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As originally announced on September 18, 2018, the Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. The meeting will be located in Maggie Bentson Centre (MBC) Room 2290.…
PIOBAIREACHD CLUB Meeting Report Friday, October 19th, 2018 What a lovely sunny October we are having, made even better by listening to Piobaireachd at Ron Sutherland’s home in North Vancouver. The first piper for the evening was Jack Lee and he played “Lady MacDonald’s Lament” . The piece commemorates the death of Sir Alexander’s wife, Lady Elizabeth Diana MacDonald…
The schedule for the November 3, 2018 Mini-Gathering is now posted here. The Mini-Gathering will once again be held at Pitt River Middle School, 2070 Tyner Road, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 2Z1 and starts at 11:00 a.m. Other details are located in the Information Guide located here.
BCPA is encouraging pipers, drummers, and pipe bands across the BCPA region to perform on Remembrance Day/Veterans Day November 11, 2018, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and to remember those who fought and sacrificed their lives for the freedoms in society we have today. A commemorative photo album…
A link to the Orders of Play for the 2018 Nov Mini-Gathering is now posted here: https://archive.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-NOV-BCPA-MiniGathering-OOP.pdf The complete schedule of events will be posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Other details are located in the Information Guide located here: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2018-19/2018-19%20BCPA%20Mini-Gatherings%20Information%20Guide.pdf
The entry deadline for the 2018 November BCPA Mini-Gathering is Saturday, October 20. The online entry is located at: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3072283
The next Piobaireachd Club meeting will be on October 19th 7PM at the home of Ron Sutherland in North Vancouver. Jack Lee was the 2017 overall winner of the Glenfiddich invitational contest and therefore qualified to return this coming October to compete again. He will be the feature piper for this club meeting and will…
BCPA congratulates the following BCPA members on their prizes at the 2018 Nicol-Brown Amateur Piping Invitational competition on October 6 in Scotia, NY. Alistair Bevan – 2nd overall – 1st 6/8 Marches – 3rd March, Strathspey & Reel – 4th Piobaireachd Tori Killoran – 3rd overall – 2nd March, Strathspey & Reel – 3rd 6/8…
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…
Registration for the 2018-19 Mini-Gatherings is now available here. You can also find information regarding tune requirements and rules there as well. Note that for the 2018/19 Mini-Gatherings online entry, registrants must use an email address that is associated with a current BCPA individual membership, otherwise the system will not permit entry. If you have…
The list of mandatory solo competitor promotions for the 2018-2019 season is now available on the Promotions page. The Promotions page also contains the BCPA Regrading Appeal Form. Congratulations to all competitors for your dedicated practice and performances last season.
This article has been updated with a full statement from PM David Hilder The British Columbia Pipers’ Association was saddened and disappointed to learn of the dissolution of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. To lose any of the bands in our Association is very unfortunate, but even more so when it is one of…
