Irvine and Dreghorn Brass Band were honoured to play at the Athletes Village on Friday 25 July
Having been asked to play by the Commonwealth Village Events Team, we spent the afternoon entertaining the athletes and support staff in their home environment.
To start, we marched through the village visiting the various country 'zones' and playing some tunes, making sure to play some Scottish tunes while marching through the Team Scotland zone, which was really a thrill!
Later in the afternoon we settled into Village Green and played two open air sets.
We think they enjoyed the entertainment, if the amount of cheers, tweets, selfies, photos and videos of us that were taken are anything to go by, and we certainly had a blast!
(Photo Credits: Personally Yours Photography)
This is the second exciting gig for the band in the last few weeks. On 2 July, the band played for Her Majesty the Queen at Dumfries House at the opening of its Walled Garden. Unfortunately, we were not photo-bombed by the Queen but we had a fabulous day regardless!
