The Loyal Orders
The Orange Order is a
massive part of this community, and it should always be respected as this ,its
Christian teachings should be cherished and admired by us all, we don't all
realise it but the Order could hold the key to mend old disputes and create a
Harmony & once again a sense of Unity from within our Loyalist/Unionist
people which in turn would bring about a strength which we need daily to combat
our enemies what ever shape or form they may come.
We
as a band support the Orange Order the same way we support all the Loyal Orders
and our entire community, But here in Scotland over the past 16 years or so a lot has been said
ABOUT & WITHIN the Orange Order in
Scotland on their stance against the Battle Honours and Colours of the
Ulster Volunteer Force in their Parades, we in the S.O.U.F.B. genuinely Sympathize
with our fellow Bandsmen who have been slandered from pillar to post for
standing by their principles and refusing to drop those standards.
 We as a band and members of the UVF Regimental Band Association also
refuse to drop our colours for ANYONE, too many men died under those flags for
us to simply give them up, we wont down cry any band who decides to drop their
colours, we dont agree
with it but what other bands do is up to them, iam sure those who have and those
who will
i suppose do again in the future, will have valid excuses (in their own
minds) for doing so, but to us " we are the Sons
of Ulster and we are proud to represent the Sons of Ulster every Son of Ulster
who Died & Served under the Purple standard of the Ulster Volunteer Force".
These colours are our history, a history that can not be changed or messed with,
if our standards are not allowed then we simply
don't parade or play and I know
that this is what Noel Kinner would have wished.
The band has paraded on numerous occasions now with the Orange Order in
Belfast and may i add how very proud we have been to do so, Noel Kinner was an
Orangeman with Old Boyne Heroes 633 Shankill rd and very proud he was to belong
to that Lodge & the Orange institution , when we walk with the Order we feel we are walking in celebration of Noels
life as an Orange Man as well as an Ulster Volunteer, the band had the great honour of walking with Noels Lodge
LOL 633 in 2002 in the 90th anniversary parade & pageant organized to celebrate the formation of the UVF from Glencairn to the Ulster Hall in Belfast City
Centre & we hope to walk with
them once again
this year 2004 in the tour of the North Parade.
We have paraded now 3 times to Edenderry
(twice with Sons of Ulster LOL 759 Shankill Rd No9 Dist & in 2003 with Queen Victoria
LOL 700
Clifton st No3 Dist) and on 2 of those occasions we were
given the Great Honour of leading the district, we would like to thank the
members of all the lodges and ABOD clubs we have had the pleasure of walking
with, and we hope it will not be too long till we get that great pleasure to do
so once
again.
As I stated earlier on this page the
Orange Order is a Massive Part of this Community but it hurts us that we are not
allowed to parade with them in Scotland but it will not &
can not stop us in our
ways, we are a Loyalist band and we are available to ALL sections of our
community for booking, and book us they continue to do!, by taking on these
Bookings we are full filling the Aims, Ideas & Intentions we had way back in
1999 when our band master sat down with the Family to discuss starting the band,
the band continues to take part in Loyalist Traditional Parades, Band Parades,
Memorial Parades, Numerous Dances for the Orange, ABOD, Welfare Groups &
Other Flute Bands, we also continue to Turn out the odd CD when we can and when
we have the financial means to do so.
All this helps us to Promote
& Preserve Noels name, we remain Loyal to all the Loyal Orders but 1st and foremost
the Band is about Noel Kinner this is what matters to the
S.O.U.F.B. Glasgow.
WE SHALL MAINTAIN!!!
F.G.A.U
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