In order to secure the future of both our own organisation and the brass band tradition in the Rhondda as a whole, an innovative policy of training young people in the art of brass playing was adopted by the Parc & Dare Band and its committee in the form of the Parc & Dare Junior Band.

Junior Band rehearsals are held at the bandroom on Luton Street, Treorchy every Tuesday & Thursday evening between 5:30 & 6:30pm under the tutelage of Mr Malcolm Pickin and Mr Craig Roberts.

Membership is open to all. Instruments, uniforms and tuition are provided by the band free of charge although members are asked to contribute the sum of £1:50 per week towards the upkeep of the bandroom, maintenance of instruments and the purchase of new music.

The Junior Band now performs regularly in concert in the local area and beyond with the children performing both as a group and individually as soloists, with repertoire ranging from light classics to original music and television & movie themes.

Over the past few years Parc & Dare Junior Band have performed with groups from Zimbabwe, from St Kitts in the Caribbean, in Carnival with BBC Wales' weatherman Derek Brockway as well as appearing in supporting performances at numerous Parc & Dare Band events in venues which include the Wales Millennium Centre, the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare, and Parc & Dare Theatre, Treorchy.