History of Shine
Here's a brief history of Shine Steel Band, how we started, what we did and where we went etc. I hope you enjoy reading all about the Band's formation, its people and their endeavours.
Dartmouth Academy
Shine was founded by Phil Hayward and Rose Sage in the summer of 2021. Following the COVID pandemic, Dartmouth Academy recognised the need to offer its students an extra-curricular (after school) activity that would help them to re-emerge from the lockdowns imposed on the nation towards the isolation of the virus. The Academy's amazing Art Teacher, Nicola Perrot initiated the drive for a music based activity that would eventually lead to the renovation of the Academy's old steel drums and the regeneration and recreation of a new Steel Band called Shine.
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In the Autumn term of 2021 the band delivered their first public performance at the Dartmouth Academy Christmas Fayre. In the Spring of 2022 they performed in the Royal Avenue Gardens at the Dartmouth Music Festival on the 6th May, please click here to listen and see the band play. ​
In February of 2023, Shine Steel Band was incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) and moved from the Dartmouth Academy to The Guildhall, Dartmouth, where it is today.
