The province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, is bounded by Mozambique in the North the Drakensberg mountains to the West, the sea on the East and by the Transkei to the South. The climate of this province is basically sub tropical although winters in the north-west can be extremely cold sinking to as low as -10 C in winter time.  This province has an abundant wildlife and over and above the big five we have an enormous variety of game and bird species. Being a very fertile region, most types of crops grow very easily .  The major city in our province is Durban -it is also the main harbour in our region.

In the eighteen hundreds Natal was a British colony and when formal education institutions were established ,they were formed along the lines of the English public school system.  Initially bisley was the main cadet activity but in the 1920's the first bugle bands came into existence. It was only in 1953 that the various high schools first competed for what was known as the Administrator=s Trophy. The bugle/drum format was superseded by that of trumpets/drums and bugles in the early Sixties.  The total number of musicians in those days being 25 as well as a drum major. At that stage there were something of the order of 23 bands in the whole province. In order to extend the range of music that could be played, an all trumpet brass section was subsequently introduced. In the 1980s the number of bands began to decline but, on the positive side, a change was phased in, specifically that of a full brass band format.

In 1992 a decision was taken to form a brass band consisting of 70 members  chosen on merit and drawn from the various schools around the province.