Bands

Band’s Competition 2012

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Band Winners 2012

Best Overall Band:  Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps, UK
Best High School Band: Shorecrest Highlander Marching Band, Washington, USA
Best Large Band:  Clondalkin Youth Band, Dublin, Ireland
Spirit of the Parade:  University of Missouri, Missouri, USA
Discretionary Award:  University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

International Adjudication Panel 2012:

Dr. Joseph Ryan (Chair) - MA, B.Mus, Mus.Dip, ARIAM, PhD, Ireland
Lt Col Fulvio Creux - Director Banda del’Esercito Italiano Col (rtd), Italy
Bryan Shelburne - Former Director of Music, The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, USA
Ms Heidi Sarver - Associate Professor of Music at the University of Delaware, USA
Dr Stan Michalski - Emeritus Conductor of Bands, Charlotte, USA

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Band Winners 2011

Best Overall Band: Banda De Gaitas La Reina Del Truebano, Spain.
Best Adult Band: Lapin Superstars, France.
Best Youth Band: Dearborn High School ‘Pioneer’ Marching Band, Michigan, USA.
Spirit of the Parade: Lapin Superstars, France.

International Adjudication Panel 2011:

Dr. Joseph Ryan (Chair) - , MA B.Mus, Mus.Dip ARIAM PhD, Ireland,
Dr. Daniel A. Belongia, Asst. Professor of Music, Asst. Director of Bands, Illinois State University, USA.
Lt. Col Graham Jones - Principal Director of music for the Household Division, conductor of the Band of the Coldstream Guards, UK.
Ms. Deborah Bradley, Staff Director “Georgia Bridgemen”, Past President Women Band Directors International, USA.
Norman Rogerson, MBE, UK