First band teacher advisor, Ms Linda Chong, who is currently the Senior Assistant II of SK Perempuan Methodist, Ipoh, selected about 10-15 students to attend a music lesson.

Then, she hand-picked out the best few, 9 to be precised, for a performance for the annual school speech day.

The little cute and adorable kiddos performed the famous “Shanghai Beach” and some other Malay numbers that day…Little did they realize that they actually became the Pioneer members of the Anderson Premier Military Band!

The School Principal then was Tuan Haji Ahmad Zainuddin Bin Othman (who retired as the Pengarah Pendidikan Perak in December 2002).

He was very pleased with the performance of these fellow students.

Well, as a music lover himself, the man took initiative in having extra meetings with Ms Linda Chong to discuss the feasibility of having an Anderson School Band.

With that, Ms Chong started the planning for the formation of the band.

However… she faced a big problem … FUNDS!!!! Therefore, Ms Chong started to look at the old instruments of previous two generation bands.

With a very determined mind set, Ms Chong searched for all the old stuffs left behind by our… “ancestors”..

Whoa-la!!! She managed to get hold of a set of Premier drums which were still in good condition, except for the drum-skins, of course...The only other instruments that were able to be salvaged were the Trumpets.

Then donations started to come in and we managed to upgrade our band into a Trumpet and Drum band in 1988.

With about 20 new juniors, the total membership became 45.

This was also the year where the band purchased the new Tenor Trio to improve the variation of beats of the percussion section.

We also salvaged some more bass instruments that we found from some ancient tomb beneath the dungeon in the hall... Nah, just the old store room! They were the Euphonium and Baritone and 2 more trombones.

One of the most prominent performances in this year was the Anderson School Hari Kokurikulum where the band performed a march past.

The band was also crowned the Best Uniformed Unit of the school in this year!

This is because there were 30 new members recruited.

We have also started the Fife section for these new juniors.

An Orientation Week was organised to recruit new members.

In addition to that, the first Band Exhibition was held.

Performances included the National Youth Day (Hari Belia), where the Guest of Honour was former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamed; Sports Day, National Day and Teacher’s Day.

IN 1992, we also participated in the Young Band Festival organised by Yamaha Music School.

Great bands like Shen Jai High School, SMJK Poi Lam, SMJK Ave Maria Convent and SMJK Nan Hwa also took part in this competition.

We managed to bag a bronze for the Trumpet & Drum category.

We also organized the Annual Band Camp, and the 1st Fellowship Night was held.

The Percussion Section emerged Best Section 1992! Dont forget to stroll down memory lane by clicking on the "Photo Album" for those photos of the past!

Two musical camps were organized this year.

One in the mid term holidays, and one more during the year end holidays.

This was also the first year the band conducted its anniversary - the 7th Anniversary of the band during the Mid Term Band Camp.