Welcome to our Members Only page, please get into the habit of checking this page often!
News and Notes
Road to Ireland - We have decided to compete in Ireland in July, 2011. This will give us a little more time for planning and fund-raising. The competition will be in Northern Ireland, city to be determined.
Next stop as we bar-hop to Ireland - Stay Tuned!
New Mailing Address - We have a new mailing address, effective immediately. It is: PO Box 5431, Albany, New York 12205-0431.
Practice Schedule: (Subject to change - please check back frequently! Thanks)
3/11 - Regular Practice, Albany Elks, 7pm. Lessons with Tristan, check your time slots..
3/18 - Practice after meeting
Meetings:
Thursday, 3/18 - Executive Board Meeting 6:30 at the Albany Elks
Thursday, 3/18 - General Band Meeting 7:15 at the Albany Elks
Upcoming Jobs Schedule:(Subject to change - please check back frequently! Thanks)
Fri, 3/5 - Cancelled
Sun, 3/7 - Fundraiser, at the Albany Elks, arrive at 3, play at 4pm. Uniform is long sleeve shirt and tie, parade uniform.
Sat, 3/13 - Firemen's Union Hall, 11am. Uniform tunic, parade uniform.
Sat, 3/13 - Albany St Patricks Parade, steps at 2. Parade uniform, tunic, plaid, horsehair sporran, spats, etc.
Sat, 3/13 - Albany Elks, after parade celebration, 4pm. Uniform TBD
Sun, 5/16 - Siena Graduation, TU Center. Line up 9am, play 10am. Parade uniform with long sleeve shirt and tie.
Sat, 5/22 - Niska Day Parade, meet at St James Square at 8:30 am (we get bussed to the beginning of the parade route). Parade Uniform, with blue short sleeve shirt.
Sat, 5/29 - East Durham Irish Festival - parade uniform with white short sleeve shirt.
Sun, 5/30 - East Durham Irish Festival - parade uniform with blue short sleeve shirt.
Sat, 6/12 - Celtic Festival, Schenectady downtown. Time etc. TBD. Uniform is kilt and black t-shirt. We will be setting up a table to sell shirts, etc. The festival is noon to 9.
Sun, 6/13 - Troy Flag day parade, line up at noon, steps at 1. Parade uniform with white short sleeve shirt.
Sat, 6/19 - Lake George Firemen's parade. Parade uniform with white short sleeve shirt. (Bus trip)
Sat 8/14 - Firemen's Parade, Latham. Details TBD
Looking Ahead
2010 Competition Schedule (Tentative)
4/10 New Hampshire Indoor
5/15 Colonial Highland Games, MD (probably a bus trip)
6/5 Bonnie Brae Games
7/3 Round Hill Games
7/17 Glasgowlands
7/18 Rockland
7/24 Herkimer
7/31 Maxville, ON (NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS)
8/22(?) Hunter
9/4 Schenectady
2009 Competition Results: 2d Place Overall Points Winner for Grade 5! Awesome job everyone!
How we fared at each individual competition:
Saturday, June 6 - Bonnie Brae, Liberty Corners, NJ - We finished 4th overall (out of 10), missed 3d by 1 point. Altogether a nice effort by all involved.
Saturday, July 18 - Glasgow Lands - We finished 4th overall (out of 12).
Sunday, July 19 - Rockland County Feis - We finished 5th overall (out of 13).
Saturday, July 25 - Great American Irish Festival - We finished 1st overall! Congratulations to all members of the competition band! Nice Job!
Saturday, Aug 8 - Central NY Scottish Games - We placed in the top 6!
Sunday, Aug 16 - Hunter Mt - We placed 2d!
Saturday, Sept 5 - Altamont - First Place!!
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2008 Competition Results:
Glasgowlands, Look Park, Northhampton, MA - July 19 - We finished with some good comments, unfortunatley were disqualified because our set ran a little short on time.
Great American Irish Fest, Herkimer Fair Grounds - July 26 - We finished in 2d place! Nice job everyone, it was a hot, and stormy day, thanks to everyone who stuck it out.
Central NY Scottish Games - August 9, Long Branch Park. A disappointing 5th place, but every competition is a learning experience. Thanks to everyone who gave up their Saturday to drive out to Syracuse and compete.
Hunter Mt Celtic Festival - August 17, 3rd overall, nice job to all that competed!
Capital District Scottish Games - Altamont - August 30, Finished 8th out of 15. More importantly than the finish, was the fact that we played well. Overall, a good competition season.
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If you have any questions, or are confused about anything, check with Lori McAlllister, the Band Manager. If your question is about the web site, contact Jim Shaughnessy, the webmaster. Ideas for the web site let me know..
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NOTICE: The bagpipe player versions of all the music are posted on this web site. So, if you have the bagpipe player software, you can follow the bouncing ball. The link is on the left "List of Band Music (Links to bagpipe player.bww)."
The PDFs of the sheet music are up as promised. Click the link to
List of Band Music (Links to Sheet music.PDFs), in a pinch, you can print any music you need from there.
PDF files are pretty common on the internet, so most should already have the Adobe Reader, but if you need it to view the above PDF files, it is a free download from Adobe, click here to go to the Adobe web site and download it. (Note: You may need to make some adjustments to view properly, or to print properly, check out the Adobe site if you have problems.