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Christmas Bandlink 2014

Crusaders Cadet Band

Back Row: Sarah Fallon, Orla Keating, Abbie Sheerin, Ava Nimmo, Anna Fallon, Ellie Syron,

Róisín Maguire, Rebecca Delaney, Sadhbh Ní Léannacháin, Edward Balan, Owen Maleady,

Finian Brindley, Dara Browne, Conor Murphy.

Centre Row: Leo Browne, Debbie Walsh, Laura Isdell, Aoibhín McDonnell,

Eric McLoughlin, Emma Sheerin, Síofra Ní Léannacháin,

Paddy Henry, Jenny Delahoy, Rebecca Daly, Isabelle Fitzpatrick.

Front Row: Grace Mulligan, Emily Fallon, Fainche Maguire, Sophie Walsh, Rozlyn Daly,

April Miller, Chloe Donovan.

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MARTIN NALLY

BETTY MOONEY

GER MIMNAGH-DUNNE

Chairman

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

Bardon Reece Barrett Sharon Barrett Cian Barrett Noirín Bergin Muireann Brady Gerard Browne Dara Butnariu Andreea Byrne Cathal Carrick Noel Clarke Rachel Connell Teresa Corcoran Alanis Corcoran Darian Corcoran Niall Corroon Sophie Cranleigh Caelen Cronin Claire Delahoy Sophie Fagan Alan

Fallon Anna Fallon Arthur Fallon Emily Fallon Peter Garvey Amy Garvin Joe Gavigan Ciara Grace Alma Hoye Brendan Ní Léannacháin Maoliosa Kelly Jack Kelly Katie Kelly Sarah Kelly Shane Kiernan Aifric Kiernan Emily Kirby Christopher McCormack Adam McCormack Alan McCormack Holly

McCormack Lauren McKeon Hilary McLoughlin Karl McNamee Shauna Maleady Owen Magee Hubert Magee Kim Magee Karl Magee Patricia Mimnagh-Dunne Gerard Mimnagh-Dunne Gregory Mimnagh-Dunne Rita Monaghan Niamh Moore Aaron Mulligan Aimee Mulligan Grace Murray Dearbhla Murray Danny Murray Joseph Murray Pauric

Murray Stuart Murphy Conor Nimmo Ava Oakes Alison Paton Andrew Quinn Sean Sheerin Abbie Sheerin Orlaith Sheerin Emma Sheerin Jennifer Syron Adrienne Thorpe Niamh Shannon Harry Smith Danielle Syron Ellie Walsh Aoife Walsh Eilin

Band Members Club

Band Director KIM MAGEE.

Musical Director of

Senior Band HARRY KELLY Band Director

Emeritus

HUBERT MAGEE

Committee Members

BERNADETTE GIBNEY

PATRICIA MAGEE

CAROLINE QUINN

JANE SLEVIN

FRANK KIERNAN

DAN MCLOUGHLIN

SEAN MAGEE

Very Important Band Engagement

C learly this is not the first Band Engagement nor do we suspect it will be the last, however we refer to a particularly important Band Engagement.

You will appreciate that there has been a long growing harmony between the Trombone and Clarinet section of Mullingar Town Band, in the light of which we take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Ger Brady ( Trombone) and Eileen Walsh ( Clarinet) on the announcement of their engagement.

And if that was not enough Eileen has double reason to celebrate having been awarded Band Person of the year.

Altogether a definite reason to ….blow your own trumpet ( or clarinet or trombone!). Congrats to you both.

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All current members of Mullingar

Town Band are entitled to attend.

Persons over the age of 16 are entitled

to vote.

The agenda for this meeting will be

posted on the Notice Board in the Band

Hall, following final submissions

( approx 14 days in advance of AGM).

Proposals for motions to be

considered for inclusion for discussion

at the A.G.M. should be submitted in

writing to The Secretary.

Committee membership is open to

all members of Mullingar Town Band

(18 and over on the date of closing of

nomination).

