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…
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With COVID-19 still hanging in there, it is looking like the 2021 Robbie Burn’s Dinners will take on a very different feel and will likely only be of the virtual type. Sherlock’s The British Store, a major supplier of haggis to many Burns Dinners in Metro Vancouver over the years, is offering to help pipe…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1981. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: Jean Bokenfohr appointed as Newsletter Editor Jimmy McIntosh and Murray Henderson to adjudicate the 49th Annual…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1980, of which only 3 issues were published. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: A Tune by Jimmy McColl, “William Robertson McKenzie” P.M.…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1979. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: Note on avoiding taking sealskin sporrans into the U.S. as they may be confiscated by U.S.…
Last week marked the significant anniversary of a tragic event in the history of the BC Pipers’ Association, the Vancouver Police Pipe Band, the Vancouver Police Department, and the City of Vancouver. On December 7, 1955, 40 year old Constable Gordon Sinclair was killed in the line of duty investigating a potential burglary in the…
Following careful examination of various formats for and feedback on online competitions and consultations with BCPA adjudicators and other parties, the BCPA Board of Directors has determined the following format for the February 20, 2021 BCPA Online Mini-Gathering: Will operate in the same format as the November 7, 2020 BCPA Online Mini-Gathering (i.e. submission of…
Archibald (Archie) Carse Walker passed away on November 29th, 2020. With other health issues, Archie did succumb to COVID-19. Archie was born on June 24th, 1933, in Kirkconnel Scotland. Growing up there and then living in Edinburgh with his wife Annette and 1st born son Bryan. They made the big move and immigrated to Vancouver.…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1978. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: BCPA Life Member Pipe Major Malcolm Nicholson C.M. invested as a Member of the Order of…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1977. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: New Newsletter Editor Alex Young assisted by Helen Young. Alex Young also becomes President Letter from…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1976. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: Donald Morrison from Aberdeen to judge the 44th Annual Gathering Letter about the formation of the…
Dear BCPA Members. I would like to welcome you to the new Board of Directors. Please visit the Contact Us page for the new Board. I wish to thank the past Board for all the hard work and dedication to the BCPA. I especially want to thank Rob MacNeil for his service to the Association…
The Historical Newsletters page has been updated with the release of archival B.C. Pipers’ Newsletters from 1975. Besides the regular news of competitions and results, BCPA Life Member Bill Elder has compiled the following interesting news of that year: Angus MacLellan, Oban Gold Medallist to judge 43rd Annual Gathering Annual Gathering switches to the Good…
