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The Orders of Play for solos and bands for both days of the 2019 Victoria Highland Games are now posted here: https://archive.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Victoria-Highland-Games-OOP-Sat.pdf https://archive.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Victoria-Highland-Games-OOP-Sun.pdf Links to the orders of play are also accessible on the BCPA website main page in the Orders of Play section. Players should reference these orders of play as the consolidated and…
Entry for the 2019 Skagit Valley Highland Games is now open at: https://celticarts.org/piping-drumming-19/ More information about the Skagit Valley Highland Games can be found at their website https://celticarts.org/celtic-events/hg19/
Coquitlam – The BC Pipers’ Association and the BC Highland Games are pleased to announce that Finlay Johnston, the 2018 Glenfiddich Piping Champion, will be adjudicating at the 88th BC Highland Games & Scottish Festival on June 14 & 15 in the Games new location at Lafarge Lake Park in Coquitlam. Johnston won the Glenfiddich…
Entry for the 2019 Penticton Scottish Festival is now open at https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3391933 More information about the Penticton Scottish Festival can be found at their website http://www.pentictonscottishfestival.ca
The BCPA Online Entry system is back in operation (May 6 2019 evening).
BCPA has discovered that since May 4, 2019 the BCPA’s PayPal credit card processor for the BCPA Wild Apricot Online Entry system is not processing payments. This has caused online entries done since that time to be rejected and voided. BCPA IT staff are working on resolving the problem. We encourage people to not attempt…
The deadline for entries to the 2019 Bellingham Scottish Gathering is Saturday, May 11, 2019. The online entry can be found on the Scottish Dance Society’s website at: https://www.scottishdancesociety.org/forms
Family and friends of Maureen Lee have established the Maureen Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Celtic Arts Foundation in Mount Vernon, WA. The fund will provide scholarships for highland pipers to the Celtic Arts Foundation’s Winter School. Donations to the fund can be made at https://celticarts.org/donations/scholarships/ The following details of the fund are from…
The Spring deadline to apply for the BCPA Bursaries is Sunday May 5, 2019. There are three bursaires available for 2019: Neil O. Stubberfiled Piobaireachd Bursary, BCPA Tuition Bursary, and the new Brittany Angeltvedt Memorial Bursary for Tenor Drummers Information about the tuition, piobaireachd and tenor drumming bursaries and the 2019 application forms can be…
The Celebration of Life for Maureen Lee MacDonald will be held on Saturday May 11, 2019, 1:00 pm at the Berea Baptist Church, 6062 132 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1M8 UPDATE: Donations in Maureen’s memory can be made to the Maureen Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Celtic Arts Foundation. The Passing of Maureen Lee…
The 2019 BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival will be held Friday June 14 and Saturday June 15 at the new venue of Lafarge Lake Park in Coquitlam, BC (near Percy Perry Stadium). Entry is now open at https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3380584 There are extensive changes to where events and activities will be located so please review the…
The complete results of the 2019 Annual Gathering are now posted on the Results page. They include the per event results, the aggregate/overall winners in the solo and band events, and details of the band results. In addition, winners of the special event awards are included. The Grand Aggregate standings are on the Results page.…