If you are willing to provide

support to the Band Director, as an

active member of the next

committee and would like to submit

your name as a nominee for

consideration at the A.G.M., please

submit your nomination in writing

stating “ Committee Nomination”

together with your name to The

Secretary.

All proposals/submissions and

nominations should be in writing

and personally signed and addressed

to the Secretary, Mullingar Town Band,

Bandhall, Mullingar Industrial Estate,

Mullingar. Closing date for receipt by

the Secretary is 5pm on 10th February

2015.

The Annual General Meeting of Mullingar Town Band will take place on

Tuesday 24th February 2015 from 7.30pm to 8.30pm

I n 2015 the IMBA will host three summer shows and one winterguard competition. We will not be returning to Ballygar this year as

many bands were having difficulty with the

scheduling of the show on the August Bank

Holiday weekend. Dates for the three shows have

been moved to take account of what would have

been a large gap in the summer program. The

first competition will be in Arklow on the 19th

July, two weeks later than normal as part of the

Seabreeze Festival. On Sunday the 23rd August

we return to the Rugby Club in Clonmel after a

very well attended show there in 2014.

At the IMBA AGM in November there were

requests to bring Finals forward out of the school

year, so we will wrap up one week earlier than

normal on the 5th September in Dublin. January

will see the IMBA Council and all the band

colourguards busy in preparation for

Winterguard on Valentine’s Day in the Basketball

Arena.

Finally the council of the IMBA want to

congratulate Celtic Crusaders for their

performance at IMBA finals. In a very

entertaining show, the band achieved their

highest score (56.85) since we joined the DCE

judging system and achieved 3rd place at IMBA

Finals.

The confirmed dates for 2015 are:

Sat 14th Feb – Winterguard, Basketball Arena,

Tallaght

Sun 19th July - Arklow, Co.Wicklow

Sun 23rd Aug - Clonmel, Co.Tipperary

Sat 5th Sept – IMBA Finals, Dublin

IMBA News

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Date Jackpot €100 for 3 numbers Numbers

5th Sept 2014 No Winner Andrew Paton, Town Band. 1-5-9-22

12th Sept 2014 No Winner McCormack Family, Town Band,

Cepta Plunkett, Bingo.

9-14-17-20

19th Sept 2014 No Winner McCormack Family, Town Band,

Marie Carroll, Bingo.

3-4-16-20

26th Sept 2014 No Winner Adrienne Syron, Amy Garvey, Niamh Monaghan.

1-3-14-15

3rd Oct 2014 No Winner Emily Kiernan, Hubert Magee, Town Band,

David Scally, Bingo.

2-8-10-16

10th Oct 2014 No Winner Aaron Moore, Niamh Thorpe, Town Band.

1-6-13-23

17th Oct 2014 No Winner Alan McCormack, Town Band. 2-6-12-18

24th Oct 2014 No Winner Marie Higgins, St Brigid’s Tce, Mary Crowe, Bingo.

9-13-14-23

31st Oct 2014 No Winner Frances Burke, Bingo, Ger Brady, Town Band.

4-12-15-16

7th Nov 2014 No Winner Muireann Bergin and Aaron Moore, Town Band.

8-14-17-21

14th Nov 2014 No Winner Peter Fallon & Cathal Byrne, Town Band.

3-6-7-22

21st Nov 2014 No Winner Teresa Hiney, Bingo, Rachel Clarke, Town Band.

6-9-11-14

28th Nov 2014 No Winner Adrienne Syron, Town Band

5-14-18-21

5th Dec 2014 No Winner McCormack and Sheerin Families, Town Band,

Noelene Corcoran, Bingo.

1-10-13-16

12th Dec 2014 No Winner Rosie Murray, Sheerin Family.

1-13-15-21

19th Dec 2014 No Winner Martin Murray, C/O Stuart

2-8-18-24

Beethoven's Fifth, was the first symphony to include trombones.

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W hat is it about Bingo in the

Bandhall of a Wednesday

night that is so appealing?

Well, if you come early enough you are

likely to hear the dulcet tones of our

Chairman Martin Nally on the piano,

chat with chief checker Jane and take

time to carefully choose Mullingar

Town Band Lotto numbers.

