We started our band on April 14, 1999, when 17 people showed up at Capital Place Retirement Center after seeing an article in The Olympian about Tacoma's New Horizons band. Some had never played before, or hadn't played for many years. We started with the basics and slowly evolved into the band of today.

We presented our first concert on March 1, 2000, at Capital Place. In April of 2000 we moved to our present location, Washington Land Yacht Harbor, an Airstream park in Lacey. When we started out, we were giving 2-4 performances per year, but by 2009, as we've become better known, this has increased to 8 or more performances per year.

In November of 2003 the Olympia and Tacoma bands incorporated as a non-profit organization under the Pacific Northwest New Horizons Band banner. Early in 2004 we joined the New Horizons International Music Association as a charter member.