Alastair Lee and Grant Maxwell win the 2014 BCPA Knockout Finals

Reid Maxwell with son Grant, drumming winner and Alastair Lee, piping winner with father Terry Lee Alastair Lee of Coquitlam,…

BCPA congratulates winners from the 2014 Midwest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm competitions.

The BCPA would like to congratulate the following BCPA members and players in BCPA member bands for their prizes won…

Aaron Stone wins 2013 George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Competition

Aaron Stone of Sedro-Woolley, Washington won the overall title at the 2013 George Sherriff Amateur Invitational Memorial Solo Piping Competition,…

BCPA Pipers Bevan, Lee and Troy sweep Piobaireachd events at Oban

Congratulations to Alan Bevan, winner of the Gold Medal, Jack Lee for winning the Senior and James P. Troy for…

Four Pipers From BCPA Sweep Nicol-Brown Contest

Congratulations to four talented amateur pipers from BCPA for winning the top 4 overall at the annual Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational…

by BC Pipers • 04/17/2014

The fourth live broadcast of BCPA TV Season 4 will be this Friday and Saturday, April 18-19, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Pacific Time each day featuring the Professional Piping and Drumming events and the pipe band competitions of the 82nd BC Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering. The session will include a video and audio stream,…

by BC Pipers • 04/12/2014

The Program and order of play information for this Friday and Saturday’s Annual Gathering is now available. See the Friday Order of Play and the Saturday Order of Play at the links in this post. Welcome to the 82nd BCPA Annual Gathering! We can’t wait to see you.

by BC Pipers • 04/05/2014

The BCPA is again leading the way in the live Internet streaming of solo piping and drumming events by being the first piping and drumming association to live broadcast a competition’s draws. On Tartan Day Sunday April 6 at 6:00 pm Pacific Time, the BCPA will be live streaming the draws for the Annual Gathering…

by BC Pipers • 04/03/2014

Link available now to register for the 2014 Portland Highland Games!

by BC Pipers • 04/01/2014

Updates have been posted to the Music & Competition rules page, and updated massed bands scores have been posted on the music page. Updated tenor scores will be posted later this week as well.

by BC Pipers • 03/31/2014

Please visit the Bursaries/Scholarships and Awards page for the latest version of the Bursary application form and note the deadlines to apply are April 30th and November 14th, 2014. http://www.bcpipers.org/grants-bursaries/ The deadlines have been added to the updated BCPA Calendar page as well.

by BC Pipers • 03/23/2014

The Entry Forms section of BCPipers.org has been updated to provide a link to the Bellingham Highland Games registration pages.

by BC Pipers • 03/23/2014

The entry forms links on BCPipers.org now have the Victoria Highland Games Registration and online registration links available. BCPA members can use their existing registration to log in to the Cloverpad website and register for the games now.

by BC Pipers • 03/21/2014

Reid and Grant Maxwell Alastair and Terry Lee BCPA AD 2014 (IMG_1042)

Alastair Lee of Coquitlam, BC and Grant Maxwell of Surrey, BC won the BCPA Knockout Finals in Piping and Side Drumming, respectively, at the association’s Annual Dinner on Saturday, March 15 before an audience of over 100 attendees. Alastair captured the Davie Moore Memorial trophy, which was dedicated over thirty years ago by the Clan…

by BC Pipers • 03/14/2014

The third live broadcast of BCPA TV Season 4 will be this Saturday, March 15 featuring the finals of the Piping and Drumming Knockouts. The session will include a video and audio stream, chat session, and social media interaction via the BCPA Twitter account. In advance of the event, go to www.ustream.tv and create an account…

by BC Pipers • 03/11/2014

Steve Geddes, an outstanding piper and one of the founding members of the City of Victoria Pipe band passed away on March 4, 2014. For the 30 year life of the band, he successfully wore two hats as pipe sergeant and band manager. Stevie, as he was affectionately known in the band, was a formidable…

by BC Pipers • 02/22/2014

The Annual Gathering registration form information is available. The online registration form will be available by end of day Saturday. There are a lot of changes this year. Please review the information carefully. Most importantly, see the new location information: Clayton Heights Secondary School, 7003 188 St, Surrey, BC V3W 7J1 Visit the Annual Gathering page…

by BC Pipers • 02/22/2014

The Mini-Gathering results from February 15, the top 3 Aggregate standings from the Mini-Gatherings, and the Knockout results are all available on the Results page. Congratulations to the top 3 competitors in the Mini-Gathering Aggregate standings. They automatically receive a ticket to the Annual Dinner March 15 at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Please see the Annual…

by BC Pipers • 02/08/2014

Results Update: Congratulations to Alastair Lee, Alexander Schiele, and Andrew Bonar in the piping event, and Gavin MacRae, Graham Haddon and Grant Maxwell in the Drumming event. Final Round: Annual Dinner Saturday March 15, 2014, Scottish Cultural Center The BC Pipers’ Association is proud to announce the second broadcast of Season 4 of “BCPA TV”. Since February…

by BC Pipers • 02/04/2014

Join us Saturday for the next biggest event of the season, the BCPipers Association Pro Piping & Drumming Knockout Semi-Finals! Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 4 and White Spot Pipe Band will provide entertainment, and beverages are available for purchase. Visit our Knockouts page for more information! Doors open at 6:00pm, contest starts at 7:00pm.