On Saturday 21 September the talented youngsters of Thurrock Marching Brass, with an average age of just over 11 years, travelled to the Select Stadium in Widnes, Lancashire and competed in the Junior Class at the Drum Corps United Kingdom (www.dcuk.org.uk) 2019 British Championship Finals. Performing their 2019 production, “Apollo”, which is a celebration of […]
This time of the year is incredibly busy for lots of organisations like Liberty, as Summer rehearsals lead into the outdoor competition season. To prepare the members to perform at the Summer Rhythm competition, Liberty held a weekend camp, where daytime rehearsals were mixed in with evening team games. With lots of new members it […]
We are always really keen at Liberty to make sure that as many young people as possible know all about us. This year, with funding support from Northampton Borough Council, we have been running one-off workshops open to all young people…..and of course we hope that when they come along, they might want to come […]
Over the past few years non UK Corps have made the trip over to the UK to compete at the British Drum Corps Championships and 2019 is no exception. In recent years Corps from Holland and Ireland have competed and this year we have had Corps from Germany & Ireland register to be part of […]
DCUK are pleased to confirm the details of the venues for the 4 regional contests being held in 2019… ~ Sunday 16th June – Dorothy Hyman Stadium, Barnsley, South Yorkshire ~ Sunday 30th June – Woking FC, Woking, Surrey ~ Sunday 14th July -South Kesteven Stadium (Grantham Town FC) Grantham, Lincolnshire ~ Sunday 8th Sept […]
Liberty are looking to find a talented 15-18 year old creative to help us record our journey from our Spring rehearsals through to October’s British Youth Band Championships. This is a great opportunity for a year 11 or 6th form pupil to put together a portfolio of work for exams or interviews…or maybe for someone […]
Liberty are delighted to announce their 2019 Summer production – “The American Dream” The show opens as people from across Europe arrive at Ellis Island emigrating to a better life in the “New World”. We follow them, and their descendants, as they settle, build New York and follow their American Dreams. Read the rest of […]
This Saturday, 22nd September, the DCUK 39th British Drum Corps Championships is taking place at the Select Security Halton Stadium in Widnes, Cheshire, England. On line ticket sales are still open until Thursday night – http://www.dcuk.org.uk/about/tickets.html – and then will be available at the venue from 10am Saturday.
As Liberty members pulled into the grounds of Beaumanor Hall, they were greeted by the smell of field lining paint. Our generous volunteers were marking out a rehearsal field. This is where the corps would be spending the next two days, playing and marching through the show. The September camp is always a checkpoint for […]
For the past three years, Liberty have hosted Summer Rhythm; a marching arts show in Northamptonshire. This year, over 15 bands turned up to perform at a packed-out stadium at Corby Town Football Club. There were two main competitions taking place at Summer Rhythm; one hosted by British Youth Band Association and the other hosted […]
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