[attach id=257685 size="medium"]Bandsman of the Year Dale Cachia receiving the trophy from Joseph Muscat.[/attach]
Tuba player Dale Cachia was recently named Bandsman of the Year of the Sliema Band Club and was awarded the Mro Cardenio Botti trophy. He was the bandsman who attended the band’s activities and functions most.
The presentation took place at the band club during its Foundation Day celebration and the trophy was presented to Cachia by the band club’s school of music coordinator Joseph Muscat.
Prior to the celebration, the Sliema Band, conducted by assistant bandmaster Lesley Tabone, played during Mass, celebrated by parish priest Fr Richard Stanley Grech, OFM, at the Sacro Cuor parish church, accompanied by singer Hanna Bonnici and the Sacro Cuor choir
The band will take part in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus feast (Sacro Cuor) on July 7.