The Mastermind Behind "The Force" Display Team - Episode #30 with Paula Braden

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EPISODE #30 Paula Braden

Paula Monahan, nee Braiden, is currently an RSPBA Drum Major Adjudicator and retired competitor. She has also been a Drum Major teacher for 23 years through her role as Director of PB Class of Drum Majors, and within this time, she has developed several accomplished champion Drum Majors, including 5x World Champions.

As a previous competitor herself, she holds the following titles and honors: 6x times World Champion, 5x times consecutive World Champion runner-up, 15x British, 11x European, 13x Scottish, 3x UK, 7x Cowal, 12x Ulster, and 12x All Ireland Champion titles spanning over a 25-year career period. She also has RSPBA PDQB in musical theory for Grade 4 Piping and Grade 5 Drumming.

On top of this, she has also been Senior Drum Major at several prestigious international musical Tattoo events. She served as the Senior Drum Major for 8x years at Avenches Festival Tattoo (Switzerland), 2x years at St. Gallen Tattoo (Switzerland), 1x year at Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival (Moscow), and various other international musical tattoos and events across the globe.

She has also had the pleasure and experience of co-producing the massed pipes and drums at the Avenches Festival Tattoo, St. Gallen Tattoo, Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival, and the Walled City Tattoo (Derry/Londonderry), including several indoor mini tattoos based within Northern Ireland.


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For more information and donations, find us at www.TheWashingtonTattoo.com

#washingtondc #dc #military #DMV #nonprofit #drumline #drumcorps #marchingarts #percussion #PASIC #percussivearts #education #tradition #culture #podcast