Blair Brown and Fiona Senyk – Winter Storm 2015 Owen Russell – Winter Storm 2015 BCPA would like to congratulate…
Read more →Ed McIlwaine: B Grade Piob & Jack Lee, Bratach Gorm winner at 2014 Scottish Piping Society of London. Photo credit:…
Read more →Kevin McLean, 20-14 George Sherriff Memorial Grade 1 MSR winner, 2nd place overall. Photo credit: Bob Worrall and the 2014…
Read more →Liam Hilder, 2014 George Sherriff Memorial Winner. Photo credit: Bob Worrall and 2014 George Sherriff Memorial organizing committee
Read more →Liam Hilder (2nd from left), 2014 Nicol-Brown winner. Photo by Paula Glendinning and 2014 Nicol-Brown organizing committee
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Ron MacLeod, Officer of the Order of Canada and Life Member of the BC Pipers’ Association passed away on January 15, 2015. He was one of the founding members of the Piobaireachd Club and he made a great contribution to piping in BC through his compilation of piobaireachd histories. He was a strong supporter and promoter…
BCPA would like to congratulate the following prize winners at Winter Storm 2015, January 9 in Kansas City, MO from the BCPA area and from BCPA member bands. North American Gold Medal Snare Drumming Championships 1st Blair Brown North American Amateur Snare Drumming Championships Grade 1 1st Fiona Senyk Gold Medal Tenor Drumming Championships 1st…
The Midwest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm is kindly supporting the 2015 Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations Summit in Kansas City, MO, January 9, 2015. The BC Pipers’ Association appreciates this support and encourages its members to compete, attend, participate, view and support the events of the MHAF Winter Storm.
Here’s a map link that pinpoints the exact entrance to the parkade at SFU that participants should use for the mini-gathering. https://maps.google.ca/maps?sll=49.2802772%2C-122.9227778&sspn=0.0215013%2C0.0439462&cid=0&q=49°16%2749.0″N+122°55%2722.0″W&output=classic&dg=ntvb Here’s a campus map: . http://www.sfu.ca/fs/files/Campus_Profile/Campus_Maps/sfu_campus_map_2013_14x8_handout_color.pdf. We recommend that once participants have entered the parade, they should park on the topmost level on the roof, close to the West Mall Centre. This will put their car on the…
Come and join our all-ages Ceilidh on November 8th at the Halpern Centre, Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, hosted by the SFU Scottish and Celtic Society and your own BC Pipers Association. Doors will open at 6:30pm. There will be a $5 entrance fee to the Ceilidh. The…
Membership forms available, Mini Gathering entries, Calendar updated Registration is available on the Membership page. There have been a bunch of changes, review the bullet points before re-registering for 2014/2015. Mini Gathering entries are available on the Mini-Gatherings page, and the first few events of 2014/2015 have been added to our Calendar page. 2013/2014 Membership…
Due to declining interest on behalf of Knockout competitors and spectators as well as an increased financial loss attributed to the event over the past several years, the BC Pipers’ Association has made the difficult decision not to host the Knockout contest this season. However, the BCPA understands the desire of many members to continue…
The amateur promotions for 2014/2015 have been announced and are available on the Promotions page. Congratulations to all competitors for your hard work last year.
The Pacific Northwest Highland Games program was intended to point people to the piping and drumming tent for the official schedule, however, the 2012 schedule was accidentally printed. Please don’t rely on the program schedule for piping and drumming, but refer to the posted schedule, and ultimately, the piping and drumming tent schedule on the day…
Players competing at the Pacific Northwest Highland Games in Enumclaw on July 26 and 27 need to report to the Competition Secretary’s table BEFORE they compete to obtain an updated Competitor Number. The mailed Tyvek competitor numbers are not to be used.
Jim MacDonald, a past member of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and a past President of the BCPA in the 1970s passed away on July 16. His Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831 28th Avenue, Surrey. Further details are at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=james-macdonald&pid=171800443#sthash.dwRUGEwv.dpuf
