Traditional Youth Marching Bands Association

TYMBA (Traditional Youth Marching Bands Association)
Formation 1983 (1983)
Purpose Promotion of youth marching bands
Location
Website www.tymba.org

The Traditional Youth Marching Bands Association (TYMBA) is an organization related to marching bands in the United Kingdom.

It was formed in 1983 by a few like-minded friends who felt there was a need for an organisation to cater specifically for youth bands, which project a traditional British image and adopt a British military style of drill.

Objectives

  • To advance the education and training of young people and their leaders in all aspects of traditional banding.
  • To stimulate public awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of traditional banding.
  • To bring together member bands and undertake the performance of marching band music for the enjoyment of the public.

For more than 30 years TYMBA has been the home of the traditional youth marching band movement across the UK. Through training, competitions and other events we work to advance the education of young people through music.

http://www.tymba.org/about-us/

Organizational structure

TYMBA is run by its own members, who together, decide what they want from the association. A national committee is elected annually to manage the affairs of TYMBA. Our regional structure allows bands in each geographical region, South, Midlands and North, to meet regularly and feedback ideas and comments to the national committee through the regional meetings. The current chairman is Carl Nelson.

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Current Committee

Carl Nelson – Chairman - leaving post

Andy Downton – Vice Chairman and Communications & Marketing

Steph Cottrell – Secretary

Dave Wood – Treasurer

Sam Hewitt – Membership Secretary

Joanna Nelson – Head of Contesting

Ian Fazakerley – Official Photographer

Julie McKay

Dale King

Martin Rapley

Ade Evans

Current President

Stuart Warmington

Cpl Bugler HM Royal Marines Corps of Drums

Head of Marching at the British Drum Co.

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Bands classes

Currently TYMBA membership stands at 12 bands, divided into three competition classes, as of 2017.

Contest Class

Grafton District Scout Band

Kings Norton Youth Marching Band

TS Alacrity JCC

Championship Class

Biggleswade Sea Cadets

3rd Davyhulme Scout & Guide Band

5th Leek Scout & Guide Band

Syston Scout & Guide Band

Spen Valley Scout & Guide Band

National Class

Alderley District Scout Band

Rhyl Youth Marching Band

Thurmaston Marching Brass

Wirral Sound

Performing in the Open Class

Stone Scout & Guide Band

Not Competing/Unclassified

17th Tonbridge Scout and Guide Band

Sandhurst & District Corps of Drums

Haverettes All Girls Marching Band

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.tymba.org/about-us/
  2. ↑ http://www.tymba.org/about-us/
  3. ↑ http://www.tymba.org/bands/


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