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2014 Bellingham Highland Games schedules and Order of Play posted

The links on the BCPA website are updated with the order of play, solo piping and solo drumming platform and band schedules (see below) for the Saturday, June 7 Bellingham Highland Games.  The previously posted schedule had last year’s events from the balanced competition schedule. This is the updated 2014 Bellingham Band Schedule: Grade 5 Quick…

Memorial: Colin MacRae Sr. 11/7/1928 – 4/20/2014

Colin MacRae Sr. was widely respected and admired for his influence on piping in the Northwest. The son of Alexander MacRae, founder of the Washington Scottish and the Seattle Pipe Bands, he started taking piping lessons in 1939 from Alistair MacMillan of Tacoma in the old style of Piobaireachd and was long strongly involved in the Northwest…