The 2004 concert marked an important milestone in BBJ's revival after the difficult years that followed the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998. Unfortunately, not many photographs of the concert have survived. The small collection here mostly document events the took place around the same time when my father and my 9-year-old son Peter visited the Boys Home.
You have to be a full member of the Salvation Army to wear the uniform and participate in BBJ activities. So to make things right, a large number of band members were sworn in as soldiers on the Sunday morning just before the concert.
This choir consisted mainly of children from the Salvation Army Girls Home in Medan. They performed during the concert as well.
The senior band watches from a distance. The learners band consisted only of beginners. We had a junior band as well.