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 Victoria Highland Games Association announced that the 150th Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival will take place May 18 and 19 at Topaz Park, with His Royal Highness The Duke of York attending as “Chief of the Games”. “The Scottish and Celtic arts and culture associated with 150 years of highland games in Victoria…
Visit the Results page for the full results of the 81st Annual Gathering. See the news on Pipes|Drums. Original videos from the streaming are on Livestream Some higher quality videos are being uploaded to the BC Pipers’ YouTube channel. Congratulations to all of the competitors. AGGREGATES: Piping Beginner: Alistair Bevan Grade 5: Fraser Jones Grade…
We’re testing our Live Streaming during Grade 1 Piobaireachd Friday morning and may change configurations occasionally but will try not to interrupt performances if possible. We have recordings of most of the events here http://new.livestream.com/bcpipers/BCPA2013AG The result announcements for solos are here Band results part 1 Band results part 2 9:20 am Grade 1 Piobaireachd: Competitor list:…
The Victoria Highland Games Association and the Vancouver Island Pipers Club are sponsoring a Mini-Meet competition and workshop for pipers and drummers on Vancouver Island May 4th. Piping and Drumming adjudicators John Fisher, James P. Troy and Simone Reid will be running the workshops in the afternoon. Get the details and register here>>
The order of play for the 81st Annual “British Columbia Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering” has been posted for Friday. Grade 3, 2, 1 and Professional Piobaireachd, Professional Side and Tenor drumming events are all held on Friday. Live Streaming is planned for the weekend’s events as scheduling and network allows. Saturday events are also posted, including all…
The Annual Gathering Committee has secured an arrangement with SFU’s Meetings, Events and Conference Services Department to hold the Annual Gathering Ceilidh at the Halpern Centre, which is the building directly west of Images Theatre (where the band contest will be held) on Saturday, March 30th. The Ceilidh will be for all ages, with non-alcoholic…
The Annual Gathering Committee and I would like to thank the 163 people who provided their opinions and comments via the survey on the Annual Gathering Ceilidh Format. It was the largest response to any BCPA survey and we are grateful for your input, as it provided some clear direction on the difficult problem we…
Will Nichols and Graham Haddon won the Pro Knockout Finals on Saturday March 9th 2013. Between live attendance and the streaming, there were about 150 people in attendance. See Will’s performance and links to the other recordings on the Knockouts page, and the story on Pipes|Drums. Graham’s video will be uploaded to YouTube later this…
Friday, March 8th, 2013 It was a lovely sunny day in Vancouver and the Hilder family again hosted a spectacular evening of piobaireachd tunes. Alexander Schiele was the feature piper for the evening. He recently had success at the Nicol-Brown invitational competition winning the piobaireachd and overall award. His tune for the evening was “The…
The BC Pipers’ Association seeks your prompt input to determine what format the 2013 Annual Gathering Ceilidh should take, given recent limitations imposed by the venue. In January, the Annual Gathering organizing committee planned for a Ceilidh area in the Atrium of the SFU Maggie Benston Centre that would enable all ages of people to…
The BC Pipers’ Association announces live streaming of the Final round of the 2013 BCPA Knockouts. BCPA became a pioneer in live Internet streaming of solo piping and drumming competitions in January 2011 and has improved the broadcast quality during this season, and is investigating options for removing commercial interruptions in future events. The final…
A friendly reminder that next Friday, March 8th is the next Piobaireachd Club meeting. The start time will be 7:30pm and the piper of the month will be Alexander Schiele who will name his tune. The meeting will be at the home of David and Shaunna Hilder. 1601 Stella Place, Port Coquitlam There have been…
