BC bagpiper Cameron Bonar has won the 2021 Balmoral Classic Piping and Drumming competition; the youngest person to win the US junior solo bagpiping championship. As the overall winner, 13-year old Cameron won a set of MacRae SL4 Bagpipes by Stuart Liddell. The competition was virtual this year and he was the champion of the…
Piping for Highland Dancers: A BCPA Seminar with Liam Hilder Jan 8
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Join former Triumph Street Pipe Band piper Liam Hilder at 9:00 AM January 8 for a BCPA weekend seminar on piping for highland dancing. Liam’s seminar will provide an overview of the types of highland dances, how competitions are structured, the most important skills necessary to successfully pipe for dancing, how to develop these skills,…
Merry Christmas from BC Pipers’ Association
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As we begin the 2021 Christmas season, BC Pipers’ Association president Graham Davidson, on behalf of the BCPA board and committees, would like to wish all our members and visitors to this site a safe and happy Christmas season. We hope your stockings are full of new sticks, reeds, tuning tape and chanters and your…
BCPA Weekend Seminar with J. Reid Maxwell
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Join Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Lead Drummer J. Reid Maxwell for the next 2021 Interactive Seminar brought to you by the BC Pipers’ Association, Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM. Reid’s seminar will look at the evolution of drum scores and other historical elements of pipe band drumming. Reid Maxwell is one of…
