We’re still here!
Things have been very quiet in the banding world since the outbreak of Covid-19, but the scaba team is still keeping in touch behind the scenes and we’re here for our bands. We will be holding a meeting over Zoom at 7pm on Sunday 18th October. There is not a formal agenda as the Association…
Continue Readingscaba Bands lead the way in London & Southern Counties Region
The weekend of 16th/17th March saw the culmination of this year’s Regional qualifying contests for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, with our local bands heading to Stevenage for the London & Southern Counties regional contests. The Third Section started the LSC contest on Saturday morning, and scaba was represented by 5 bands…
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SCYB Easter Course 2018
The Southern Counties Youth band held their 4th annual residential course in the stunning setting of the Anniversary Halls at St Catherine’s School in Bramley from 3rd to 6th April, with guest MD Ian Porthouse back by popular demand. Ian led the band through a full programme of challenging music during the week including a…
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Join us in 2018
scaba is the local association for brass bands in the South East of England, and we don’t just organise contests! Benefits to our member bands include: ♪ Funding and organisation of the Southern Counties Youth Band, with discounted subs for players from member bands ♪ Free advertising on the scaba website and social media ♪…
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Changes to scaba Contesting in 2018
The scaba Spring contest will be moving from its traditional April date to 25th February in 2018, giving bands an ideal opportunity to test-run their pieces for the Regional contests in March. The contest schedule and entry form will be circulated to scaba member bands and downloadable from the website at the end of December….
Continue ReadingRegional Contests ~ Registrations Reminder
With the Regional qualifying contests of the National Championships of GB fast approaching, we’ve had a number of queries about rules and timelines affecting registration of new players. All players competing in the London & Southern Counties Regional contest in Stevenage must be registered with the Brass Band Players Registry (BBP) by Friday 10th…
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Contest Dates Confirmed
Dates have now been confirmed for all scaba full band contests in 2017, 18 & 19. Please note that the Spring contest will be in April again in 2017, and then move to the end of FEBRUARY in 2018 & 2019. This earlier date could be an ideal opportunity for bands to get some performance…
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scaba Autumn Contest 2016
updated 25/08/16 scaba’s annual Autumn contest will be held at The Hawth, Crawley, on Sunday 25th September. Our adjudicators for the day will be Mike Kilroy (Youth, 3rd & 2nd sections) and Dennis Wilby (1st & Championship sections). 22 bands have entered: Third Section Bletchington Silver -Sheldon Barwick Brighton & Hove City Brass – Matthew…
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2016 Entertainment Contest Results
Full Results from the annual scaba Entertainment contest, held yesterday (22/05/16) at The Hawth, Crawley: Adjudicator Michael Fowles awarded marks for Musical performance (60), Entertainment Value (30) and Presentation & Deportment (10). He congratulated all the bands for presenting programmes which all made him smile, and was particularly impressed with the quality of all the…
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