Pipe band news from the East and West coasts.
You may have to be a bagpiper to figure this one out, but there’s something a bit unusual about this photo of a pipe band (I’m not sure of the band’s name). I’ll give you a hint. It has something to do with the front row.
For the young B.C. piper looking for an opportunity to play his or her pipes full time, get paid for it and experience the history and tradition of the Nation’s Capital, this is a great opportunity. As the notice from the Canadian Armed Forces indicates, the application deadline for next year’s positions close on Friday …
Read more “Bagpiping in Vancouver…or bagpiping in Ottawa full time?”
For only the fourth time in its 40-year history, the Delta Police Pipe Band (DPPB) has appointed a new Pipe Major. John Ralston, a veteran piper in the Lower Mainland, has taken over leadership duties with the band as of September 7th, moving up from his pipe corporal position that he has appointed to shortly …
Members of by pipe band, the RCMP E. Division Pipe Band were saddened on Tuesday by the news from Pipe Sergeant Mike Guillemin that former well-known and respected Vancouver piper Darleen (Miharija) Milloy has passed away. I did not know Darlene, but she was well known to many band members. Darlene was a key member …
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For all the bagpipe and drumming aficionados in the Lower Mainland, we have an opportunity to see something we rarely see on the big screen; a documentary about bagpipes, and in particular, a film about the global assembly of all-star pipers and drummers who form the band “Spirit of Scotland“. The band is composed of …
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(The following is a news release from Vancouver’s Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band) The Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band (GCPB), www.greighlancrossing.com from Vancouver BC, has been invited by the Government of Beijing Municipality and the China National Tourism Administration to perform at the 12th Beijing International Cultural Tourism Festival. The Band will be leaving on September 15 …
Another inevitability. At the 64th Annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering (the Seattle Games, as most pipers call it), the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band was awarded a first place by one of the piping judges in the medley competition. Their competition – none other than the reigning world champions, the Simon …
Read more “Resistance is not futile: Vancouver bagpipers take a 1st against world champs”
My favorite band, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, is currently on the run-up to the World’s in Scotland, but one of their first big competitions this year was the annual Coquitlam, BCÂ Highland Games at the end of June. Here’s a YouTube video taken by an audience member of their DTSPB medley. SFU won …
Read more “Vancouver’s Triumph Street Pipe Band at Coquitlam Games”