|
Forthcoming Events
Friday 13 August Queensway FB Dunmurry Wedneday 18 August Tamnamore FB Tamnamore FRIDAY 20 AUGUST PORTADOWN DEFENDERS FB ANNUAL BAND PARADE AND COMPETITION PORTADOWN Click here for more info PRACTISE INFO HERE Follow PDFB: 
|
Friday 28th July - Bessbrook True Blues - Bessbrook On a warm and damp night, we travelled to the model village of Bessbrook in support of the True Blues. This was our first competition parade in 6 weeks and our first parade since the Royal Black Preceptory parade in Scarva, 2 weeks ago. Crowds were sparse around the centre of the village, with many spectators preferring to view the parade from the comfort of their car. A total of 37 bands attended this parade, with a variation of musical styles on parade. It was nice to see that several Nationalists weren't bothered by the parade, as they walked past bands sporting their local GAA team's colours. Our band played very well considering our two week break. We paraded with 3 colour party, 1 drum major, 6 drums, 1 bass drummer and 18 flutes. An overall total of 29 members. Our best played tune on the night was Eaton Boat Song. Both our drum and flute corp were sounding impressive, especially for having a reduced number of 6 drums. Several bands showed off their new uniforms they acquired over the Twelfth period. The best band on the night was East Belfast Protestant Boys as they picked up most of the senior awards. Downshire Guiding Start and Donaghadee Fusiliers were both playing well. If some of the below pictures fail to load, try refreshing the page (F5). 
If you have any pictures or videos of our Band at this parade, please get in contact. |