For those that are regulars you will

find your Lotto envelope pre-prepared,

name, numbers, all written out at the

desk courtesy of Seán. What more

could you ask for? If your tummy

rumbles there’s a variety of tasty treats

available from budding entrepreneur

Aaron Moore’s tuck shop. If that isn’t

enough to sway you, there’s the

pleasure of catching up with friends

and escaping the hum drum reality of

the daily grind ...just for a few hours.

So the buses have descended,

punters anxiously purchasing booklets

hoping to be the lucky one. Silence

descends, all banter abruptly stopped;

heads crouched down earnestly,

highlighters at the ready. Yes, you’ve

guessed it, the real fun has begun. The

ever patient caller is revealing the

much coveted numbers.

So from callers to checkers,

cashiers and counters, there’s more to

the average night of Bingo than meets

the eye. The volunteers who are the

foundation of the Town Band

generously give their time every week

to make this happen. They do it with

unfailing good spirits no matter how

cold and dark a winters night it may be.

It is this good will that provides

the community with an outlet to

socialise, be entertained and let’s not

forget, gamble! And when all is said

and done, there’s always the hope of

winning the ever elusive Jackpot...

Bingo - Your best bet for a good night out. By Orla O’Dea

Bingo recommences for the new year on Wednesday 7th January 2015 at 8.30pm and each Wednesday thereafter in the Bandhall

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Culture Night in Market Square Photo by Jane Slevin

On Culture Night, 19th September, Mullingar Town Band performed in the

Market Square, Mullingar from 7pm to 7.30pm.

Last rehearsal for the show ‘Against the Clock’

At the Marching Band Finals in Dalymount Park, Dublin.

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Mullingar Town Band and Mullingar Choral Society Annual Concert. In the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar.

“ A Christmas Festival”

Dearbhla Murray, Stuart Murray,

Niamh Monaghan, Sophie Delahoy,

Seán Quinn, Adrienne Syron.

Andreea Butnariu,

Karl Magee,

Alma Grace,

“Christmas Cheer”

Shauna McNamee,

Cian Barrett, Pauric Murray,

Harry Kelly.

Karl McLoughlin

Ger Brady, Amy Garvey,

Cathal Byrne Greg Mimnagh-Dunne, Aifric Kiernan, Danny Murray

Fergus O’Carroll, Conductor, Emmett Cahill. Soloist and Harry Kelly,

Conductor, Mullingar Town Band, at the conclusion of the “Christmas Festival” concert.

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Conor Murphy and his Dad Kevin.

Jane Slevin,

Bernadette Gibney. Martin Nally, Susanne McNamee, Frank Kiernan,

Jane Slevin, Doreen Slevin, Sinead Kiernan

Hubert Magee, Kim Magee,

Tom Egan.

Erica Hynes, Alanis Corcoran, Shauna McNamee,

Jane Holton, Fionnula Maher

Niamh Monaghan, Amy Duncan, Tara McCabe, Megan Wilson.

Betty Mooney, Jane Slevin,

Bernadette Gibney, Caroline Egan, Debbie Walsh

Alanis, Charmaine

and Darian Corcoran.

Caroline Egan. Blaine Parker, Aaron Moore, Benjy Nanau, Shane Kelly

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VOLUME 21 ISSUE 2 BANDLINK

T he date was set back in early

September for our Midterm break

Fundraiser “Shake Rattle and Bowl”.

We endeavoured to sell 70 lanes of bowling at

€50.00 per lane for our night on the 24th of

October. Rock N Bowl kindly loaned us their

full facility and we completely took over both

bowling lanes and Jungle Joes play area from

5.30pm till late. Families’ friends and

members of the band were encouraged to go

out and sell as many lanes as possible in order

to make this fundraising event as successful as

possible, and they did not disappoint us.

Slowly at first our time slot poster began

to fill up and by the 22nd of October we had

accumulated a total of 55 lanes sold out of 70.

Excitement was building among members and

so were their competitive streaks! We had

arranged trophies for winning team, runners

up, highest individual score adult, highest

individual score child and worst player. Who

would be triumphant on the night and who

would be awarded the not so coveted worst

score trophy only time would tell!

