A Brief History

The band tour has become a tradition over many years. Typically the band travel south for a week of concerts as arranged by the local Lions club of the venue. The accommodation is usually basic, when I say basic I mean all members sleeping in a single room on the floor. This is a great team building exercise and nobody ever forgets their Lions tours.

The tour always ends with a concert back home in South Cheshire for the relatives, friends, supporters of the band as well as many others who come to support the various charities that benefit from this concert.

Over the past few years Tours have also included foreign trips. Many of the recent tours are documented with their own page (see the links left).

The Full list of Lions Youth Brass tours so far is:

1992: Frimley, Bradhurst, Hastings, Eastbourne.
1993: Frimley Worthing, Littlehampton, Lyminton, Weymouth, Telford.
1994: May Bank Holiday; Eastbourne. Hastings, Bridport, Weymouth, Lymington, Lichfield.
1995: Clevedon, Weston-Super-Mare, Sidmouth, Brixham, Lymington, Alsager.
1996: Clevedon, Sidmouth, Plymouth, Bude, South Moulton.
1997: Plymouth, Sidmouth, South Moulton, Clevedon, Romiley.
1998: Devon and The Isle of Wight.
1999: Devon Coast
2000: Norfolk
2001: Tour of South Wales
2002: Tour of South Wales
2003: Torquay
2004: Cheb in the Czech Republic - to take part in The International Youth Festival For Music. The band was the only UK band to take part along with 25 other bands from all over the world.
2005: Eastbourne
2006: Minehead
2007: Torquay & Minehead
2008: Costa Blanca, South East Spain
2009: Costa Blanca, South East Spain
2010: Costa Blanca, South East Spain
2011: Portsmouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, Telford

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