On Saturday 18th July, at the Barnsley BYBA competition, the Kidsgrove Scouts 2009 production, “The Heart” had its second public performance. Kidsgrove Scouts took to the field of competition and produced a high quality performance despite the strong winds. They took first place and won the Music Effect, Visual Effect, Ensemble Music, Ensemble Visual, Field […]
Clay Wachholz brings to BYBA a diverse and successful career as a music educator. Mr. Wachholz currently serves as the Director of Bands at Cedarburg High School in Cedarburg Wisconsin. Other teaching positions in the past have included the Director of Bands at the International School of Brussels in Belgium and that of Director of […]
The Senators have topped the DCUK Warrington show, yesterday in Warrington. The corps scored 72.30. The Kidsgrove Scouts came in second with a score of 71.10. The corps had to perform in the rain again, although not quite as bad as the show last week in Arklow – Ireland. The Senators took the captions Music […]
Many of you will have observed the logo which Marching Youth Music (or the Federation) has displayed on our website and others during the whole of July – but what are you doing to maximise this opportunity of being part of a large UK-wide activity? Over the years, Marching Youth Music has raised the profile […]
Steve Wright the 2009 Drum Major and member of the Senators Drum and Bugle took charge of 582 kit drummers during the “Stick it to MS” largest drum ensemble world record attempt which was held at the National Indoor Arena Birmingham, England on Monday 13th July 2008 at the culmination of the National Guitarfest and […]
The Clonmel Bluehawks have topped the first DCE certified show in Ireland last Saturday. The event was a joint venture of the Irish Marching Band Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps United Kingdom. The Bluehawks scored 51.35. The Tallaght Festival Band came in second with 45.75, followed by the Inbhear Mór Marchers (45.10), Tallaght Youth Band […]
International musicians Jools Holland and Dame Evelyn Glennie have been joined by Sir Alan Sugar in supporting hundreds of youth marching bands as they perform to thousands of people during July’s ‘Marching Youth Music Month’ By playing outdoors in carnivals, processions and in festival arenas, youth marching bands perform to bigger audiences than any other […]
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary, the 37th Kingswood Scouts are proud to present their 2009 production entitled "A Classical Renaissance" which will explore works from some of the most important composers of the last 300 years. Using music from Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Glass, we will take you on a journey through Classicism, Romanticism, and The 20th […]
The 37th Kingswood Scouts took part in the Armed Forces Day parade in Kingswood. Both the Senior and Cadet Corps took part in the parade through Kingswood receiving a warm welcome from the general public. The Parade featured members of the Armed Forces, veterans and military vehicles. This was a good opportunity for the Corps […]
Due to unprecedented interest shown in the this years event, the original venue and home of last years championships (Northwich Victoria) was deemed too small to offer the anticipated numbers of fans and competitors the quality drum corps experience they expect. The double-tiered West Stand at Field Mill has a capacity of 5,500 (compared to […]
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