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…
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BC’s Jack Lee wins third Glenfiddich championship
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Surrey-based BC bagpiper Jack Lee has won the 48th Glenfiddich Piping Championship. The competition is the preeminent solo piping event on the globe. This is Lee’s third overall championship at the prestigious event since being the first overseas piper to win in 2003. Before an online, and a live audience at Blair Castle in Scotland,…
Gandy, Bevan and Knichel capture top solo awards at BCPA 88th Annual Gathering
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Halifax piper Bruce Gandy has clinched the BC Pipers’ Association MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn and Medal as the winner of the Open Piobaireachd and the Mary MacLeod Collins Memorial Trophy for the Open piping aggregate at the 2021 Annual Gathering, held online April 2 & 3, 2021. This was Gandy’s eighth win of “The Cairn” at…
Eager Annual Gathering Online Competitor calls steward at 3:00am
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BC Pipers’ Association steward Ken Stratychuk says he received an unusual call early Saturday morning, April 3. His phone rang at 3:00 am, with a UK competitor all ready to play at the BCPA Annual Gathering – eight hours early. “In fact, it rang three times, then went to text” says Stratychuk, who thought it…
