George McKillop, former bass drummer of the SFU Pipe Band, passed away in late February 2019 at age 87. George began his pipe band career as a snare drummer in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Pipes & Drums. He joined the SFU Pipe Band as bass drummer in 1978 continuing until 1987 during which time…
Andrew Peck, former piper in the SFU Pipe Band and its first band manager when the City of Port Moody Pipe Band became the SFU Pipe Band in 1981, passed away on January 15. Andrew started piping with the Richmond Boys Pipe Band in the late 1960s and was a member of the Richmond Pipe…
Maureen Lee MacDonald, co-owner of the Tartan Thistle Scottish supplies store and well-known piper for highland dancing competitions across western North America, unexpectedly passed away on January 24, 2019. Maureen, sister to Terry and Jack Lee and Moira (Lee) Angeltvedt, was a successful amateur piper and played with the City of Port Moody Pipe Band…
At the request of the Angeltvedt family, the BC Pipers’ Association is sincerely humbled to be asked to establish the Brittany Angeltvedt Memorial Fund in memory of Brittany Angeltvedt, two-time World Pipe Band Champion with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and four-time winner of the BCPA Grand Aggregate Award for Open Tenor Drumming. The…
