Scissett Youth Band was formed by a small group of enthusiastic youth musicians in 1978. SYB is now a group of around thirty five young musicians who meet every Thursday evening in Shelley Methodist Hall. Members are of all abilities and range in age from eight or nine through to late teens.
We're not a competitive band in the way many senior brass bands are but we do enter local, regional and national youth music festivals each year.
In 2001 we enjoyed considerable success and the highlight was being invited to play in the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the festival of Music for Youth. Again in 2005 we were once again invited to the Music for Youth finals, this time in Birminghams impressive Symphony Hall. Considering our members come from a small number of local villages this was a significant achievement when viewed against some of the county standard music school bands that played alongside us.
How successful are we?
So what else do we do?
We hold two major concerts each year; one in the summer usually at St Paul's in Huddersfield, the other at Christmas usually in Holmfirth Civic Hall. the members also busk around local villages, supermarkets and pubs at Christmas and these three events are our main fund raising activities. in 2001SYB had a very successful tour to Holland and the players had a thoroughly good time! The band plays in a number of local village galas in the summer; we play concerts for senior citizens and for several years have lead the Remembrance Sunday Parade in Honley. In short we believe we are a fundamental part of our local community and we reach a large number of local people throughout the year
Who plays in the band?
Click the SYB pic, to find out who the players are, who conducts them and much more about the bands management team
What is Scissett Youth Band?
