Play it Loud Photograph by Randi Grace Nilsberg

Play it Loud

by Randi Grace Nilsberg

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Title

Play it Loud

Artist

Randi Grace Nilsberg

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

I believe this quote has a lot more to it than just the music part. The story is as follows:

THE EAST BELFAST PROTESTANT BOYS, EBPB FLUTE BAND CAME TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF A MEETING OF A EAST BELFAST LOGDE, COOKES DEFENDERS LOL 609. THE BAND PARADED UNDER THAT NAME FOR TWO PARADES 1ST AND 12TH OF JULY , AFTER THESE PARADES THE BANDS MEMBERSHIP PARTED COMPANY WITH THE LOGDE ,AND SET OUT ON THERE OWN UNDER THE NAME PROTESTANT BOYS NEWTOWNARDS ROAD FLUTE BAND.

THE BAND MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE FIRST BAND PRATICE WHERE JOE KILLOPS, TOMMY JIM KILLOPS, ROY & SAMMY SPEIRS, W.BRIGHT AND ALBERT BAKER. THE BAND PRACTICE TOOK PLACE IN THE BACK YARD OF THE KILLOPS FAMILY HOME,131 SEVERN STREET. THESE WERE INDEED VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS FOR THE BAND,AS IT WAS FOR MOST BANDS STARTING UP IN THOSE DAYS.

THE BANDS MEMBERSHIP GREW QUICKLY AND SOON IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE BAND HAD TO MOVE TO SOMEWHERE BIGGER TO PRACTICE, THE OLD COAL YARD IN DEE STREET.AS TIME WENT BY THE BAND MOVED ON TO NEW PREMISES IN EAST BELFAST SUCH AS THE PAINTERS HALL IN DEE STREET AND GLENALLAN STREET BEFORE GETTING OUR OWN PACTICE HALL IN VICARGE STREET WERE THE BAND RESIDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME .FROM VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS THIS BAND HAS MOVED ON TO BE A BAND THAT IS ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY SOMTHING NEW, AS THIS YEAR WE SURPRISED EVERYONE WHEN WE WALK THE 1ST JULY WITH WHITE TROUSERS IN A NEW UNIFORM. THE BAND HAS SINCE LEFT VICARAGE STREET AND MOVED TO TOWNSLEY STREET WERE THE BAND STAYED TILL THIS YEAR, THE BAND HAS NEW PREMISES NOW IN CONNSWATER STREET ,JUST OFF THE NEWTOWNARDS ROAD WHERE THEY HOPE TO STAY.

THE BAND HAS HAD A FEW SAD TIMES OVER THE YEARS WITH THE DEATHS OF THREE GOOD MEMBERS JOHN BOYD, RICHARD COWAN AND STEVEN HAMILL. THE BAND HAS ITS OWN MURAL ON THE NEWTOWNARS ROAD IN MEMORY OF THESE MEMBERS 'WE FORGET THEM NOT'

I WOULD LIKE TO END THIS BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EAST BELFAST PROTESTANT BOYS BY SAYING OUR SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF EBPBFB.

OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE

WHERE OUR MUSIC IS WELCOME

WE WILL PLAY IT LOUD

WHERE ARE MUSIC IS CHALLENGED

WE WILL PLAY IT LOUDER

WE ARE THE PILGRIMS MASTER

WE SHALL ALWAYS GO A LITTLE FURTHER

FOR GOD AND ULSTER