Cowan Memorial Flute Band

<p>The Cowan Memorial Flute band from Sion Mills, celebrate 125 years of Marching and playing this year, and with this being Northern Ireland's centenary year its great to have a band on the podcast that is even older than NI!</p><p>From their beginnings as a lodge band through to being renamed to honour one of their members the band has went through many highs and lows, but have remained a part of the band scene 1 and 1/4 centuries!</p><p>I really enjoyed talking to the lads and felt like I had known them for years, we just got into everything band in a short space of time and had a good bit of craic together as well.</p><p>I really hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.</p><p>Next week, we go international again, we are off to Canada and are talking to Graham Kernoghan from the Cambridge Crown Defenders, make sure you check that out as well.</p><p>Thank you to all of our patrons and supporters of the GoFundMe page, as we try to raise the funds we need to release a children's version of Made to Parade and move into professional video podcasts.</p><p>If yo haven't got your copy of the book you can still get it on Amazon.</p><p>Thank you again to our sponsors the British Drum Company for getting behind the podcast, check out their range of marching drum on britishdrumco.com</p>