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March 14th 2009: Emmanuel With Us - Coming Soon to RTE The Helix theater at Dublin City University was the venue this year for the award winning 'Emmanuel With Us' choral show. The sheer numbers of those taking part this year meant it had to be moved from its former home in the National Concert Hall. Over 1,000 secondary school children lent their voices to the annual event this year and it proved to be an immense success.... December 24th 2008: Happy Christmas & New Year from the Blanchardstown Brass Band The Blanchardstown Brass Band would like to wish all its listeners and those who've visited this site a very Happy Christmas & New Year. The band has had a very successful year this year, performing 22 times in all in 2008, not band for an amateur band! In addition many of our members branched out and performed with different bands in a variety of different locations throughout the year. This year saw.... December 5th 2008: Blanchardstown Brass Band on Ireland AM Yesterday morning the Blanchardstown Brass Band appeared on television for the third time this year when TV3's Ireland AM came to one of Dublin's most historic buildings, the Mansion House. The residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin was the venue for a Christmas special on the programme and the Blanchardstown Brass Band were on hand to add a little oomph to the proceedings!.... September 21st 2008: Capital D comes to Blanchardstown! RTE One's popular evening show Capital D visited Blanchardstown recently to see what makes one of Ireland's oldest bands tick! The Blanchardstown Brass Band were featured on the show which aired on Thursday last (18th September) at 7pm. The band's chairman John Bates introduced the band.... September 13th 2008: Brass Band and Dutch choir join forces The Blanchardstown Brass Band and a visiting Dutch male choir, het Schorrekoor, joined forces recently for a wonderful lunch time concert at the Blanchardstown Centre. The Dutch choir made contact with the band during the summer and asked if they would be interested in performing together towards the end of their whistlestop tour of Ireland.... August 30th 2008: Spring/Summer review Apologies for the lack of updates of the site recently, our webmaster was on an extended holiday around the world but he's back now so here's an update of what we've been up to over the Spring and Summer months.... January 3rd 2008: Blanchardstown Brass Band appear on TG4 Ireland's oldest band, the Blanchardstown Brass Band, made a special appearence on Ireland's Irish language television station, TG4, yesterday evening. TG4's "Sile" were on hand to film the band at one of their performances in the IFSC over Christmas....
December 24th 2007: Band busiest Christmas schedule draws to a close
Last night at Westmanstown in Clonsilla the Blanchardstown Brass Band brought their Christmas concert schedule to a close. This year was the band's busiest Christmas ever, with the part-time musicians giving 11 performances over the period, up from 5 in 2004!!....
November 20th 2007: Michael Harford wins Fingal Person of the Year
The conductor of the Blanchardstown Brass Band, Michael Harford, two prizes at the annual Fingal Council 'Person of the Year' awards recently. Having received the first award of the evening in the Arts, Culture & Heritage section of the competition, Michael was selected by the adjudicators for the overall Mayor's Award for 2007. Michael received his award in recognition of over 60 years commitment and involvement with the Blanchardstown Brass Band and his work within his local parish of Porterstown....
October 9th 2007: Dominican Order's 800th anniversary celebrations
Members from the Blanchardstown Brass Band recently took part in the Domincan Order's 800th anniversary celebrations at the National Concert Hall. The concert saw choirs from Domincan schools all over Ireland converge on Dublin along with reknowned soloists, actors, a band and special guests to turn the celebration into a very memorable night....
September 12th 2007: Brass bands combine forces!
Following on from their performance at last autumn's Carrickmacross Brass & Concert Band festival and the renewal of an old friendship between the bands. The Blanchardstown Brass Band & The Stedfast Shoes Brass Band, Carrickmacross decided to join forces this year for a few concerts....
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