The Garda Band will perform a gala concert with Gloria, the Gay and Lesbian Choir in the National Concert Hall.
Following this morning's photo opportunity at Garda Headquarters (previous release 712/08 below refers), photographs from the event are now available from the Garda Press Office.
Please send requests by email stating whether high, medium or low resolution photographs are preferred.
Garda Press Office
14.30hrs 6.6.08
Ref: 717/08
The Garda Band will perform a gala concert with Gloria, the Gay and Lesbian Choir on Sunday evening next at 8pm in the National Concert Hall.
It marks the beginning of the Gay Pride celebrations in the Capital which will take place over the next three weeks culminating in the Pride Parade on Saturday June 21st.
This is the second time that Gloria and the Gardai have joined forces for such an event.
In 2006, in a groundbreaking concert, the Band and Gloria brought the crowd of 1,200 people to their feet in what was the first such event in the world where a Garda Band and a gay choir performed together.
The Gardai and the gay community have worked over the past ten years to develop a good relationship and this concert is in many ways a celebration of that relationship.
Tickets are available from the National Concert Hall box office 01-4170000.
A photo opportunity with members of the Garda Band, Gloria and the Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy will take place at 10.45 am on Friday June 6th at Garda Head Quarters.
Garda Press Office
17.15hrs 5.6.08
Ref: 712/08
