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Welcome to the Band's newspage. All the latest events relating to Ballyduff Silver Band with be available here for friends and members of the band to keep themselves updated.


21/02/09 - The Duff Do It Again: In Style!

After their success at last year’s Brass in Concert, held in the Valley Hotel, Fivemiletown, the band carried on in a similar manner this year.

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23/11/08 - Ballyduff Brass Group

Ballyduff Silver Band’s training group, Ballyduff Brass has made an encouraging start.

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12/11/08 - Busy Christmas Ahead For Ballyduff

With the summer season over, everyone in the band is looking forward to Christmas. Plenty of carols and festivity.

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06/11/08 - Ballyduff Brass

Ballyduff Silver Band are starting a Junior band known as Ballyduff Brass. Everyone welcome!

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04/10/08 - Summer 2008 Season Ends

A long summer of entertaining the population of Newtownabbey has come to an end. The band now look forward to their Christmas engagements.

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17/08/08 - Unlucky Fall For Jeff

Dedication, especially in bands, is a word that seems to be disappearing rapidly nowadays. That couldn’t be said of Jeff McGivern the band’s 1st Baritone player!

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17/08/08 - Hazel Moves On!

One of the band’s talented members, Hazel Nelson, has taken up a new teaching appointment in Glasgow.

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05/08/08 - Dancing With The Duff

Unbeknown to the conductor, who was expecting a cornet entry, a number of the crowd had actually got up and started to dance!! The dancers were just within eyeshot of the cornet section who were rather amused by these goings on, hence their inability to play!!

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04/07/08 - Busy Summer Continues For Ballyduff

The band continue to be busy going into the summer months. Still plenty of weekly concerts to be had from Newtownabbey's finest brass band.

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15/06/08 - Picnic In The Park At Mount Stewart

Ballyduff Silver band had the pleasure of playing to a large audience at Mount Stewart Gardens (Co Down) on Sunday 15th June.

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12/06/08 - Local Band Awarded BT Grant

Local band, Ballyduff Silver, in Newtownabbey has been awarded £100 by the BT Community Champions award scheme thanks to the voluntary work of Mark McKnight, a BT employee.

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08/06/08 - The Summer Programme has launched!
10/05/08 - Clare Chorale Concert
22/04/08 - Newtownabbey Borough Council Sport's Awards 2008
12/04/08 - Ross Aiken Memorial Trophy
12/04/08 - BBL Spring Festival 2008
19/03/08 - Ballyduff Silver Band spend St Patrick's Weekend in Limerick
01/03/08 - Ballyduff Silver Band President Ron Hill Senior passes away
23/02/08 - Ballyduff Silver Band 'March to Success' at Fivemiltown 2008
21/11/07 - Death of Mr Ross Aiken




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