Eventbrite - Dublin Concert Band presents A Night at the Movies and Musicals with DCB - Sunday, 27 March 2022 at 1WML, Dublin 2, Dublin. Find event and ticket information.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, October 31st, Galesburg Police observed as a sedan came to a stop in the middle of the intersection of East Knox Street and Grand Avenue - disobeying a stop sign. The vehicle sat at the intersection for several moments before moving and officers conducted a traffic stop. When the vehicle stopped again, the driver, 44-year old Jeremy Dickerson began exiting the vehicle, to which officers ordered him to stay inside the car. Dickerson spoke in a thick tongue and emitted an alcoholic odor, according to police reports. When officers asked Dickerson to perform a field sobriety test, he initially stated yes, but then refused. He was placed under arrest and transported to the Public Safety Building where he eventually refused to provide a breath sample saying, "I know I'm over, so no." During the interview process, Dickerson said, "Everyone drinks and drives, I just got caught." Dickerson was charged with Driving Under the Influence an
The Brass Band Conductors Association (BBCA) has confirmed the adjudicating panel for the upcoming online version of its annual conducting competition.
New addition
In an exciting new addition, Flowers Band Musical Director Paul Holland, and Brendan Breslin, a former winner of the competition, will be joined by the internationally acclaimed Norwegian conductor Bjarte Engeset.
Engeset has worked as Music Director of the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, and is the Artistic Director of Norway s Northern Lights Festival and Opera Nord, as well as being permanent guest conductor of the Flemish Radio Orchestra.
He is the former Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Sweden s Dalasinfoniettan and is currently Music Director of the Royal Norwegian Navy Orchestra. He has also worked with many leading professional orchestras as well as in the brass banding world with Bjørsvik Brass and Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag.
Why the words of Douglass sing out loud in Cork
The legacy of Frederick Douglass from a musical perspective is being explored in Cork, says Stevie G in his Downtown column
Charmaine Ngwenya recording music at the Kabin studio in Cork City.
THE legacy of Frederick Douglass, the 19th century US social reformer and civil rights activist, is being explored from a musical perspective in Cork this week. The former slave, turned abolitionist, once journeyed through Cork and Ireland, at the time of the Great Famine, and it left a mark on his life and future teachings.
Most Cork and Irish people knew little of Douglass until recently, but this impressive celebration of his impact brings his ethos into the 21st century. The challenges Douglass faced are mirrored today, a couple of centuries on, so his teachings are still relevant.