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Venue - |
Pollyfield Centre |
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Doors open 7.30pm - Starts 8.00pm |
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Tickets - |
Pre Booked - £6 Pipe Band Members* - £3** |
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* Pipe band members are those performing at the massed pipes and drums event on the Saturday night. ** These tickets MUST be pre booked |
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There is ample parking at the venue. Venue address - Pollyfield Centre, East the Water, Avon Road, Bideford, EX39 4BL There will be a bar and hot pasties available. |
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Directions - |
There are two main ways of getting to the venue Option 1 via the A39 - On the main A39 between Barnstaple and Bideford, turn off before crossing the new high level Torridge Bridge on to the A386, at the roundabout take the 1st exit towards Bideford, follow the road for just over a mile until you reach a mini roundabout at the end of the old bridge next to the Royal Hotel. Take the 1st exit under the old railway bridge, follow the road up the hill for about 0.3 miles and turn right into Avon Road, just past Whiteland Engineering. Straight on at the next roundabout and the venue is at the end of this road. Option 2 via Bideford Quay - At the mini roundabout at the end of the old bridge take the 1st exit and travel over the bridge and you will reach another mini roundabout at the end of the bridge next to the Royal Hotel. Go straight across and under the old railway bridge, follow the road up the hill for about 0.3 miles and turn right into Avon Road, just past Whiteland Engineering. Straight on at the next roundabout and the venue is at the end of this road. |
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Explore the Area
This year we aren't holding any workshops, so it'll give you the chance to see what North Devon has to offer.
AFTERNOON / EVENING
Bideford Carnival & Massed Pipes & Drums
Free Parking is available from 3.30pm in the Cattle Market Car Park the same as last year, if you arrive before 3.30pm it will cost £1 for all day. Please note that if you leave your car parked over night, charges are payable on the Sunday.
Tuning - There is plenty of room to tune in the car park. We don't want to give you a time to arrive but please be ready for the rehearsal at 4.30pm prompt. The massed band will be tuning to 449 (Korg CA-30 Tuner, this is 475 on a bagpipe specific tuner) .
Rehearsal - 4.30pm Prompt. To run through a few tunes and to work out our marching positions.
Carnival Procession - Starts at 6pm. Bands or band members not wishing to do the whole route can drop out at the top of Bridgeland Street and then make their way to Grenville Street, halfway up the High Street, to rejoin at the appropriate place. There will be an adult member of the Bideford Youth Pipe Band there to help you.
At the end of the carnival procession a marshal will direct you to the refreshments for bands. This will be for a quick drink and a nibble to keep you going before the massed bands. A buffet will be provided after the event.
Massed Band Tunes to be played in the following order:-
3/4's - Green Hills, Battles O'er and Lochanside
2/4's - Corriechollies, Teribus, Barren Rocks, Marie's Wedding
4/4's - Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree and Wings
My Home
6/8's - Cock o' the North and Farewell to the Creeks
Highland Cathedral
Salute to the Chieftain - Highland Laddie
March off - Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree and Wings
Refreshments - After the event there will be a food for the Massed Band participants and their families at The Con Club in Bridgeland Street.
SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER
Once again we invite pipers and drummers to play on the quayside in the morning. last tear it was great fun, there's no set tunes, we just shout out a set and if you can play them, then join in.
The Bideford Youth Pipe Band will be there, so if you would like to join in then you are most welcome. It would only be for hour or so, playing a few tunes, nothing formal or planned, just turn up and play, it's just for fun. This will start just after the 11.15am Piper by the Oldenburg Office (the only building on the riverside) on the Quay.
