growing up in the wild, getting captured, […]
What a day…what a weekend! Liberty took both the junior and senior corps to Thurrock for the Drum Corps United Kingdom Essex show….the last show before the British Championships. Read the rest of the article here.
Thurrock Marching Brass hosted, for the second year running, an elite marching band contest in the heart of Thurrock at Aveley Football Club on Sunday 6 September 2015. DCUK Essex attracted performing units from across the United Kingdom and they descended on Thurrock for a full day’s entertainment, which included our very own Junior marching […]
In 1990 the Southern Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Brighton, England embarked on a 3 week trip to the USA to be the first European Corps to compete at the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) World Championships which were held in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 2015 we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this tour. In […]
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