{"id":1580,"date":"2018-08-20T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishmarchingbandsmedia.wordpress.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2018-08-20T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:14:13","slug":"the-journey-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marchingbandsireland.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/20\/the-journey-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGHERY BAND REIGNED VICTORIOUS IN ALL IRELAND TITLE DEFENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maghery band reigned victorious yesterday (Sunday) in Drogheda in the defence of their All Ireland Title against another Fife band from Dungannon.<br \/>\nLed by Erin O\u2019Donnell, the band gave a spectacular performance and went live to thousands of spectators, before being crowned All Ireland champs and performing to thousands that lined the street of Drogheda.<br \/>\nThe band have shot to fame over recent years following their innovative drill, music and drumming routines especially when their Easter performance went viral last April.<br \/>\nSince their rise to fame, the band are believed to have been preparing for yesterday\u2019s Fleadh competition.<br \/>\nThe Fife band will look to go one better next year as \u2018the drive for five\u2019 takes place in Drogheda 2019.<\/p>\n<p>An East coast tour of the United States, taking place across several states, will take place before next year\u2019s All Ireland title defence.<br \/>\nTheir winter training period will see them train for their tour and Easter competition as well as engage in some exciting fundraising opportunities.<br \/>\nThe band have a go fund me page, where they welcome donations to assist their fundraising efforts as they train further to represent Ireland\u2019s Irish language, music, culture, youth and heritage on the world stage.<br \/>\nThe band will be returning tonight to Dungloe and Maghery where they will be parading and performing their All Ireland routine at approx 7.30pm<br \/>\nA cavalcade will then ensue to Maghery where they will return the cup \u2018home\u2019 across Roshine Bridge, parade down the lobby, and perform their finale performance in Maghery.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10\" src=\"https:\/\/irishmarchingbandsmedia.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/screenshot-2018-10-17-at-13-52-47.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 13.52.47\" width=\"698\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marchingbandsireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/screenshot-2018-10-17-at-13-52-47.png 698w, https:\/\/marchingbandsireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/screenshot-2018-10-17-at-13-52-47-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maghery band reigned victorious yesterday (Sunday) in Drogheda in the defence of their All Ireland Title against another Fife band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,6,8,9,15,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-ireland-fleadh","category-donegal","category-fleadh-cheoil","category-flute-bands","category-marching-bands","category-senior-flute"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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