Caroline Egan and myself walked the

town, cap in hand, approaching businesses for

spot prizes for our raffle. Everywhere we went

we got positive feed back on how much loved

the Band was by the people of Mullingar and

they were only too glad to help us by donating

a spot prize. A list of those generous

businesses is at the end of this article. Once all

preparations were made and the prizes

gathered, we waited for the fun to begin.

The event began at 5.30pm and Martin

really got into the swing of things by

festooning Rock N Bowl with inflatable

instruments, balloons and banners. Amy

Garvey kindly made us our welcome sign and

also volunteered to do face painting on the

night. Aaron set up the decks and laid on

some tunes to get us in the party mood. We

had great support on the night with plenty of

helpers setting up prizes, selling tickets and

checking younger children in to Jungle Joes.

The lanes quickly filled up and the band

members really let their hair down! The sound

of laughter and high spirits coming from every

direction.

Frank took on the task of checking

scores and keeping an eye on those really

competitive teams. The night went very

quickly and soon it was time to see who would

get to take home a spot prize. We had some

great prizes on offer from beauty hampers,

aftershave, clothes, goodies, to a ton of

vouchers and we had some very happy

people at the end. Once the raffle was over we

gathered the players together to announce the

winners and the losers!

The wining team was Frank Kiernan’s

Team and they accepted their trophy

triumphantly! We awarded out our other

trophies and all the younger children got a

special medal for their efforts so every one

was happy, well not everyone was happy …

our worst adult player wasn’t as eager to

accept her award as the other recipients! But

keep practicing there’s always next year Rita!

All in all our night was a great success,

well supported and enjoyed by all accounts. I

would like to thank Rock N Bowl for all their

help and support on the night and also to all

those who purchased a lane, donated a spot

prize or turned up and helped out on the

night. We raised an impressive €2150.00 on

the night. Thanks to each and every one of

you! Thank you to the following Businesses for

their kind donations:

Greville Arms Hotel, Oscars Restaurant,

KC Marketing, Ennell Jewellers, Frayne’s,

Fairgreen Pharmacy, Hugh Daniels,

Exit/Hazy Days, Tom Birmingham's,

Spar Dublin Road, Whelehan's Pharmacy,

Mullingar Pharmacy, The Learning Lab,

Wines Direct, Gloss, Just Books,

Expert Electrical, Minor Details,

Shaw’s Hardware, Fagan's, Weirs Pharmacy,

Montgomery Designs, O'Brien's Pharmacy,

Clarkes Bar, Little Miss Perfect, Gibney's

Monumental Works, Farmers Forum, Mc Donald’s,

Serchek Industrial Ire Ltd, Zaro,

Handy Web and Rock N Bowl.

Shake Rattle and Bowl By Jane Slevin

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BANDLINK

VOLUME 21 ISSUE 2

In 1764 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for the Royal Family at

Versailles in France. He was even given the honour of standing

behind the Queen at dinner -

Clarinet Section Mullingar Town Band

Winners of the Summer League.

Holly McCormack, Andreea Butnariu, Rachel Clarke,

Noirín Barrett, Lauren McCormack.

Congratulations to

Central Shoe Store on

reaching their 70th year

in business in Oliver

Plunkett Street,

Mullingar.

They have been great

supporters of Mullingar

Town Band through their

membership of our

Awareness Club.

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And we support Mullingar Town Band

“AT MULLINGAR CREDIT UNION

WE CARE”

Beglan John Downes Stephen Kearney Jim

Boyle Eamonn Duffy Jackie Kearney John

Brown Ted Fallon Matt Magee Jack Rouse George

Buckley Frank Farrell Billy Matthews Nancy Rouse George B.

