Milestones of the Band
During this difficult year, Roy Nowell was awarded his 70-year award for services to Scouting. A massive achievement.
The band celebrated 90 years, with a get together of old members reminiscing over the old scrapbooks and an impromptu performance on the Eb trumpets and drums! Stefan Dumbleton took over as bandmaster after being involved with the band for over 30 years.
The band again join up with their Friends, the Jersey Scout Band, to take part in the Battle of the flowers
The band are again invited to join the Jersey Battle of the Flowers parade
Roy Nowell awarded MBE in the Queen’s New Year honours list.
Band return to Jersey to take part in the Battle of Flowers to celebrate 75 years of the band
The band again perform at Windsor Castle. Entertaining the Royal review of Queens Scouts with their display and concert pieces.
The band adopted the complete new uniform and embraced a comprehensive change of appearance.
Scouting’s highest award, the Silver Wolf was awarded to Roy Nowell for ‘Services of the most exceptional nature in promoting and developing British Scout Banding over a period of 52 years.
Ray, Holliday, David Holliday, and Dean Cowell were all awarded the Medal of Merit for excellent service to the 13th band over a period of 30 years.
Our 70th Birthday celebrations. ‘Avant Garde’ our highly popular LP recording re-issued in CD form. The band goes on the internet with our own web page. The Band created a technological breakthrough by going on ‘the web’ with its own website, an instant success
Full band display and concert performance at Windsor Castle attended by the Queen. We became the first Scout Band to be given the personal permission of the monarch to perform in this way.
Drum corps took part in the Royal Queen’s Scout Parade at Windsor Castle and created such a good impression that an invitation was extended for the whole band in 1997. Took part in the celebration parade to mark the Queen’s Birthday in London, marching from Horse Guards Parade down the…Read More
Fanfares for International Freemen’s Conference Banquet at St. Mary’s Guild Hall to many accolades.
Concert at Westminster Abbey for ‘Thinking Day’ Service. Took a prominent part in Coventry’s Blitz Commemoration events.
Concert in and outside Coventry Cathedral ‘Salute to Youth’.
Another royal performance at the Albert Hall. ‘London Venture’ attended by King Olav of Norway and members of the British royal family. We received a standing ovation and a personal letter of congratulation on behalf of the King. This was our Diamond Jubilee and we celebrated with a huge reunion…Read More
Royal performance at Windsor Castle for the Queen’s Scout Parade. Our bandmaster honoured by the local newspaper as ‘Citizen of the Month’.
Concert in Westminster Central Hall for ‘Thinking Day’ service. Stunning indoor performance at the Hotel Metropole, NEC for a Banquet of Independent School Head Teachers.
Produced own band spectacular at the Bedworth Civic Hall ‘Fanfare for 87’ and deemed the most successful amateur event there that year.
Concert performance in Coventry Cathedral Scout Commemoration Service. Organised and played as the anchor band in a massed Scout Band Spectacular for the opening of the Stoke on Trent Garden Festival. Swedish tour, playing on a North Sea Cruise Ship and parading through the streets of Gothenburg before playing for…Read More
Fanfare team at the Royal Albert Hall for ‘Spotlight on Youth’ attended by members of the Royal Family.
Played for foreign royal families at the World Lifeguard Championships at the National Exhibition Centre.
Changed to marching brass valved instruments. Finalists in the British Open Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall.
Reunion dinner on March 31st. Jubilee tour of Jersey and Channel Isles.
Royal Tournament appearance; Avant Garde re-issued.
Royal performance, Albert Hall, Royal film premiere, Royal fanfare at ‘Scout’ lifeboat launching. Received the Swiss Music Club international award. Television appearance. ‘Salute to the Queen’ at Buckingham Palace.
Supreme Champions replica award donated in recognition of our outstanding achievements. Royal film premiere.
Runners up Supreme Champions. World Jamboree UK Band formed with our leaders and our music. Royal film premiere.
Supreme Champions, appeared at Batley Variety Club and at Wembley Stadium.
Supreme Champions. Continental tour. Lord Mayor’s Show in London.
Our LP Avant Garde released. Another immediate sell-out. Regained Supreme Championship. Band received French Le Clerc Medal of Honour. Appeared again at Windsor Castle, Royal Albert Hall and London’s Guildhall.
Royal fanfares in Westminster Abbey, runners up to Supreme Champions. Roy conducted 1,000 Scout bandsmen playing our music.
Supreme Champions. First Scout Band to play at Windsor Castle. Command performance at the Albert Hall, first Scout Band to appear in St. Paul’s Cathedral(twice in three months).
Supreme Champions. Free French reunion at the Albert Hall
Supreme Champions again, two Royal film premieres, television appearances.
Supreme Champions again. We made our first record, an EP which was a sell-out. First royal appearance at the Albert Hall. Played at the World Roller Skating Championships, also at the Royal Festival Hall, two television appearances and enjoyed a civic reception by the Mayor
Second hand Eb trumpets purchased, Gs were sold. Our first royal engagement in Westminster Abbey. We won 19 championships including the National Supreme championship again.
‘Operation Steptoe’ was launched to buy new drums. We became the first National Scout Band Supreme Champions.
Winners of both the ‘Midland’ and North of England championships.
First championship success at the ‘Midland Open’.
Purchase of ‘junk’ instruments from a scrap yard turned the band into a G trumpet band. Old RAF rope drums also obtained.
Roy Nowell took over as instructor then eventually as bandmaster.
Band re-formed by Bill ‘Skip’ Hancox with the original bass drum and four kettledrums plus an array of old second-hand bugles.
Instruments loaned to the Home Guard for the duration of the war.
Band formed by H. Stinchcombe with fifes and drums.