1st KL Boys' Brigade Company

A big thank you to all the Boys and Officers for bringing home the KUL Games 2011 trophy as Overall Champions!

We did it guys!

Wooo hooooo!

So… which trophy shall we bring home next?

The Bible says in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

It is with this optimism that we start 2011 (the first meeting commenced 8th Jan 2011), keeping in mind God’s promise to all of us that if we keep to His ways, then we will never need to despair in our life.

2011 highlights
January  - BB Food sale in aid of Wesley Home
February - CNY Party and Parent’s Dialogue
March  - Recruits Boot Camp
April  - Awards Day cum Family Day , Gospel Rally
May  - Band Camp
June   - KUL Games, Company Camp
July  - Enrollment Saturday, Inter-Squad bible Quiz/Competition
August -  Band Camp
September - Stedfast & BB Fellowship Games
October  - State Founder’s Day
November - Officer & NCO planning Retreat, Junior Camp
December - Christmas Combined celebrations, Caroling to the homes

Here’s to a great year ahead!

Here’s a recap of our 2010 fond moments:

Jan - Junior Fun Sports camp
Feb – Launched the BB recruitment campaign in 3 schools, Gospel rally
Mac – Started 2 prayer meetings on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings
April – Awards Day, Parents’ Dialogue, KL State drill competition
May – Made curry puffs for member’s mother on Mother’s day, PESTA prep Band camps
June – 19th PESTA in Penang – 3rd in Band competition, 1st runner up for Best Band major
- World Milk Day event at Pavilion (names of participants were published in the Malaysian Guiness Book of Records)     – Enrollment Sunday  at Wesley Methodist Church, KL
July – Recruits’ boot camp
Aug -  National level Bible Quiz competitions,  Leadership camp for Junior Section
- Our Junior Section was placed  4th position and our Senior members was within the top 10 ranking.
Sept - Officers and NCOs planning retreat, Stedfast Association’s Fellowship Games at Grace Methodist Church.

Oct – KL & Selangor State Boys’ Brigade’s “Karnival Gaya Hidup Sihat 1Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2010 & Founder’s Day” at Methodist College KL.                                                                                                                                                                                                   – 1st KL created history with 12 boys being awarded the Gold Award status
Nov – 4 days 3 nights Senior Awards Camp and 3 days 2 nights KL State Junior Camp at Kuala Kubu Bahru.
- Christian Education exam for our Senior Section members
Dec – Combined Christmas concert between KL State BB & the PJ Philharmonic Orchestra at the Stadium Titiwangsa as part of the fund-raising event for the KL State FTO project, Combined Christmas celebration with the Girls’ Brigade.

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1st KL Enrollment Sunday (27th June 2010)

Our annual enrollment service was held during the 10am service at Wesley Methodist Church, KL. A total of 100+ members & officers were present for this memorable service. We were thankful to the parents for their support and presence in the service, as the members and officers renewed their vows of commitment in the witness of the entire church community.

During the service, we were proud to showcase our Senior boys dance movements during   their last PESTA competition to the 1st KL theme song : A God who Never Fails, whilst the Junior boys sang the benediction, “I Love you, Lord” towards the end of the serivce. We are also glad to welcome a brand new addition to our Officer council, a stedfast and blue-blooded member since his secondary school days, W/O Jason Tham, who is now back to studying in   the United States for his degree. We congratulate him also on being conferred the President’s Badge. 

After the service, all parents were invited to the MBS school field for a preview of the PESTA band formation.

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19th PESTA at Penang (10th June – 15th June 2010)

Yes, the much awaited national event has finally arrived! Together with the rest of the KL State companies, 1st KL trooped into the cozy Plusliner buses and journeyed all the way up north to Penang, the place of assam laksa, tau sar peah and prawn mee, plus lots of beautiful heritage sites.

It had been an eyeopener for many of our 1st KL members, majority of whom were novice when it comes to PESTA, but needless to say, the memories created there shall last a lifetime!

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WORLD MILK DAY Celebration at Pavilion, KL -(30th May,2010)

On May 30th, 2010, a group of 13 members from the 1st Kuala Lumpur Boys’ Brigade COY joined in the Dutch Lady Malaysia Largest Milk Drinking Event, organised in celebration of World Milk Day 2010 at Pavilion, KL. This is an event sponsored to create awareness on the benefits of drinking milk and has high inspirations to clinch a spot in the Malaysia Book of Records with the highest number of people drinking milk at the same time! Together with other uniformed organizations in Malaysia, the boys were on hand to aid Dutch Lady Malaysia in this United Nation Food and Agriculture Organisation initiative, giving away 250,000 limited edition milk packs to celebrate the global importance of milk.

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15th Anniversary Stedfast Association Thanksgiving Dinner-(29th May,2010)

Despite a gruelling 2 days-1 night PESTA Preparation Camp, 36 members of the Brass band gave a superb performance at the Stedfast Association Thanksgiving Dinner held at Bukit Jalil Golf Resort. We would like to thank all the officers, the band instructor, parents and the members for all the hard work in preparing the band towards this event. Congratulations on the improvement and thank you for the dedication to all the members – Keep up the excellent work!