Join piper and composer Jim Barrie on February 5, 2022 for the next BCPA Saturday seminar on the Cameron-style of…
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Reminder that Early Bird ticket prices are available for the Band Contest and Ceilidh tickets. Purchase your tickets only until April 15 to take advantage of the discounted prices. For more information on ticket prices, please see the website at: https://archive.bcpipers.org/programs/annual-gathering/ To purchase tickets online please click here Please note: Online ticket sales are available…
The 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering will be held on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. Volunteers are needed to help make sure the event is a success.Volunteers are needed to sell tickets for the band contest as well as for the Ceilidh and beer tickets . If you are available to help or if…
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…
The online entry form for the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games is now available on their website at: https://www.sshga.org/the-games/piping-competitons/ The closing date for entries is Saturday, June 22 2019.
On March 27, 2019, Jeanette Bonar, BCPA Chief Steward Lynn Bullis, and BCPA President Rob MacNeil presented Dr. Brian Thiessen of the BC Cancer Agency and Nicole Kost of the BC Cancer Foundation with a cheque for $2,353.00 for the donations to the 2019 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and Recital toward brain cancer…
A workshop for Performances Bands on North Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast was held at the Quality Inn in Parksville on Saturday, March 2nd. This workshop was part of an Outreach Initiative by the BC Pipers’ Association to support and assist Performance Bands throughout our Province. The workshop was led by senior piping and…
The deadline for entries to the 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering is Friday, March 29, 2019. A link to the online entry form is available on the BC Pipers website’s Annual Gathering webpage or at the link below: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3246498
This is a reminder for any bands wishing to join the 121st Island Farms Victoria Day Parade on May 20, 2019 in Victoria, BC, applications for entry must be submitted by March 30, 2019. Attached is the applicaton form for any bands wishing to participate in the parade. For more information, please visit the Greater…
To comply with the new BC Societies Act, the BCPA Constitution and Bylaws were transitioned on October 29, 2018. At an Extraordinary General Meeting on February 2, 2019, further changes to the Bylaws were approved by the membership and filed with the BC Registrar of Companies on March 7, 2019. The updated documents are located…
The 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering will be held on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. Volunteers are needed to help make sure the event is a success. Volunteers are needed to sell tickets for the band contest as well as for the Ceilidh and beer tickets . If you are available to help or…
Entry for the 2019 Victoria Highland Games is now open at https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3309941
The Spring deadline to apply for the BCPA Bursaries is Sunday May 5, 2019. There are three bursaires available for 2019: The Neil O. Stubberfiled Piobaireachd Bursary, the BCPA Tuition Bursary and the new Brittany Angeltvedt Memorial Bursary for Tenor Drummers. Information about the tuition and piobaireachd bursaries and the 2019 application forms can be…
