Ireland’s Boyle Marching Band At Warrington

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Boyle Marching Band from Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland will be travelling to the UK to take part in the Drum Corps United Kingdom contest in Warrington on 18th July.

Boyle Marching Band was formed in 1992 by the town Chamber of Commerce, and is now run by the Boyle Marching Band Parents Association. The main band itself consists of 27 members, from age seven to twenty-four.

Over the last eighteen years the band has competed in IMBA competitions on a regular basis, and it has also participated in street parades all over Ireland. The band consists of accordions, tin-whistles, percussion and colour guard. The band last competed in the UK in 2005, in Midsomer Norton European Championships, where they achieved joint first in the intermediate class.

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Posted by on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. Filed under Drum Corps U.K..