Flute Band League Contest 2007
As mentioned in the February's update page, we took part in the annual Flute Band League contest held in the Lisburn Civic Centre. The band played Holyrood in the melody section of the contest, and played Cross of Honour, and Elizabethan Serenade in the Grade Four Section
We were delighted to win the Grade Four section, and keep up our excellent record in this contest, and also wish to congratulate the Ballycoan Flute Band, who won the Melody section. The band enjoyed the day, especially catching up with old friends and enjoying listening to the other bands playing on the day.
Black Skull Indoor Melody Contest 2007
The band travelled to Glasgow to take part in, and support, the Black Skull Corps of Drum's indoor melody contest. This was the first time the band had taken part in this contest. Our aim was to play as varied a programme as possible, and we believe we did so.
Our programme consisted of some tunes included on the Death or Glory CD (namely Lanigan's Ball & Jigs, Cossack Patrol, Stars & Stripes, and Washington Grays), as well as playing Elizabethan Serenade, and Cross of Honour. The other two tunes we played on the night were a 2 and 10 jig, and Shanghai Lil. We played the jig to give the impression of a band approaching from afar, passing, and fading again in the distance. The Shanghai Lil and Lilio, showed our range of percussion as it included the playing of a side drum, bass drum, cymbals, long drum, djembe and rototoms.
The band had a brilliant night, winning all sections of the contest. More importantly, we thoroughly enjoyed playing and taking part, and were delighted that the audience enjoyed it also. We all had a great time in Glasgow.
A special thank you to the Black Skull for the presentation of a shield to mark the long standing friendship and support between the two bands, and for everything they did for the band during our visit. We look forward to seeing the Black Skull in Northern Ireland again in the near future.
Some photos - Past and Present
Below is a selection of some more photos, past and present.
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Thank you to all those who have provided some photos for use on our site.