Venus and Tyrone in front with the 1991 BBSA Executive
Ryan, Tyrone, Laverne and Jo-Lynn with the 2010/2012 BBSA (EC) Executive
Jo-Lynn and Tyrone with other BBSA members at Synod
Albert Frank and Jo-Lynn in Bethlehem, NC
Tyrone and Jo-Lynn in 2010 Hildesheim Group
Our Brass Ensemble is affiliated to the Moravian Brass Band Union of South Africa (BBSA), which was formed in 1951.  A number of our players have served on the executive of BBSA since its inception.  (Henry) Isaac Hitzeroth served on the first executive, and for a number of years thereafter.  He was followed by Henry A. Hitzeroth.  Thereafter James Brown, Antoinette Brown, Tyrone Hitzeroth, Venus Rasoul and Jo-Lynn Telling all served as Secretary.  Tyrone Hitzeroth also served as Chairperson and President.  Ulrich Jansen, Venus Rasoul and Ryan Jonas served as Vice-chairpersons.  Jo-Lynn Telling and Ulrich Jansen also served as Assistant secretaries.  Jo-Anne Brown and Laverne Louis served as executive members.

Tyrone Hitzeroth and Ulrich Jansen formed part of a delegation which represented BBSA at the Moravian Music Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA in 2003. Jo-Lynn Telling was on the delegation which represented BBSA at the Moravian Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 2006.

Tyrone Hitzeroth and Jo-Lynn Telling represented BBSA in talks with the Luthern Brass Band (LBB) in Namibia and also in talks leading up to the founding the Evangelical Brass Band Association of Southern Africa (EBBASA) in 2004.  Tyrone Hitzeroth was elected as the first Chairman of EBBSA and still serves in that capacity.  The founding associations were BBSA, ELKSA (N-T), FELSISA and LBB.

Tyrone Hitzeroth, Jo-Anne Brown, Shareen Brown, Charmaine Fox and Berenice Leeuwskieter formed part of the first BBSA group to visit Germany in 1987.  The main purpose of that visit was to participate in the 90th Anniversary of the YMCA Brass Band of Dettingen, Germany.  The leader of that group was Michael Balie, the then President of BBSA and a member of our congregation. 

Tyrone Hitzeroth, Lester Jonas and Marlon Louis were part of the BBSA group that that visited Germany and Holland in 2000, with Tyrone Hitzeroth as the tour leader.  The main purpose of that visit was to participate in the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany.  During that visit, Tyrone Hitzeroth signed a Partnership Agreement with Posaunenwerk Hannover, as president of BBSA.  

Tyrone Hitzeroth and Jo-Lynn Telling were part of the BBSA group that visited Namibia in 2003, with Tyrone Hitzeroth as the tour leader.  Adam Mohamed accompanied the group, on this fateful journey, as a driver of one of the busses.  The main purpose of that visit was to participate in the 40th Anniversary celebrations of LBB.

Tyrone Hitzeroth and Jo-Lynn Telling were part of the BBSA group that visited Germany in 2010.  The main purpose of that visit was to participate in the Brass Band Festival of Posaunenwerk Hannover in Hildesheim to co-incide with the 1000th Anniversary of the St Michael's Church in Hildesheim.

 
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