Pipe band news from the East and West coasts.
There’s nothing like a room full of bagpiper and drummers to get your heart – and a season underway. The first competition of the piping season in the Pacific Northwest was successfully launched last weekend in Surrey. Â The BC Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering was held at Clayton Heights Secondary School in Surrey on the Easter …
The sun shone again, for the 16th time in the 17 year history of the BC Law Enforcement memorial, commemorating those officers of the RCMP and all other police forces who lost their lives in the line of duty in British Columbia. This is an annual event that draws police members from all over British …
In the world of pipe bands, there are only a few occasions when both competitive and performance pipe bands play together. The June 14 “Bagpipes by the Beach” in West Vancouver is one of those occasions. In the Lower Mainland of BC, we are fortunate to be a hotbed of both competitive and performance pipe …
The RCMP E. Division Pipe Band and the Buffalo Celtic Music Society are proud to present: Tartan Day 2014 Concert “A Highland Celebration” Saturday, April 5, 2014 Riverside Palace Banquet Hall, 14431 Knox Way, Richmond, BC V6V 2Z1 Cocktails: 6pm. Dinner: 7pm Featuring: RCMP E. Division Pipe Band, under PM Hugh Peden The Tam O’Shanter …
Read more “Music, dancing and whisky tasting scheduled for Tartan Day 2014”
Fresh from their band trip to Cosa Misa, California to compete at the annual ScotsFest USS Highland Games, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band is now gearing up for the BC spring and summer competition season and their upcoming trip to Glasgow, Scotland for another crack at the world championship title. This is a band …
Read more “Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band needs your help !”
Jack and Terry Lee reflect on the past 30 years of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Pipe Band
It was quite a performance, and one the 18 members of the Delta Police Pipe Band will not soon forget. Several months ago, PM John Ralston contacted the McCartney folks to see if they wanted a pipe band to join him on-stage at his November 25 concert in Vancouver. It had been 50 years since …
Read more “The Fab 18: Delta Police Pipers & Paul McCartney”
A new bass drum, a new set of Northern Ireland manufactured Andante snare and tenor drums and a new music piece written by Robert Mathieson will be some of the highlights of a 30th anniversary concert May 4 at the home venue of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra by the six-time World Pipe Band Champions …
Read more “Now that’s a drum! SFU preps for NYC Lincoln Centre concert.”