Sentence examples for drum bands from inspiring English sources

Renditions of traditional songs like Danny Boy rang out as brass, pipe and drum bands proceeded through the centre of the city.

Marching down the Mound and along the Royal Mile, the clamour of more than 100 pipe and drum bands was at times deafening.

Yesterday, under cloudy skies, scores of bagpipe and drum bands marched up the Avenue of the Americas in honor of Tartan Day, the Scottish day of independence.

FOR years, a Caribbean vacation conjured images of steel drum bands catering to camera-wielding throngs and teenagers seeking refuge from Dad's embarrassing shirts.

Up to 2,000 people are expected at the event, which will feature performances by drum bands alongside speeches by senior Orange Order figures and a display of "the art of banner painting and cane carving".

But British restrictions imposed on parade routes since 1998 have largely stopped the Protestants, accompanied by fife and drum bands of men with "kick the pope" tattoos, from parading past most Catholic districts.

A steel drum band welcoming the guest of honor?

Said to a group of deaf children standing near a Caribbean steel drum band in 2000.

Mr. Freund, who plays in an African drum band, comes to buy instruments in the warehouse.

A former member of the earthshaking Brazilian drum band Timbalada brings Bahian rhythms north.

Olodum, the 24-piece drum band from Bahia, Brazil, performs on June 29.