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Friday 3rd June - Kilcluney Volunteers - Markethill Our second visit to the Markethill town, was in support of Kilcluney Volunteers, where they held their high-profiled annual band parade. This is the biggest band parade to take part in Ulster, with 99 bands in attendance. Bands of all styles travelled to the County Armagh town, with bands travelling from both sides of the border. Thousands of spectators turned out to watch the parade in the scorching sunshine. The parade was well under control by the 20 strong marshalls, who kept the parade flowing and stoppages to a minimum, which the host band must be commended for. In contrast to last week, we had paraded with a fairly large band; consisting of 5 colour party, 1 drum major, 12 drums, 1 bass drummer and 17 flutes. An overall total of 36 members; compared to last weeks overall total of 17. The hot and sticky weather could have affected our performance as we did not play our best on the night, although we were playing well in certain parts of the parade. Especially walking up the hill in the centre of the town, playing 'Marching On'.. With 99 bands on parade, any band who received a mention in the awards should feel proud to have came out on top of the competition. As proven in the results, East Belfast Protestant Boys were one of the best bands on parade on the night; collecting six 1st prizes, including best overall band. Both Pride of the Hill and Carnmoney and Donaghadee Fusiliers were playing well, with both bands producing a lot of noise from their bass drum alone. The last band on parade was the host band, who marched their home town with 17 drums and 35 flutes, who were being followed by scores of supporters. Results Pipe 1st - Markethill Pipe 2nd - Tyrone Ditches Pipe Accordion 1st - Dunloy Accordion 2nd - Burnswick Accordion 3rd - Ballytyrone Accordion Junior Drum Major 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - South Down DUP 3rd - Goldpsrings True Defenders Other Drum Major 1st - Pride of Ballinran 2nd - Mourne Young Defenders 3rd - Omagh Protestant Boys Melody March and Discipline 1st - Pride of Ballinran 2nd - Mourne Young Defenders 3rd - Omagh Protestant Boys Blood and Thunder Drum Corp 1st - Donaghadee Fusiliers 2nd - East Belfast Protestant Boys 3rd - Clogher Protestant Boys Best Local Band 1st - Bessbrook True Blues 2nd - Armagh True Blues 3rd - Pioneers Blood and Thunder Style and Appearance 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - Drumderg Loyalists 3rd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland Small Blood and Thunder 1st - Ballyhalbert 2nd - Pride of Lagan Valley 3rd - Castlederg Young Loyalists Best Silver 1st - Tullyvallen 2nd - Hamiltonsbawn Senior Drum Major 1st - Omagh Protestant Boys 2nd - Pride of Ballinran 3rd - Mourne Young Defenders Colour Party 1st - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 2nd - Drumderg Loyalists 3rd - Downshire Guiding Star Other Style and Appearance 1st - Pride of Ballinran 2nd - Omagh Protestant Boys 3rd - Mourne Young Defenders Bass Drum 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - Donaghadee Fusiliers 3rd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland Blood and Thunder March and Discipline 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - Drumderg Loyalists 3rd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland Best Melody 1st - Pride of Ballinran 2nd - Mourne Young Defenders 3rd - Lisburn Young Defenders Best Large Blood and Thunder 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland 3rd - Drumderg Loyalists Overall 1st - East Belfast Protestant Boys 2nd - Pride of Ballinran 3rd - Drumderg Loyalists Video 0:40 mins : 2.81MB : .wmv format : Playing 'Number One Platoon' If some of the below pictures fail to load, try refreshing the page (F5). 
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