Kings Norton Royal British Legion Youth Marching Band
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Kings Norton Royal British Legion Youth Marching Band is a local marching band from Kings Norton
, Birmingham
, England
, which uses bugle
s, fife
s and both tuned and un-tuned percussion.
The band attends several events across the UK including competitions in which they were extremely successful throughout the 2006 season. The band came away from each event with first place. Due to this success, in November 2006, the band were invited to the Traditional Youth Marching Band Association (TYMBA) National championships and were made TYMBA National Champions 2006 and 2006 league winners. The band will be resuming competition in the 2007 season in the contest class. On the 4 March 2007, the band entered a Drill Squad in to the Royal British Legion Brentwood Drill Competition. The band achieved 48/50 for its drill, winning the competition. The squad also came second in the turnout marks with 47/50. During the 2007 TYMBA season, the band has won first place in the contest class at both the Hornchurch Marching band championships and the Halesowen Scout Band Competition.
Kings Norton
Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also a Birmingham City Council ward within the formal district of Northfield.-History:...
, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
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, which uses bugle
Bugle (instrument)
The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, having no valves or other pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series...
s, fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
s and both tuned and un-tuned percussion.
The band attends several events across the UK including competitions in which they were extremely successful throughout the 2006 season. The band came away from each event with first place. Due to this success, in November 2006, the band were invited to the Traditional Youth Marching Band Association (TYMBA) National championships and were made TYMBA National Champions 2006 and 2006 league winners. The band will be resuming competition in the 2007 season in the contest class. On the 4 March 2007, the band entered a Drill Squad in to the Royal British Legion Brentwood Drill Competition. The band achieved 48/50 for its drill, winning the competition. The squad also came second in the turnout marks with 47/50. During the 2007 TYMBA season, the band has won first place in the contest class at both the Hornchurch Marching band championships and the Halesowen Scout Band Competition.