Rotary Club of Berry, Australia honour Lee Rigby

Drummer Lee Rigby

The Rotary Club of Berry, Australia honoured Lee Rigby during their annual festival, with one of the participating bands from Lithgow (Australia) dedicating a number to the honour of Drummer Rigby.

The piece they chose to play consisted of a very solemn and dramatic percussion - appropriate for the honour of a drummer.

Noel Marshall, Chairman of the Celtic Festival Committee of the Rotary Club of Berry, said: "From my vantage point in the centre of the arena, I was stunned by the total silence of the spectators during the performance."

Berry is a small country town (population 2000) about 140Km South of Sydney, Australia. The town has a very active Rotary Club for such a small town. For seven years, the Rotary Club has hosted an annual festival celebrating seven of the Celtic traditions. Attendance is typically 100 - 160 bagpipe players, choirs, musicians, dancers, and typically 3,500 spectators. The proceeds, to date, have been dedicated to setting up a cancer treatment facility, and more recently, to CanAssist, a grass roots style organisation to help families suffering hardship due to cancer.

Further information on the festival can be seen at:

http://www.berrycelticfestival.org.au