Category: Announcements

Our team were invited to showcase a variety of displays to celebrate the marriage of Astra & Mark Patterson. The Bride picked a traditional theme as a surprise to Husband Mark, so Killaloe, Highland Cathedral, set of 6/8 marches, Black Bear and Scotland the Brave were the chosen tunes. This was supported by the fantastic Mark with a Drum Salute, Pipers Craig and David along with Oliver performing to Cabar Feidh.

#TheForceWedding #TheForceFlashMob #Pipers #Drummers #DrumMajors

Thursday 5th December marked the start of the collaboration between The Force Academy and Friends of Campbell College Pipe Band in the immaculate Campbell College Campus, Belfast.

Paula had introduction meetings and planned assessment with the pending students and Head of Piping Grahame Harris. #TheForceAcademy #TheForce #Students #CampbellCollege

Tartan Day Dander in Belfast City Centre. The Force led the Massed Pipes and Drums with some help from The Force Minis and some other Drum Majors from various classes. A great day, promoting our culture, art and ability! Thank you Ulster-Scots Agency!

Thanks as always to the parents and spectators who sent us pictures from the parade at the 2024 Belfast Tartan Day Dander. It’s great to see us all enjoying our day in photos! What a great event to showcase all the talent within Northern Ireland and promote our culture and heritage.

It was especially an honour for Paula to lead the Massed Pipes and Drums on the parade route alongside some of The Force Elite and Minis who were joined by other Drum Majors from classes across Northern Ireland.

Paula led the Massed Pipes and Drums into the back of City Hall, and as Senior Drum Major gave the commands to Salute the Chieftain, Colonel Mark Sheridan DL, Deputy Lord Lieutenant. This was followed by a tea and coffee reception in city hall for all the participants. Huge thanks to the organisation team at the Ulster-Scots Agency for making it a day for everyone to remember, especially the young children that were on parade!

As always it was lovely to catch up with our pipe band friends and fellow Drum Majors. #BelfastTartanDay #BelfastCityCentre #TheForce #CityHall #TheForceMinis

So proud of The Force journey this far! The vision is becoming the reality with so much more on the agenda. With continued global presence and daily hits on our website it has ultimately moved us in the direction of what our followers want… The good work, strong collaborations being made behind the scenes is now ready for sharing.. #GordonsSchool#StColumbasSchool#CampbellCollege

Ready to launch, The Force Academy is live on the website where you can register to begin your journey to avail of literature, videos, one to one contact with a tutor.

#Academy#Scholarships#DrumMajorSchools#Schools#UlsterScotsProjects

🎶 The Mini Force 🎶
It’s lovely to be invited to put together a Harvest Themed Drum Majors Display for some of the children who attend Castledawson Primary School.

The Mini Force has children that attend Mid Ulster Drum Majors Academy on our database who will be on show and maybe a wee surprise, so hold out for the footage on this one!! #HarvestHooley #CPS #TheMiniForce

All NI/ROI database participates, are you available for this event?
Will be great to see a wonderful turn out for St. Andrew’s Day 🎶🎶 in conjunction with the Ulster-Scots Agency.

Further details to follow via Harris Kilt Company social media, when available.

Email The Force at Info@theforce.events to confirm your availability. 🎶🎶

🎶🎶 The Mini Force 🎶🎶
With the database growing constantly of young talented musicians and Drum Majors, this ties in nicely with a few opportunities that are in the pipeline. The ‘Mini Force’ is to showcase the future of Drum Majoring and with its first outing in a few weeks, this falls nicely with our nearly ready to launch next step! 🤩 A few sneak peaks recently may have been a give away! #WebsiteNews #TheMiniForce #TheForce #TheForceDatabase #150Members #Global

The first of the monies were handed over 4th October to Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke. The Force founder, Paula met Valerie, Community Fundraising Coordinator and presented the donation of £1,000, which goes towards fantastic services here in NI.

It was an honour for The Force to sponsor the Summer Gala Ball this year through collaboration of local talent and with its many donations, raffle tickets and tickets for the gala, which helped raise £2,000. Thank you everyone who supported. #ChestHeartAndStroke #TheForce

Delighted to be able to bring Drum Majoring in the form of a scholarship to this incredibly innovative Boarding School. 🎶

How wonderful a vision can become a reality when you follow the ethos of what The Force represents and the people we connect with. #DrumMajor #Teaching #ScholarshipOpportunity #GordonsSchool

Do you want to further your skills in Piping, Snare Drumming or the art form of Drum Major? The Gordon’s School Pipes and Drums Scholarship programme may be just the thing for you.

Book a place on our sixth form open evening on 3rd October and come meet us: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/59083

Or apply for the Scholarship directly, here: https://www.gordons.school/form/?pid=382&form=135

Applications need to be submitted by the 22nd November 2024.

More information can be found here: https://www.gordons.school/scholarships

#Gordon’s School #Gordonians #The National Piping Centre #The Force

Events Team 22 with Emma Forde director of operations tonight 🤩
Literally on our doorstep! Which is always a pleasure 🎶