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What is a Festival without a Marching Band?

Marching bands have grown on me. They hold a fascination for young and old alike and I think that fascination has bit by bit, infected me also.

I didn’t always feel so positive towards them. In fact there was a time I agreed whole heartedly with this quote from Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 – 1961)

Brass bands [...]

Marching Band Festival In Giulianova (TE) May 2010, Abruzzo

If a friend called and said “Hey I’ve an idea, let’s go see some marching bands. It’ll be fun!”, I’d probably think of something “more important” to do.

But having heard that on 27 – 30 May in Giulianova there’s a Marching Band Festival I’m very tempted to go.

Why this monumental turn around?

Well there are a [...]

Traditional Music from Abruzzo by Terre Del Sud

I don’t know much about the band Terre Del Sud other than they were formed in 2003 when a group of friends with an interest in reproducing traditional music of Southern Italy got together.

I picked that up from their website.

But I feel I know a bit more about them than their basic bio and that’s because [...]