On Sunday 29 November 2015 members of Thurrock Marching Brass traveled to Leicester to compete in the British Youth Band Association (www.byba.org.uk) UK Individuals & Ensembles competition where they would pit their talents against youngsters from across the UK in what has always been an exciting and enjoyable experience for anyone who has taken part. […]
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. […]
The Blue Devils, the internationally acclaimed show band and performing arts youth development organisation from California, and System Blue Education, will be marching in tandem with SA’s Field Band Foundation (FBF) to provide unique lifeskills and active citizenship education to young South Africans. Frequent winners of America’s prestigious Drum Corp International Championships, the Blue Devils […]
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 […]
Performance opportunities sometimes come along that are great fun to do, help raise our local profile, and allow us to raise some funds…..and The Gunpowder Plot at Boughton House was all of those. And if that wasn’t enough, David Hasselhoff was there on the first night. Without even knowing it, we had drummed for the […]
The Indoor Music Games are coming to Middelburg – The Netherlands on Saturday 23rd April 2016, with a contest to be run in collaboration with Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps. The Indoor Music Games are a series of contests from February to May which will be held in several European countries. The shows are aimed […]
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 […]
Chilly days in July and August did nothing to subdue the exuberance of the thousands of people who took part in, or attended, Field Band Foundation regional championships held in the Northern Cape’s Kuruman, Gauteng’s Soweto, Eastern Cape’s Dordrecht, and Limpopo’s Thabazimbi. With substantial financial and other supported provided by the Department of Arts & […]
For the first time since 1985 the borough’s own Thurrock Marching Brass fielded a competitive marching band at a European Championships, where the young Lions would be outnumbered, outsized, and the clear underdogs for what turned out to be one of the most memorable European Championships for some time at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in […]
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