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2001/2002 Events

Do you know events* that should be (could be) listed here? Do you have additional information for events listed here? Or, if you've spotted errors or omissions on this web page:
please email Bob, with the details.

Entry Form(s) and Order of Play information is (/ will be) in PDFs.

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* Piping Contests, Schools, Concerts, Meetings, Celebrations, Festivals, etc.

2002: September

Date	Event	Contact
Sep 14	Kelso Highland Festival	Cindy Keeney 360.423.0900

October:
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Date	Event	Contact	More Info	Other
Oct 5	Kelvern Celtic Society and Interior Mini-meet Workshop	jmatt@junction.net mini-meet@shaw.ca	their web site	Vernon
Oct 25	Piobaireachd Club Meeting	Ron Macleod	club web page	North Van
Oct 24-26	Keith Highlanders Pipe Band 50th Anniversary Concerts	khpb@khpb.org 206-612-3669	their web site

November:

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other
Nov 2	Interior Fall Competition	Mary Thurber		their web site	Vernon
Nov 2	Washington Pipers Mini #1			WPA web site	Shorecrest High School
Nov 9	Day of Scottish Culture	Ron Sutherland 604-988-0479 Ron MacLeod 604-538-5709			9:30 AM USCC Vancouver
Nov 9	BCPA Mini Gathering #1	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here*	Piping Order of Play Adult Piper / side OOP Other dumming OOP	12:30 Pitt River Middle School
Nov 9	BCPA Professional Knockout Rd #1	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here*		7:00 PM USCC Vancouver

* For printing select "Fit to Page" option and print on Legal sized paper (8.5 x 14 inches).

December:

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other
Dec 6	Piobaireachd Club	Ron MacLeod 604-538-5709		club web page
Dec 7	Washington Pipers Mini #2			WPA web site	Shorecrest High School
Dec 8	Robert Malcolm Memorial PBs' Christmas Concert			Tickets at the door	SFU Theater 2:00 PM
Dec 14	BCPA Mini Gathering #2	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here*	Order of Play	12:30 Pitt River Middle School

* For printing select "Fit to Page" option and print on Legal sized paper (8.5 x 14 inches).

2003: January:

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other

Jan 18	BCPA Mini Gathering #3	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here	Order of Play	12:30 Pitt River Middle School
Jan 19	Clan Macleod Society of Vancouver Burns Luncheon	Bill McLeod 604-231-0451 Bob Tanner 604-254-4949			11:30AM to 3:00 PM Richmond Winter Club
Jan 24	Simon Fraser University Pipe Band's Robbie Burns Dinner Executive Plaza Hotel - Coquitlam				cocktails 6:00 PM dinner 7:00 PM
Jan 24	Taste of Burns Informal Burns Supper	604 435 4722 Marlene McLeod			Scottish Cultural Centre
Jan 25	St. Andrew�s & Caledonian Society of the City of Vancouver Burns Night Dinner & Dance	Cilla Bachop 604-943-8510 Chickie Bachop 604-261-7878			Reception 6:30 PM. Dinner at 7:30 PM
Jan 25	Vancouver Police PB Burns Night	604-528-5762 604-735-1309			Armouries in New Westminster
Jan 25	Traditional Annual Burns Supper	604 274 4405 Pat Cassidy			cocktails 6 dinner 7

February:

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other
Feb 1	Washington Pipers Mini #3			WPA web site	Shorecrest High School
Feb 1	Maple Ridge Pipe Band's 36th Annual Burns' Dinner	Jo-Anne MacAdam 604-596-0970 Judi Macpherson 604-939-9614.			Gizeh Shrine Hall, 3550 Wayburne Drive, Burnaby
Feb 1	Burns Supper and Fundraiser for Chilliwack and District Pipe Band	Ken & Heather Clarke 604-823-6608			Evergreen Hall, 9291 Corbould Ave, Chilliwack
Feb 4-9	MSA Winter School, Seabeck Conference Center, Seabeck, WA			their web site
Feb 7	MSA Masters Concert, 7:30 pm, Benaroya Hall, Seattle			their web site
Feb 8	BCPA Stewarding Workshop				Pitt River Middle School 10:00AM till noon
Feb 8	BCPA Mini Gathering #4	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here	OOP- piping OOP - adult p + drum OOP - tenor / adult d	Pitt River Middle School
Feb 8	BCPA Professional Knockout Round #2	Mrs. Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697	click here		7:30 PM USCC Vancouver
Feb 23	Grenadier Guards with the Pipe & Drums of the Scots Highlanders	(206)628-0888 www.ticketmaster.com www.hob.com.			3:00 PM Key Arena - Seattle

March:

Date	Event	Contact	More Info	Other
Mar 1	Washington Pipers Mini #4		WPA web site	Shorecrest High School

