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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The Cedar Hills Caledonian Pipe Band will be celebrating its 15th season this year, and are beginning to plan a trip to the World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow in 2020. We are currently accepting new players for both piping and drumming. Anyone interested may contact: secretary@chcpb.ca for details on how to join. For more information…
A celebration of the life of Jimmy Wilson will be held on Saturday October 15 at 10 am at Valley View Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery, 14644 72nd Ave, Surrey, BC, V3S 2E7 His obituary is located here. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=james-wilson&pid=181700066&fhid=5867 Pipers and drummers are encouraged to bring their instruments to play as a massed band to…
At their home game on November 5, 2016 vs the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the BC LIons Half-time Show will feature a Salute to Veterans & Military Valour. The half-time salute will feature Pipe & Drum Bands, Colour Parties, Veterans, Canadian Forces, Cadets, First Responders & members of Veterans Organizations. Please see the attached poster for details.…
UPDATE: A celebration of the life of Jimmy Wilson will be held on Saturday October 15 at 10 am at Valley View Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery, 14644 72nd Ave, Surrey, BC, V3S 2E7 BCPA Life Member and respected piping teacher Jimmy Wilson passed away on the morning of September 23, 2016. He taught hundreds of…
The 2016 St. Andrew’s Ball will be held on Saturday, 19 November 2016 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (PST) Diamond Ballroom 1495 West 8th Avenue Top Floor Vancouver, BC V6H 1C9 Canada View Map Register at Eventbrite: Attend or see the attached flyer for more information
The Delta Police Pipe Band is recruiting pipers, tenors and side drummers to join our talented team. We are a non-competition Parade and Performance Pipe and Drum Corps and we are very proud to represent the Delta Police Department and the Municipality of Delta at events throughout Canada and around the world. If you are…
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Vancouver’s Infantry Regiment, invite all to attend Highland Homecoming, on Saturday, September 24, 2016. This day of celebration will include a parade, ceremonies and a military tattoo as the Regiment returns to the Seaforth Armoury at 1650 Burrard Street, after four years away. The event is free for all to…
BCPA new memberships and membership renewals for 2016/17 are now open here. You can use the online system or print out the PDF form and mail in. Also, the 2016/17 BCPA Mini-Gatherings online entry is now open here. For the Mini-Gatherings, only online entries are accepted. Please support the Association by renewing or taking out…
The first Piobaireachd Club meeting of the 2016/17 season is on Friday, October 21 starting at 7:30 pm. It will be hosted by Ron Sutherland at his residence, 4169 Lions Avenue, North Vancouver, BC. Those who have not been before, it is in the highlands; which is fitting for piobaireachd. The feature piper will be…
Promotions for the 2016/17 season have been announced and are available on the Promotions page. Congratulations to all competitors for your dedicated practice last season. The 2016/17 BCPA Mini-Gatherings will be on Saturdays November 5 and February 18 at Pitt River Middle School, Port Coquitlam, BC. The 2016 BCPA Grand Aggregate Awards ceremony will take…
After a long and successful career, Pipe Major Graham Davidson of the Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band has retired, 14 years after founding the band. This past Labour Day weekend in Pleasanton, California, Graham passed the band to the newly appointed Pipe Major Myles Wilcott. Myles began piping as a child in Pine Falls, Manitoba originally…
Reminiscences by Pipe Major Hal Senyk Triumph Street in 1976 was a very young band – we were short on experience but developing confidence with our sound and musical presentation. We looked forward to our first trip to Scotland to compete in Grade 1 and get ourselves established as a legitimate Grade 1 band. In…
