The Association’s Annual General Meeting will be held over Zoom on Sunday 10th April at 7pm.
To join the meeting, copy and paste this link into your internet browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84784192234?pwd=QTBnaHJJQUM0cTQyYkJTZ3FKQWhGQT09
or open the Zoom app and enter Meeting ID: 847 8419 2234 / Passcode: 539334
Please note that we will be electing our Chairperson for a term of 3 years, and we have a vacancy for the role of Treasurer as our current officer wishes to retire from the post.
Please send nominations for the posts of Chairperson and Treasurer to secretary@scaba.co.uk before the AGM, including a note of a seconder and the nominee’s consent.
The AGM will be followed by an Quarterly Forum which is your opportunity to ask questions of the scaba team and get involved in our discussions and plans for future activities.
All scaba member bands are encouraged to participate and anyone with an interest in banding in this region is welcome to join us.
This meeting will be held online over Zoom. A link to join the meeting will be emailed to member bands’ representatives and posted here a few days beforehand.
MEETING POSTPONED to 18 September.
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association will be held via Zoom at 7pm on Sunday 21st August.
The EGM has been called to elect a new Treasurer for the Association and adopt three updates to the constitution as discussed and agreed by the last Executive Committee/quarterly forum meeting.
Notice of the EGM with an agenda and details of the proposed changes to the constitution has been circulated to member bands 07/08/22.
Join us for our annual Spring Contest at the fabulous Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on the University of Sussex Campus between Brighton and Lewes.
This is a March and Own-choice Test Piece contest; perfect for a run-out before the areas!
Bands please click HERE to download your contest information and Entry Form.
The contest is open to the public; tickets are available on the day for £5:00
(Over 65/under 18 concessions £3:00, children under 10 free).
13/09/23 – CANCELLED.
Unfortunately there are not enough entries for this event to be viable.
We thank those bands who did enter for their support, and look forward to a larger entry at our Spring Contest.
The Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) is open to any brass players and percussionists aged 18 and younger, and will be meeting for our first rehearsal of this academic year at Worth School near Crawley on Sunday 26th November.
The membership subscription is £60 (discounted to £50 for any players from scaba Member bands).
Please click HERE to download a membership pack, or contact scabasecretary@gmail.com for more info.
Join the Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) on 30th December to play some different music, meet fellow banders and blow away the Christmas cobwebs.
Anyone who can play a brass band instrument is welcome to join the fun and get to know the SCYB team and band members… there’s no age limit for this day!!
For more info (or just to let us know you’re coming along) please email scabasecretary@gmail.com
The Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) is open to any brass players and percussionists aged 18 and younger, and meets for regular rehearsals at Worth School near Crawley.
Join us on Sunday 28th January – all players welcome!
The membership subscription is £60 (discounted to £50 for any players from scaba Member bands).
Please click HERE to download a membership pack, or contact scabasecretary@gmail.com for more info.
The Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) is open to any brass players and percussionists aged 18 and younger, and meets for regular rehearsals at Worth School near Crawley.
Join us on Sunday 18th February – all players welcome!
The membership subscription is £60 (discounted to £50 for any players from scaba Member bands).
Please click HERE to download a membership pack, or contact scabasecretary@gmail.com for more info.
Annual Spring Contest at the ACCA on the University of Sussex just outside Brighton.
Perfect timing to run out your area test pieces before Stevenage!
Our adjudicator will be Anne Crookston (see aobba.com/user/annecrookston for more information).
Large percussion will be provided by GI Percussion.
Click HERE to download the contest info and Entry Form
The Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) is open to any brass players and percussionists aged 18 and younger, and meets for regular rehearsals at Worth School near Crawley.
Join us on Sunday 24th March – all players welcome!
The membership subscription is £60 (discounted to £50 for any players from scaba Member bands).
Please click HERE to download a membership pack, or contact scabasecretary@gmail.com for more info.