Thurrock Marching Brass were crowned as the British Youth Band Association (www.byba.org.uk) 2013 Cadet Class League Champions on Sunday 22 September 2013 after competing at the Brass Explosion competition held in Staffordshire. Competing against their own previously highest score the young band secured their second consecutive victory, posting a new highest score in the cadet […]
The DCE European Championships will be held in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium until 2017. Drum Corps Europe and Roda JC have signed a five-year contract. The event moved from Rotterdam (where Sparta was its host) to the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in 2008. Meanwhile, the DCE European Championships have become the biggest drum corps event in […]
Thurrock Marching Brass joined the cast of the 2013 Expression! Show, hosted by the High Voltage Big Band on Saturday 14 September 2013 and performed to an enthusiastic and packed Towngate Theatre in Basildon, Essex. Performing their 2013 summer program entitled Ker-Ching! Which features the music of legendary pop group ABBA the young performers were joined on stage by Corps […]
Marching and Performing Arts UK (MPA:UK) is pleased and proud to announce the launch of the UK Fan Network featuring videos from Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) and Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK) Championships. Currently over 200 performances are available to access (DCUK 1984 to 1996 plus 2012 and WGUK 2010 to 2012) and over […]
Thurrock Marching Brass celebrates its 40th Anniversary on 18 October at the Civic Hall in Grays this year, and how fitting it was to have some of the old boys at hand to help hand out new instruments to the members. John Loader (Son of Founder David J. E Loader), Danny Doherty and Paul Meadows, […]
Thurrock Marching Brass are proud to confirm Paul Grundy as Vice President of the organisation. Paul and his wife Jill have been involved in Marching Bands for over 35 years and were the successful leaders of the well known and respected Blue Ambassadors Drum & Bugle Corps. A Corps that many of the staff at TMB […]
After a successful 2013 season celebrating TA’s long and inspiring history, guardians past and present of The Academy got together over the summer to discuss the challenges in taking the much treasured organisation forward. The current Chair, Lisa Darton, would soon have to leave her position heading up the organisation as she prepares for exciting new beginnings that […]
With the tickets for the 2013 DCUK British Drum Corps Championships having just gone on sale we thought now would be a good time to take a look back to last years Championships in Mansfield and make all the 2012 Finals performances available free to view for the next few weeks. This service is being […]
The Box Office for the 34th British Drum Corps Championships, being held on Saturday 21st September at the Select Security Stadium, Widnes, Cheshire will be opening on Monday 22nd July 2013 at 8am and ticket prices are as follows: £16.00 – Gold Seating Area £13.00 – Silver Seating Area £10.00 – Bronze Seating Area £FREE […]
Thurrock Marching Brass attended their first competitive show on Sunday 7 July 2013, which was held at Coseley School in the West Midlands. Competing in the Cadet Class, the show saw the young marching band up against 5 time Cadet Class Champions the 37th Kingswood Cadets, who had not lost a single Championship for the […]
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