The Templemore Band <TemplemoreBand>
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The Templemore Band was formed in 1948 as a Primary School Band at Templemore Avenue Public Elementary, Belfast. Under the direction of Alfie Bell, the band was soon competing at the very top of the contest scene. They were the first band to perform in the Inaugral European Brass Band Championships in 1978, held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The band have represented the province with distinction at various venues in England and Scotland. At home, Templemore dominated the band arena for many years, winning the N.I.B.A. competition an unequalled 15 times, including an unprecedented Double Hat Trick of 1st Prizes in the N.I.B.A. and Brass Band League contests between 1975 and 1980.

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  • Brian Bennington luv Brian Bennington

    you know the juniors never cease to amaze me. they are really good . and they love it. well done kids. see ya next rehearsal.

    19 weeks ago
  • Brian Bennington Brian Bennington

    They did really well. Great to see. Well done boys and girls

    23 weeks ago
  • Carol-Ann Carol-Ann

    Was good to See a few kids up on Monday night, Hopefully If we all work together we can encourage a few more and build up our junior band! :)

    23 weeks ago
  • Carol-Ann luv Carol-Ann

    Sorry about all the confusion LOL but i think were sorted with the whole Bebo thing now,

    24 weeks ago

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14 December 2008 at 11:00 AM
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Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Village Square and about in various time zones
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The Spirit of Christmas lives on this year with seasonal music and Carols resounding in the cobbled streets and around the sweetie shops. (mmmmmm). Come and savour Christmas Past.

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  • Junior Band

    Monday nights are practice nights for the Juniors, 7pm before the main band rehearsal. See our Website www.templemoreband.com for more details.

    If you know anyone learning to play a brass instrument or want to learn yourself come along! Bring your friends.
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  • You know youre a music nerd when.....


    1. Your parents know more about popular music than you do

    2. All the songs on your ipod are at least 20 minutes long

    3. You get in heated arguments about who was better: Beethoven, Bach, or Brahms

    4. You have inavdvertanly learned Italian, French, and German

    5. You can't dance

    6. You sing along to classical music

    7. Every concert you've been to has been in a hall decorated in the neo-romantic style

    8. When you hear a piece you know who wrote it even if you've never heard it before

    9. Loud rock music gives you a headache and makes you cry

    10. You spend Friday and Saturday nights in the practice room

    11. Your idea of a modern, cutting edge concert is when the symphony performs "The Rite of Spring"

    12. All your favorite music artitst are dead

    13.. You wish time travel were possible (so you could prevent Mozart's death so he could finish is last requiem)

    14. Joshua Bell is your favorite "celebrity"

    15. Everyone knows you as "that weird kid who thinks anyone who likes rap is evil"

    16. You have a bad shoulder injury

    17. You got that injury from playing your violin

    18. You got arthritis when you were twelve

    19. You hate that song "graduation" by Vitamin C because its plagiarized

    20. You think Marc Anthony is a guy who fell in love with Cleopatra

    21. Your skin is so fair it glows in the dark

    22. You guard your hands with your life

    23. You've had a "hickey" for 15 years

    24. That's the only hickey you've ever had

    25. You live below the poverty line, and yet you own a custom tuxedo and a $25,000 instrument

    26. You've survived playing a concert while the conductor was wasted.

    27. The neighbors have called the cops on you when you were practicing

    28. You know it is very rude not to bow when the audience is clapping

    29. You also know it is rude to wave or talk on stage

    30. Your favourite Disney movie is Fantasia

    31. You can honestly listen to "William Tell Overture" and not think of The Lone Ranger

    32. You celebrate Mozart's birthday

    33. When your instrument was in the shop you didn't eat, sleep, or talk for a week

    34. When you got your instrument back, you cried and told it you'd never send it away again

    35. You own a piano key necktie

    36. You love performing because, deep down, you a sociopathic attention whore

    37. Music is the only thing you ever think about

    38. You get the joke "I'm a fermata; hold me"

    39. You have spent the night in a practice room

    40. The house is burning down. Forget the instruments, save the reeds!!!!!!

    41. You listen to classical music when working out. Who says the beat isn't fast enough? It's called sub-dividing!!!!!

    42. You know what a V 4/3 is

    43. When the TSA people at the airport start to open your instrument case because "it looks like a weapon" you scream, "don't you dare! that things worth more than you make in a year!!!!!!"

    44. There are pieces that bring you to tears.

    45. You referr to half-time at a football game as intermission

    46. Practice makes perfect is not a saying but a way of life

    47. You own the Beethoven Action Figure, AND the piano sold sepatrately

    48. Your neighbor yells out their window "don't you ever play anything but scales?!"

    49. Your parents still wonder where they went wrong, and pray that one day you will become "normal".

    50. You can talk about classical music all day to people who don't care

    51. Pop music iritates you because it's always in the same key

    52. You know about "the other" Tchaikovsky piano concerto

    53. Your intrument has a name. And a personality.

    54. You have a hickey but you haven't been on a date in months

    55. While all your friends are at work, you're sleeping. When all your frineds are partying, you're playing at the party

    56. Weddings arent big deal anymore

    57. Its totally obvious when actors in movies are faking playing an instrument

    58. You'd sleep with your intrument like that kid in Th

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