March 8	BC Pipers' Annual Dinner Professional Knockout Final	shaunnahilder@telus.net		Looking for silent auction items too.
March 8	Interior Spring Competition	Mary Thurber	their web site	Vernon
March 14	Bobby Brown Band and Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band II Benefit Concert for the United Scottish Cultural Society
March 22	Clan Gordon Pipe Band 40th Tartan Ball	jens1956@hotmail.com 253-638-1713		Puyallup - WA
March 28	BCPA Piobaireachd Club	Ron MacLeod 604-538-5709	club web page	Bob and Mary McIlwaine's
March 29	Northwest MacGregor Pipe Band Spring Concert		www.nmpb.org	7:00 PM Mt. Vernon WA

April: (yellow background highlights the 10 competitions that make up the BCPA Grand Aggregate,
please note the AG is not a band GA event)

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other
Apr 5	A Day of Scottish Culture The Road to the Isles	Ron MacLeod 604-538-5709 Ron Sutherland 604-988-0479		Please pre-register $20	9:45 AM to 3:00 PM USCC - Hudson St. Vancouver
Apr 5	Washington Pipers Mini #5			WPA web site	9AM Shorecrest High School
Apr 5	WPA's Spring Piping / Drumming Workshop	Donna Boyd 425-747-7436		WPA web site	1-5PM Shorecrest HS
Apr 13	SFU Pipe Band Concert				Vogue Theatre, Vancouver
Apr 18	Annual Gathering Concert Livingstone, Armstrong, Brown	Mary MacKinnon 604.522.9697			7:00 PM SFU
Apr 18, 19	BC Pipers' 71st Annual Gathering		entry PDF	order of play	SFU

May: (yellow background highlights the 10 competitions that make up the BCPA Grand Aggregate)

Date	Event	Contact	Entry PDF	More Info	Other
May 10	Chilliwack & District PB & the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir	any band member or 604-792-2069		$12.00	8:00 PM Chilliwack Alliance Church
May 10	Vancouver Island Spring Tattoo - Victoria	Steve Kelly		$10.00 at the door	7:30 PM Archie Browning Centre
May 17	Comox Valley Highland Games				Courtenay
May 18	Victoria Highland Games		MS Word DOC	their web site Order of Play	Esquimalt
May 24	Fraser Valley Youth PB Dinner & Dance fund-raiser	Mike orAndrea McLatchy 604-793-9747		$30.00 or $15.00 for dance only	Evergreen Hall, Chilliwack
May 30	Robert Malcolm Alumni PB Pub Night	Rorri ram47@shaw.ca		Forum announcement	Pt. Coquiltam

June: (yellow background highlights the 10 competitions that make up the BCPA Grand Aggregate)

Date	Event	Contact	Entry / OOP	More Info	Other

June 7	Bellingham Highland Games	their web site		Order of Play	Ferndale Washington
June 14	Sons of Scotland Highland Games	their web site		Order of Play	Abbotsford
June 21	BC Legion Highland Gathering	ljbyron		their web site	Chemainus, Vancouver Island
June 28	BC Highland Games	pellon29	OOP - doc OOP - PDF Bands - OOP	their web site	Coquitlam
June 29-July 4	Piping Hot Summer Drummer School			their web site	Vernon

July: (yellow background highlights the 10 competitions that make up the BCPA Grand Aggregate)

Date	Event	Contact	Entry / OOP	More Info	Other

July 5	Penticton Highland Games			their web site	Penticton
July 6-11	Western Academy of Pipe Music's 25th annual summer school	Jim Barrie 250-743-1207 ceolmor@shaw.ca		their web site	Duncan
July 12,13	Skagit Valley Highland Games			their web site	Mt. Vernon Washington
July 13-18	Highland Musical Arts School			their web site	Pt. Townsend Washington
July 19	Portland Highland Games	their web site	Order Of Play** Event Schedule	their web forms	Gresham Oregon
July 20-25	Pacific Institute of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts School	(250) 758-0208		their web site	Shawnigan Lake
July 26,27	Pacific Northwest Highland Games	their web site	Bands - OOP Solo OOP - Sat Solo OOP - Sun	Sat event schedule Sun event schedule	Enumclaw Washington

** Portland Games OOP note: the Professional Piping Event 165 should show as 6/8 Marches (not Medley).

August:

Date	Event	More Info	Other

Aug 2-10	Coeur d'Alene Summer School	their web site	Coeur d'Alene, ID
Aug 4-8	Cowichan Scottish Performing Arts School (?)		Duncan

	Something in Scotland???

September:

Date	Event	Contact	More Info	Other

Sep 20	Treasure Valley Highland Games	Don or Carolyn Watts (208)375-3349	Boise Highlanders web site	Boise Idaho