After a long and successful career, Pipe Major Graham Davidson of the Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band has retired, 14 years after founding the band. This past Labour Day weekend in Pleasanton, California, Graham passed the band to the newly appointed Pipe Major Myles Wilcott. Myles began piping as a child in Pine Falls, Manitoba originally…
Reminiscences by Pipe Major Hal Senyk Triumph Street in 1976 was a very young band – we were short on experience but developing confidence with our sound and musical presentation. We looked forward to our first trip to Scotland to compete in Grade 1 and get ourselves established as a legitimate Grade 1 band. In…
As the final week of the CP Air Pipe Band’s Scotland trip dawned, the exhilaration of winning Cowal had just started to subside. The hectic pace of the previous two weeks, with preparations for the Worlds and Cowal and a quick trip to Oban in between to watch Jack compete in the Gold Medal and the…
BCPA would like to congratulate the following BCPA members for their achievements at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering (August 24-25), Cowal Highland Gathering (August 26), Northern Meeting (September 1-2), and Royal Braemar Highland Gathering (September 3). Jori Chisholm – 2nd Royal Braemar Highland Gathering Gold Medal Piobaireachd – 2nd Royal Braemar Highland Gathering March Alastair Lee…
