1990 - A musical change took place in the winter of 1990 and for the first time the corps leant a whole new show for the upcoming season. The show had a classical feel and featured, Handel’s Water Music and The Pvane by G. Fiore. The corps competed in Open Class in DCUK and Premier Class in BYBA. Clive Shaw continued to arrange the music and John Swindells continued to write the drill. One of the guard members Lousie Benbow started to write for the colour guard. 1990 saw the corps for the very first time wear head gear that was not a scout beret. The Shako – this would remain for nearly 13 years.

1991 - After not having an 'A' Class in 1990, DCUK choose to resurrect it for the 91’ season. However, the corps choose to stay in Open Class competition and keep progressing in the, even though the road ahead would be testing at times. In 1991 the drill show was written by Rob Swindells for the first time, the corps certainly started to move, in many different ways. At the BYBA championships at the NEC, the corps placed third in the highest class, Premier. A one time finals ending was added to the show involving a large embroided Scout flag. John Derbyshire from Warrington joined the organisation and helped to write and teach the colour guard, he had previously worked with Valley Sound.

1992 - Exciting times were ahead in 1992, the corps numbers were very strong with 25 brass, 15 percussion and 10 guard. The Corps had a complete new uniform change. This was the first time that the official scout uniform had not featured. However in August that year Clive Shaw (musical arranger) and Dave Pulham (percussion arranger) decided to leave the organisation. The corps will be forever grateful for the work that these two people did over the five years they were with us. Rob Swindells took over the role of Show Co-ordinator and many members within the lines took on major responsibilities within the corps.

1993 - The corps started to do many things differently in the winter of 93’. These changes included learning to read music, reading percussion music, having percussion music written for the first time, reading drill sheets etc. The road ahead was really hard but a small core group of very committed members kept the corps going through these times. The corps struggled to have a show ready for the first DCUK show; however they performed and scored the famous 13.7. It took a great deal of determination and dedication but the corps finished the season having improved at a rapid rate and gaining many friends along the way. The music played was selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, Interlude in Brass, Summertime and Last Night of the World.  Zac Grant arranged the brass score while Phil Brown arranged the percussion score. One feature of 93 was that it was the introduction of the End of Season Party – it was a great night with many comedy moments and the precedent was set.

1994 - Sporting a brand new uniform, the 1994 Kidsgrove Scouts came out far stronger than the previous year. The show was entitled New York Voices Tribute and featured Sweet Georgia Brown, Eleanor Rigby and Give me some Lovin. The corps moved significantly up the ranks in Open Class, placing 14th in Prelims at Championships. Features of the show included the whole corps starting in the pit section, a soprano’s duet on bar stools and a Percussion field cymbal feature borrowed from the brothers over the pond!

1995 - The 1995 show was entitled Let’s Face the Music and featured Let’s Face the Music and Dance, The Lady is a Tramp and Caravan. This year was the first year that the corps held full weekend camps during the season to rehearse, the first one being at Kibblestone Scout Camp. The colour guard became a very strong feature in 1995 under the guidance of Martin and Sharron Ibbs. The members had performed with Liberty colour guard in that winter and it was the start of very strong links between the two organizations.

1996 - What a year! The show was entitled La Corrida. The music included Procession del Vensador, Concerto D’Aranjuas, and Children of Sanchez Macarena.  The music was written by Mark Mayes, drill was written by Rob Swindells and the guard written by Martin and Sharron Ibbs. A small corps was fielded consisting of 12 horns, 8 field percussion, 5 front line percussion, 4 colour guard and 1 drum major.

The corps achieved a score of 67.6 in the Finals competition, the highest score ever achieved by the Scouts in Drum Corps United Kingdom competition. Considering for the past 4 years the corps had operated with little or no staff, the achievement of 1996 should never be underestimated, at times the corps was over 10 points behind the finals position through the season. The dedication, commitment and desire of that corps mirrored all the members who had gone before them and the many members who would follow in their footsteps – there is not one member who will forget the car park for the rest of their lives.

1997 - Following on from the success in 1996 the corps increased in size in 1997 and were awarded a Sports and Art Foundation Grant for £15,000 which was spent on new instruments. A brand new uniform was also purchased. The show was entitled The Russian Revolution and featured music by Shostakovich including The Kalinka and Russian Sailors Dance. A feature from that year was the use of spinning boards at the end of the show. Again making DCUK finals the corps achieved their highest score ever.

1998 - This year saw a complete shift in terms of the style of show that the corps would perform. The members in the corps wanted to play certain pieces of music for a long time and so we did. The music selected was Chicago III Suite,  Minuano and Birdland. This year, along with 1997, saw many new young members join the corps who would be the backbone in future years to come. On the competition scene the corps placed 7th at DCUK finals, reaching the top flight for the 3rd year running. Also the corps participated at the World Showband Championships in London, gaining a Silver Medal.

1999 - This year will be remembered for the two performances that Kidsgrove Scouts produced at Championships, two amazing shows that will be remembered forever. 1999 was the first year that the design team consisted of Tez Smith leading the brass line, Phil Brown leading the percussion line, Rob Swindells on visual and Joanne Bolton teaching the colour guard. This team would stay together for a number of years to come and would go on to produce some fantastic, wonderful entertaining shows.

The show was entitled Colours of Jazz and featured the music, Artistry in Rhythm, Baroque Samba and Caravan. The show featured different coloured discs on the field throughout and an unbelievable brass sound. A uniform change for finals night was introduced, a design that we would eventually take us into the new millennium. Credit must also go to all the members of the 99’ corps, they had belief in the show and themselves throughout the year, it is hard to believe that at the first camp in February there was only 15 people in the corps in all sections.