PARADE REPORT

 

 

DATE: 01/07/02

LOCATION: EAST BELFAST

WEATHER: OVERCAST/RAIN

PURPOSE OF PARADE: ORANGE ORDER

SIZE OF BAND:

DRUMMERS: 7

FLUTERS: 17

TROUBLE: NONE (EVEN THOUGH WE WALKED PAST THE SHORT STRAND)

FULL REPORT: BAND PLAYED REALLY WELL AND WERE FORTUNATE TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE PARADE AS IT STARTED TO BUCKET NEAR THE FINISH.AS USUAL THE CROWDS TURNED OUT IN THEIR THOUSANDS TO WATCH AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BRILLIANT. THE BAND WHERE TREATED TO A LIGHT SUPPER AT A NEAR-BY GLENTORAN SUPPORTERS CLUB AFTERWARDS WHERE WE THEN DID A FEW TUNES ON THE STAGE.