The bugle is one of the simplest brass instrument.  it is essentially a small horn with no valves.  All pitch control is done by varying the player’s embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series.

The bugle is used mainly in the military , where the bugle has evolved away from its military origins, growing valves. Bugles in drum and bugle corps are typically pitched in G.

Bugle in the Boys’ Brigade

Bugle is one of the traditional instrument tat widely use by most of the Boys’ brigade companies around the globe since the organization was formed until today.A bugler plays an very important roles in the company weekly meeting. Boys can obtain a “bugler award” by undergoing some bugle call test and practically serve as a bugler in weekly meetings.

Role of Bugle

In Boys’ Brigade, the role of  bugle calls came to be used as signals to announce events to the troops. The calls that normally used in a Boys’ Brigade weekly meeting includes, “warning for parade”, “fall-In”, “reveille” and “retreat” some others bugle call like “Last post”, “light off”, “orderly sgt”, “last dinner call” and etc are widely use in BB camping.

*49th Edinburgh Boys’ Brigade Bugler in year 1907-8

Just some pictures to updates on some activities we’ve done during this March.

1. Drill Camp

During this school holiday, our company organized a drill camp with the attendance of 15 boys. In this 3 days 2 nite drill camp, boys gone thru a tough and intensive Basic drill award scheme which enable them to speed up the learning process to gain their Drill basic award. A basic drill award class had started right after this camp.

*Theory class

* Practical Class

* Polishing their uniform Parts

2. First Aid Basic award.

This month counts the end of our first aid basic award class. 17 boys had attended their First Aid basic award test.

10 out of 17 has passed their First Aid basic award.

* First Aid test in action

3. Band class

March marks the history of our company, we’ve started our very own Band class!! Currently we start with Bugles( one of the traditional instrument which identify BB) and drums. This is also a traditional BB band formation back to over 100 years ago when BB just started in Glassgow, UK.

*Buglers practising

* Drummers practicing drum rolls

4. Promotion

During this march’s church parade, 4 private promoted to L/cpl and 2 L/cpl promoted to Cpl.

Namely,

Promotion from Pte to L/cpl -:

Pte Rocky Ting

Pte Thien Khai Loong

Pte Fabian Chin

Pte Nathan Ng

Promotion from L/cpl to CPL

L/cpl Leong Yii How

L/cpl Liu Jou Ann

Congratulations guys! Remember, be the good Example of your boys. The higher rank your’re wearing, the heavier responsibility u are holding, Do your best Ncos!!

Please submit all your computer knowldge (basic) assignment papers and softcopy to W/O Edmund Wong latest by this saturday.

**Late submission will not be entertained.

Company T-shirt Design, have u all done?

Please submit to us latest by this week.

WELCOMING PARTY + STATION GAME

Date: 21/02/2009

Time:2.00pm

Venue: SMK Jalan Arang

Last saturday, a total of 17 new recruits joining our february 1st meeting.

Lt.Donny welcoming all the new boys, and explaining BB to all of them.

Program committee conducts a ice-breaking game to all the boys.

Recruits Game in action 1

Recruits Game in action 2

Introducing Drill to all the recruits.