Burgess Larry Finch Fred McCauley Ashley Stenson Colette

Caffrey Family Fitzpatrick Willie McCoy Jack Stenson Ed

Caffrey James Gander Joe McCullagh Louis Weafer Joe

Casey Andrew Gander Wally Muldarry Richard Widdis Tom

Clarke Bobby Gavin Luke Muldowney Jimmy Wrafter Tony

Coyne Seán Gavin Paddy Murphy John Wynne Dan

Cully R. Gilroy John Murray Dan

Daly Richie Grimes Chris Murray Joe

Daly Seamus Grimes John Noonan Pat

D'Arcy John Hand John Price Hugh

Delaney Joe Harte John Price John

Delaney John Higgins John Reynolds Gerry

Delaney Pat Hope Jimmy Rickard Jimmy

Dooley Ned Houlihan Paddy Rickard John

We remember our past deceased members

at this time each year.

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Preparations are well under way for the

20th Festival of Youth Orchestras at the

National Concert Hall next February with the

National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Irish

Youth Wind Ensemble and CocCorda and the

IAYO Festival Orchestra made of players from

as many member youth orchestras as

possible.

We are nearly through the process of

selecting our Festival Ambassadors and are

now ready to call on members

to participate in the Festival Fringe and the

IAYO Festival Orchestra.

The Festival Orchestra will be

conducted by James Cavanagh and will

rehearse on the two weekends prior to the

Festival in Dublin.

We are looking for a full orchestra

players of c. grade 5 standard and above to

play Sandra Dackow’s arrangement of the

Rienzi overture, Hardimann’s Lord of the

Dance and a newly commissioned work by

Sam Perkin.

20th Festival of Youth Orchestras Saturday 7th February 2015

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Brennan Shane

Byrne Mai

Carroll Gerry

Caulfield Joan

Caulfield Paddy

Central Shoe

Store

Corroon John

Coyle M&M

Dardis P&M

Fagan John

Fagan Mary

Fagan Peter

Fanning B&M

Fanning Mary

Farrell Brigid

Fleming Maureen

Flynn Rose A

Gavigan Kieran

Gavin Sheila

Geary Mary

Gediking Klazien

Gediking Peter

Gibney Seamus

Gowran Alo

Hennelly Mary

Jones Louise

Kearney Brid

Kelly Charles

Kilmartin Jean

Lynam Finian

Lynam O’Boyle

Magee Hubert

Magee Patricia

Magee Sean

Maher James

Marshall James

McAuliffe May

McGrath Paul V

McWalter Tom

Moore Anna

Morris P&B

Mulvihill John

Murray Daniel

Nally Pauline

O’Brien Marie

O’Brien Seamus

O’Dowd Annette

O’Dea Betty

O’Sullivan Tony

Reynolds Pat

Scally Nancy

Smith John J

Smith Mary

Tuite Ultan

Whyte Jill

Wright Rose

Association Club

Mergon International, Castlepollard,

Mullingar Credit Union.

Booster Club Members

Baker Gerry

Buckley Tony

Carr Hilda

Cassidy Enda

Coady Hazel

Cooney Una

Cowan Patricia

Crann J.G.

Cummins Deborah

Cummins Michael

Devlin Kathleen

Dolan Vincent

Dolan Eilis

Fagan Family

Fallon Arthur

Kiernan Anna

Kiernan Paul

Kiernan Tommy

McManus Mary

Mooney Betty

Morton Beatrice

Nally Pauline

Nally Martin

O’Reilly Aoife

Rock Paschal

Ryan Margaret

Tanner Pearly

Tehan Fran

Tuite Gallagher Colette,

Wynne Brian

This Club is open to those who pledge

€100, €500 or €1,000 annually to

Band funds.

We thank those Clubs and Businesses for

their support and hope they will continue

this association in the future.

The Booster Club is open to all Former Members of

Mullingar Town Band and parents of Former Members who contribute €15 or more per

year. Members of the Club will receive a

complimentary copy of each issue of Bandlink.

The Awareness Club

The awareness club is the club for the general public who pledge

€15 or more per year to the Bands funds.

The names of club members will be listed in each issue of Bandlink and each

member will receive a complimentary copy of Bandlink .

Gibney’s

Monumental Works

Longford Rd.,

Ballyglass, Mullingar.

Continued

Success to

Mullingar

Town Band