There has always been a turnover of membership as older boys leave the boys home to find jobs and younger ones join the band. This section includes some close-up pictures of band members in the early to mid-1990s.
Taken around 1992. Seated from left: Dedi Purba, Turman and Amosir Zagota. Danias (standing in foreground) is teaching.
At the boys home, we have always placed heavy emphasis on training the younger ones. My brother Andrew is in the background.
So far, BBJ has only ever had one Sousaphone. Sadly, this one broke down years ago and had to be thrown out as scrap metal.
Although I am not a trombone player myself, I have always tried to have trombones in the band. I just taught them the slide positions and hoped for the best. Generally, it worked out OK.