scaba made a welcome return to live, local, music-making today with our first event since the 2020 Spring contest. 10 bands played to a packed audience today in a new venue at Reigate College. We were joined by scaba VP Sharon McCallum with her popular trade stand and all enjoyed some wonderful music making and…
Continue Reading
We enjoyed a change of date and venue today for our annual Spring contest. Adjudicator Nicholas Garman was treated to committed performances from 14 bands, many of whom will be able to build on his comments and today’s experience their preparations for the Regional qualifying contest in Stevenage in a couple of weeks. Congratulations to…
Continue Reading
The Hawth Theatre in Crawley welcomed 10 bands to scaba’s annual Autumn contest last Sunday, 29th September. The day started with the B section for Third, Fourth, Youth Section and Ungraded Bands. Adjudicator Tom Hutchinson was treated to a fantastic selection of pieces and thanked all the bands for their high standard and enjoyable performances….
Continue Reading
scaba’s annual Spring contest was held at The Hawth theatre in Crawley on Sunday 24th February. Adjudicator Melvin White enjoyed a variety of music including the set test pieces for the upcoming Regional contests. Full Result: Congratulations to all prize winners and big thanks to Melvin White, all competing bands and the scaba and Hawth…
Continue Reading
After a year off due to issues with our usual venue, the solo and quartet contest returned to Burgess Hill on 19th January. Adjudicator David Loftus enjoyed a total of 18 solos and 3 quartets, with a high standard of music making by all performers. Congratulations to all of our prize winners, and special mention…
Continue Reading
scaba’s annual Autumn Contest returned to the Hawth in Crawley on Sunday 30th September with a new format designed to appeal to a wider range of competing bands and audiences alike. Adjudicator Sarah Groarke-Booth enjoyed a high standard of performance all day, with 19 bands playing in two combined sections. Godalming Band took top honours…
Continue Reading
scaba’s annual Spring contest was held at The Hawth theatre in Crawley on Sunday 25th February. Adjudicator David Hirst enjoyed a variety of music including the set test pieces for the upcoming Regional contests. Full Result: Congratulations to all prizewinners and big thanks to David Hirst, all competing bands and the scaba and Hawth teams…
Continue Reading
The 2017 Autumn Contest was held on 24th September at The Hawth in Crawley. Many thanks to adjudicator Dr David Lancaster, the scaba team, Hawth staff and of course the competing bands for a smooth-running, enjoyable day of music making. Adjudicator: Dr David Lancaster
Continue Reading
scaba’s annual Entertainment contest took place at The Hawth today, with bands playing a great selection of music to an appreciative audience of their peers and adjudicators Glyn and Helen Williams on their first visit to a scaba event. Glyn and Helen had a total of 100 points available to award each performance, with Glyn…
Continue Reading
scaba held their annual Spring contest at The Hawth in Crawley today. Adjudicator Nick Garman and audiences enjoyed great selection of pieces and some excellent performances, although the number of competing bands was very low. Unfortunately the association cannot continue to run this contest without more entries from our local bands. In 2018 and 2018…
Continue Reading