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Friday 21st April 2006 - Loyal Sons of Benagh - Newry For our first parade of the 2006 season, we supported Loyal Sons of Benagh in the predominately Nationalist town of Newry. On arrival, the parade was in full swing with bands leaving the car park in fine tune. A total of 34 bands attended this parade, assumed to be the biggest number of bands the host band has had at their annual band parade. All of our members were eager to get parading and to get back in the swing of things. We paraded the short parade route with 2 colour party (bannerette and 36th Ulster Division), 7 drums, 1 bass drummer and 15 flutes; a total of 25 members - satisfactory for our first parade of the year. Admittedly, the band was not in fine tune, but for every band, when they restart the season they have to build on each performance. We played a series of tunes along the Belfast Road, finishing with Auld Orange Flute at the Orange Hall, in front of dozens of other band members. One of the bands on display to catch the eye was Kilcluney Volunteers, Markethill Volunteers, Markethill, Markethill. Their drum corp seems to have improved over the winter, with strong bass supplementing the snare. Another drum corp on top form, was that of Clogher Protestant Boys. Results BEST LOCAL 1st South Down Defenders 2nd Bessbrook True Blues 3rd Commons Silver ACCORDIAN 1st Corbet MELODY 1st Pride of Ballinran, Kilkeel 2nd Moune Young Defenders, Kilkeel 3rd Skeogh UP AND COMING / IMPROVING 1st Red Hand Defenders, Downpatrick 2nd Star of Down, Maghera 3rd Pride of Stramore, Gilford STYLE AND APPEARANCE 1st Drumderg Loyalists, Keady 2nd Moune Young Defenders, Kilkeel 3rd Kilcluney Volunteers, Markethill COLOUR PARTY 1st Pride of Ballinran, Kilkeel 2nd Moune Young Defenders, Kilkeel 3rd Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland DRUM MAJOR 1st Moune Young Defenders, Kilkeel 2nd Drumderg Loyalists, Keady 3rd Armagh True Blues BASS DRUMMERS 1st Kilcluney Volunteers, Markethill 2nd Downshire Guiding Star, Banbridge 3rd Drumderg Loyalists, Keady LEAD TIP 1st South Down DUP 2nd Drumderg Loyalists, Keady 3rd South Fermangh Loyalists, Enniskillen DRUM CORP 1st South Down DUP 2nd Downshire Guiding Star, Banbridge 3rd Drumderg Loyalists, Keady SMALL BLOOD AND THUNDER 1st South Fermangh Loyalists, Enniskillen 2nd Portadown True Blues 3rd Derrylee BLOOD AND THUNDER 1st Kilcluney Volunteers, Markethill 2nd Downshire Guiding Star, Banbridge 3rd Pride of the Hill, Rathfriland OVERALL 1st South Down DUP 2nd Downshire Guiding Star, Banbridge 3rd Drumderg Loyalists, Keady 
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