At our recent Spring contest, It gave the scaba team great pleasure to present Janet Blackford with a thoroughly deserved award for 50 years service to brass banding. Janet started her banding career with Godalming Band and, with the encouragement of her parents Bob and Peggy Tucker, joined the National Youth Brass Band of Great…
Continue ReadingSouthern Counties Youth Band is Recruiting
Following another successful Easter course under the leadership of Ian Porthouse, the Southern Counties Youth Band is recruiting for the 2016/17 academic year. The SCYB was set up by scaba to encourage young brass players to improve their playing ability and to have fun making music. The band meets once a month on a Sunday….
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Stars of Brass with Ben Dixon in Oxted
Oxted Band is pleased to announce the latest ‘Stars of Brass’ concert: Saturday 16th April St John’s Church, Hurst Green, Surrey RH8 9EA 7.30pm This year’s featured soloist is Ben Dixon, principal EEb tuba of the world famous Black Dyke Band. Ben joined Black Dyke in 2013, and following 3 years studying performance at Salford,…
Continue ReadingSCYB Easter Course
The Southern Counties Youth Band Easter Course will be led by Ian Porthouse in the stunning facilities of St Catherine’s School, Bramley, from Tues 29th March – Fri 1st April – don’t miss out! Don’t worry if you can’t commit to the full residential course, we are open to day students so anyone can…
Continue ReadingFriary Guildford Band ~ L&SC Regional Champions
Friary Guildford cemented its position as the South’s number one band on Sunday, retaining the title of London & Southern Counties Regional Champions at Stevenage and securing a return to the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall for the fourth successive year. Despite being drawn as the first band to play – never a…
Continue ReadingUpdated Rules and Conditions for Registrations, Contesting and Day Transfers
Following the last Quarterly Forum meeting held in January, there have been a number of amendments to our Contesting, Registration and Day Transfer rules. Updated rules and Day Transfer form have been sent to member bands today and can be accessed on this site. The key changes are: Rules & Conditions for Contesting &…
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