| The Cossacks Showband |
| Within two years the band achieve their dream |
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St Patrick's Day, Wednesday 17th March, 1964 the Cossacks got their first BIG BAND DATE in the Flamingo Ballroom, Ballymena It all began with a two page spread in the local Ballymena Weekly Telegraph The night was an outstanding success and the band never looked back |
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| circa
1964 |