The FBF has the honour of playing a part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup celebrations. The FBF has performed in the 100 and 50 day countdown celebrations and in the prestigious opening event. To conclude, they will also perform at the world cup closing ceremony on sunday 11 july 2010! The format of which is shrouded in secrecy. This association between the 2010 FIFA World Cup will undoubtedly boost the confidence of the young men and women, becoming an experience and memory never to be forgotten.
Text: Geert Vanmaeckelberghe
Photo: Stijn Vanmaeckelberghe
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A dusty football pitch on a warm Monday morning 25 miles outside Pretoria is not the place where I expected to find an American-style marching band - but then again, I am quickly learning that anything is possible in this diverse and often inspiring country. With the excavated earth of a diamond mine in the background, the Cullinan Field Band went through the routine that they will be playing at the closing ceremony of the World Cup at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 11 July.
Since our founding thirteen years ago, the Field Band Foundation (FBF) has grown tremendously into a mature and goal achieving non-profit organisation, whose dream is to dramatically impact the lives of our economically challenged and often misguided youth through cheerful music and dance. With our incredible forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup performances, the FBF gains an opportunity to soar even higher and achieve global exposure. 
‘We are convinced of the complementary character of the Vlamo (www.vlamo.be) support to the Field Band Foundation’, say Maarten Deschacht and Bart Tienpont at their arrival. This is also the main conclusion of the FBF after launching a Vlamo course about show design and percussion at the recently founded FBF Field Band Academy (http://www.fieldband.org.za/read_more.pdf) in Eshowe, Durban, South Africa. During the last three years Vlamo has been working closely together with the FBF providing teachers for yearly ‘teach the teachers’ workshops. This was accomplished with the financial support of the Flemish government. This year the Field Band Academy has been founded and Vlamo was kindly invited to provide educational support. The Field Band institute guarantees a solid base for a long-term cooperation between both organizations. 
