Join piper and composer Jim Barrie on February 5, 2022 for the next BCPA Saturday seminar on the Cameron-style of…
Read more →The following is the third and final article in a 40th anniversary series about Jack Lee’s Gold Medal and Silver…
Read more →Ishabel Ross was Secretary of the BC Pipers’ Association in the 1960s and along with her late husband Life Member…
Read more →Iain MacDonald is the long-time pipe major of the City of Regina Pipe Band and the piper and instructor synonymous…
Read more →It is a remarkable achievement. The year 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most catalytic events in…
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Eight-time Glenfiddich champion piper, Willie McCallum, is giving an instructional workshop on Friday, July 10th in Mount Vernon, as part of the 20th annual Skagit Valley Highland Games. Space is limited for the workshop, which runs from 10:00am to 3:00pm on July 10th. The cost is $60, and includes lunch. Please contact Beth@Celticarts.org to register…
BCPA is pleased to welcome renowned Scottish folk musician Phil Cunningham and the New Zealand Youth Pipe Band to BC during the weeks of July 6 and 13. Phil Cunningham is producing a BBC documentary “Pipe Dreams” and will be filming at the Piping Hot Summer Drummer School at Silver Star Resort in Vernon during the week of…
Announcing the new Flickr photo albums for BCPA. Visit our Photo Albums for new photos from the BC Highland Games, Bellingham Highland Games and the Annual Gathering, or follow us on flickr by clicking the image below. Note; the current page isn’t working well on most mobile devices; we’re investigating options to address that (it’s a…
The orders of play are available now, and the Pro Piobaireachd information has been posted to the BC Highland Games page. See you soon!
The links on the BCPA website are updated with the order of play, solo piping and solo drumming platform and band schedules (see below) for the Saturday, June 7 Bellingham Highland Games. The previously posted schedule had last year’s events from the balanced competition schedule. This is the updated 2014 Bellingham Band Schedule: Grade 5 Quick…
Colin MacRae Sr. was widely respected and admired for his influence on piping in the Northwest. The son of Alexander MacRae, founder of the Washington Scottish and the Seattle Pipe Bands, he started taking piping lessons in 1939 from Alistair MacMillan of Tacoma in the old style of Piobaireachd and was long strongly involved in the Northwest…
Please visit our BC Highland Games registration page to sign up for the 2014 BC Highland Games, scheduled for Friday June 20th (Piobaireachd contests) and Saturday June 21st at Percy Perry Stadium in Port Coquitlam, BC.
The online entry is ready for the Penticton Scottish Festival, taking place on Saturday, July 5th, at Kings Park, 550 Eckhardt Avenue West, Penticton, BC. You can download the registration form here to review and prepare for online registration.
A celebration of the life of Willie McErlean will take place on Monday, May 5 at 2:00 pm at the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club, 1630 Parkway Blvd, Coquitlam, BC V3E 2Y5 Directions are at http://www.westwoodplateaugolf.com/contact-us/maps-directions/
Willie McErlean, BCPA Life Member, Adjudicator, and former Lead Drummer of the Triumph Street Pipe Band, passed away on April 25. Willie’s innovative and highly musical drumming style, influenced by his jazz drumming studies under Joe Morello of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, had a significant impact on many drummers and bands, not just within the…
A celebration of the life of Steve Geddes will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Comfort Inn, 3020 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice.
Bruce Gandy won the Professional Piping aggregate and the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for Piobaireachd, Grant Maxwell captured the Professional Side Drumming aggregate, and Mackenzie Webster won the Professional Tenor Drumming aggregate at the BC Pipers’ Association 82nd Annual Gathering on April 18 and 19 at Clayton Heights Secondary School in Surrey, BC. John Lee took…
