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“It can cost a marching band $500K to come to Ireland for the St Patrick\u2019s Day parade”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The emotion is incredible\u2019: being in a St Patrick\u2019s parade marching band”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Purdue \u201cAll American\u201d Marching Band from Indiana during their first visit to Ireland are shown above. The band, featuring 346 performers and world\u2019s biggest drum, returned last year to march in the St Patrick\u2019s Day parade for the second time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1992, the Marching Illini band from the University of Illinois became the very first American college band to cross the Atlantic to participate in the Dublin St Patrick\u2019s Day parade. Since then, hundreds of others from all across the United States have made the same journey to march down O\u2019Connell Street on March 17th, in one of the most famous parades in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marching Illini came back to Dublin for the eighth time last year. Measuring 106 metres in length, their group of 310 performers \u2013 including five drum majors, twirlers, guards and \u201cIllnettes\u201d \u2013 lead the parade behind the grand marshal, Game of Thrones<\/em> star Liam Cunningham, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin M\u00edche\u00e1l MacDonncha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Purdue \u201cAll American\u201d Marching Band boasts the world\u2019s biggest drum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even bigger last year was the Purdue \u201cAll American\u201d Marching Band from Indiana, with 346 performers \u2013 and the biggest drum in the world \u2013 coming to Dublin for the second time. Along with their parents, alumni and friends, the Purdue group numbers more than 700.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huge logistical challenge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bringing such huge groups to Dublin at one of the busiest weekends of the year for tourism is a huge logistical challenge, requiring the help of tour operators in the US and in Ireland. Big bands often have to charter their own flights, and hire a fleet of coaches to bring them around. Most stay for at least five days, to sightsee and perform elsewhere around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also requires very significant funds \u2013 it can cost a band of this size about $500,000 (\u20ac405,000) to come to Ireland to march in the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the expense, the St Patrick\u2019s Day parade in Dublin is one of the hottest international gigs for American college bands, and competition for a place is fierce. The application process takes up to two years, with a team of musical judges assessing applications from dozens of bands each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Marching Illini band from the University of Illinois in 1992 became the first American college band to participate in the Dublin St Patrick\u2019s Day parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny of the bands who have been here will tell you about the atmosphere on the streets and the privilege of playing in the home of such a big festival which has taken over the world,\u201d says Edelle Moss, marketing and development director of the St Patrick\u2019s Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a unique mix from a parade point of view; they get to be amongst really strong creative pieces, which they wouldn\u2019t get to do in other band parades. The atmosphere on the streets, and the warm welcome that they get in the city, isn\u2019t replicated anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of the parade, the Lord Mayor of Dublin welcomes all the band directors at a reception at the Mansion House, where they are formally welcomed to the city, and brought through the logistical arrangements for the following day. After the parade finishes, another ceremony is held to award prizes for the best bands, and present participation certificates to all performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Marching Illini will lead the parade in 2018 behind the grand marshal, Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin M\u00edche\u00e1l MacDonncha. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the musicians who have Irish ancestry, they walk down O\u2019Connell Street with tears in their eyes. They might have only set foot on Irish soil a few times in their lives, if at all, so the emotion for them is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retired police officer Thomas Cody<\/a>, who manages the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society of the Chicago<\/a> Police Department, says leading his band down O\u2019Connell Street in 2015 was one of the greatest honours of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So proud<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t remember walking down O\u2019Connell Street because I don\u2019t think I was on the ground at all, I was about four feet above I was so proud,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those with Irish family connections like Cody, the experience has a particular emotional resonance. His father was from Tipperary, and mother from Mayo. They met at a dancehall in Chicago in the 1920s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy parents would have been about two feet higher than I was. I wish they could have been there to see it, they would have been very proud because they were the ones who passed on their Irish heritage to me. I won\u2019t ever forget where I came from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Measuring
Measuring 106 metres in length, their group of 310 performers, the Marching Illini band in Dublin for the eighth time last year. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 47 band members were joined by wives, girlfriends and friends to number 123 altogether. They took a 12-day tour around Ireland after St Patrick\u2019s Day, performing in three parades and other concerts, and visiting the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle, and Cork and Limerick cities. One couple got married on the trip, and another engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an expensive trip \u2013 shipping alone of the band\u2019s uniforms, flags, drums and other equipment cost $15,000 (\u20ac12,000), but Cody says they \u201cwill do it all over again for 2020\u201d when they have secured another place in the Dublin parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree years later, the band members still talk about the great time they had in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Patrick\u2019s Day 2019 parade in numbers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

500,000:<\/strong> Number of spectators expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.2km:<\/strong> Length of parade route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2,000:<\/strong> Number of band members from Ireland, US and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

155 metres:<\/strong> Length of the longest pageant, by Bu\u00ed Bolg featuring 140 performers ranging in age from 16 to 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17km:<\/strong> Length of crowd control barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,800:<\/strong> Number of man hours of security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3km:<\/strong> Length of electric cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20:<\/strong> Number of generator<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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