The Original 3rd Glasgow
Company, the Boys Brigade was formed at the beginning of March 1885
and was attached to Battlefield East Church of Scotland from
the 8th November 1901. Due to lack of members, the
Company ceased to function on 31st August 1997, just
short of its Centenary (8th November 2001).
Perhaps the pinnacle of band work in the 3rd
Glasgow in the period 1975 to 1994 was reached when they appeared in
the National Finals of the British Youth Band Championships at
Wembley Arena on the 9th November 1987. They were
acclaimed as British Youth Band Champions, the first and only time
this title has been out of England. They almost repeated this
success in 1988 but on count back were placed second behind the
Bristol Unicorns. Their thirteen-minute "Swan Lake" programme was
widely acclaimed
Although no longer functioning, the 3rd Glasgow had an
active ex-members association, which has been in continuous
operation since 1934. Currently they have a mailing list of well
over 100.
For more detail on the 3rd Glasgow BB goto this
website
Ian P Ritchie,Captain 3rd Glasgow Company of the Boys
Brigade. May 2001
3rd Glasgow B.B. SUPREME CHAMPIONS
BRITISH MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wembley Arena
9th November 1987
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ928Imtlf0
This video I got from You Tube its absolutely fabulous, the tears
were running down my cheeks watching it, brilliant.... well done
everyone.
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Email. July 2008, Bandmaster of 3rd Glasgow,
Mr.Barrington R. Barr Really nice
and quite emotional to see 3rd Glasgow Championship Band on
GlescaPals. My name is Barry Barr and I had the honour of being the
Bandmaster of 3rd Glasgow during this successful period which
spanned over 10 years.
The youngsters certainly
worked very hard and the discipline had to be 100% to achieve the
standards we had set ourselves. We felt we were getting these great
results not just for 3rd Glasgow, but also for our great city where
the Boys' Brigade was born. We also had a massive support down South
in England where most of our competition work was undertaken !
I tried to get this
performance shown on both BBC and STV but I did not even get a reply
from them. They only seem to be interested in showing the bad side
of youth and no real interest in the positive side. The 3rd
Glasgow are now unfortunately defunct but we have some great
memories.
Barrington R. Barr
Barry,
I
am delighted you are pleased I have the 3rd Glasgow
mentioned on my GlescaPals website
and thank you for taking the time to contact me. I stumbled across
the 3rd Glasgow video and what a performance
Barry my hearty thanks and congratulations for all you achieved with
this Boys' Brigade Band. Regards, Webmaister .
Guestbook, Feb.2009, Adrian, Tongue,
Nottingham. Loved your video of
the 3rd Glasgow BB they were the best band ever even when they had
their splits. At the 1987 championships I was just behind the field
commander it was an awesome show and the Swan Lake the year after. I
am now a Company Captain in Nottingham.
Email. Oct.2009, Rev.Neil Glover, Flemington-Hallside
Church
Incredible stuff, to think that that standard was reached by a bunch
of teenagers from Glasgow, and the guy in charge looks quite young
as well, Neil
