MAY / JUNE 2019 - KHABAROVSK SPECIAL Front Page News Top Tip: At the beginning keep your playing slow and deliberate and build the tempo gradually May saw members of the International Celtic Pipes and Drums travelling to Khabarovsk, a city in far east Russia, to take part in the Amur Waves Festival. This was the 3rd year that the band has taken part. Khabarovsk is a vibrant, friendly city which is 30km East of China and 500km North West of Japan. We flew from Dublin to Moscow and after a 15 hour wait we boarded a flight to Khabarovsk which took 7.5 hours. We arrived at 1130am local time and after a few hours off we got into our first rehearsal. During our time there we performed at Circus Arena, 2 performances on Glory Square, 2 Street Marches and 2 performances in the Platinum Arena, all in 9 days. In June over 200 students travelled to Stormont Parliament Buildings, Belfast to receive foundation certificates in piping and drumming. This event takes place each year and since 2014 over 1000 young people have been rewarded for their hard work and is testament to the amount of teaching taking place in the province of Ulster. Classes will continue over the Summer months with some of the players preparing for a trip in August to the Interceltique Festival de Lorient in Brittany France. Also taking place from the 27th July—2nd August is the Belfast Trad Fest. This will see classes taking place in Ulster University in many traditional instruments including Highland Bagpipes and Snare Drum. Performance will also take place in venues across the city. Visit www.belfasttraditionalmusic.com for more details. Music Service for Pipes & Drums c.i.c www.mspd.co.uk Unit 34 Crescent Business Park, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 2GN www.facebook.com/musicserviceforpipesanddrums
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