A lovely picture which just about sums up our weekend at the Moorgreen Show!

We were very honoured to be joined by our friends the Nottingham Seaforth Highlanders Pipe Band under their Pipe Major Bob Orridge. Together we formed what can only be described as a super band and entertained with some great shows in and out of the arena.

It was a real pleasure to have them with us and many laughs were had, not least when the very kind proprietor of this steam powered carousel let us all on for a free go, as long as we played! More photo's on our Gallery pages.

Congratulations again to highland dancer Laura Smith who competed at the Ashbourne Highland Gathering today, July 17th. I finally had the pleasure of watching her compete and have to say that Laura thoroughly deserved her placings and overall champions trophy. Well done from a very proud Pipe Major!

Thanks to everyone who performed at Rempstone, there were some awesome performances over the weekend, and the piping wasn't bad either!

Many congratulations to our dancer Laura Smith who competed at the England National Highland Dancing competition in Corby on Sunday and was crowned overall champion in the beginners category. This amazing acheivment not only makes Laura the national champion in her category but also gains her promotion to the next group. Well done!!!! 

Thanks to all band members who attended the fantastic joint performance with the Ashby Concert Band on Sunday at Newark Castle.

The backdrop was stunning and the performances were of an excellent standard, despite the heat. 

The audience were very appreciative and we have had lots of very positive feedback-a great build up to the concert in October.

Thanks to Janet Mortensen for the photo!

The band has just completed two busy weekends of parading in our home city of Leicester.

On June 19th we were honoured to lead a parade of Leicestershire Regiment veterans from the Cathedral to celebrate Tigers Day.

The following Saturday, June 25th was Armed Forces Day and on this occasion the band lead a parade of over three hundred veterans, cadets and reserve forces on a longer route. The parade ended in Town Hall Square, where the Lord Lieutenant, Lady Gretton, took the salute.

I'm pleased to say that the band took both high profile events in their stride, the drill and standard of music being much commented on by the parade and public. The many hours of practice have defintely paid off and you should all be very proud.

A special mention to our three young tenor drummers, Lottie, (12), Will, (10) and Callum, (8) who were all turning out for the first time on tenor, and to our new Drum Major, Bruce, who carried out his duties faultlessly.