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Forthcoming Events
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Satruday 22nd April - Ballylesson Old Boys - Dunmurry We travelled to the village of Dunmurry to show our support for the melody band, Ballylesson Old Boys. We were one of the last 20 bands to parade the route. A moderate crowd had gathered in the middle of a village to cheer on the bands on parade. Starting off out of the car park, we were in fine tune. A much greater improvement than that of the night before in Newry. We walked in to the crowd playing Eaton Boat Song which was played to perfection. On parade, we had 3 colour party (bannerette, 36th Ulster Division, Union Jack), 8 drums, 2 bass drummers and 14 flutes; a total of 27 members. The parade route has a long walk via the back roads, which was ideal for us to test our new tune, Red Army. The tune was played much better than expected. Nearing the end of the parade, we played Young Citizens, which was played well in front of the on-lookers. As we arrived late, not many other bands were parading, other than Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland. The entire band was in top form, most notably their drum corp. Results Melody Flute Drum Corp 1st - Suffolk Melody, Belfast Senior Accordion 1st - Dunloy Acc., Ballymoney Junior Accordion 1st - Corbet Acc., Banbridge Senior Drum Major 1st - Dunloy Acc., Ballymoney 2nd - Queensway, Derriaghy 3rd - South Down DUP Colour Party 1st - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 2nd - Clogher Protestant Boys, Waringstown 3rd - PORTADOWN DEFENDERS Style and Appearance 1st - Dunloy Acc., Ballymoney 2nd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 3rd - South Down DUP Best Local 1st - Queensway, Derriaghy 2nd - Suffolk Acc., Belfast Small Blood and Thunder (under 16 flutes) 1st - Lambeg Orange and Blue, Lisburn 2nd - PORTADOWN DEFENDERS 3rd - Ballyhalbert Drum Corp 1st - Clogher Protestant Boys, Waringstown 2nd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 3rd - Pride of Knockmore, Lisburn Large Blood and Thunder 1st - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 2nd - Clogher Protestant Boys, Waringstown 3rd - Pride of Knockmore, Lisburn Best Overall 1st - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 2nd - Dunloy Acc., Ballymoney 3rd - South Down DUP 
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