B.C. Pipers' Association
Photo Album #15
Mini Bands from the 68th Annual Gathering

A total of 25 mini bands competed at this years' Gathering.   Although the following band photos are dark, the venue actually shows off the mini bands very well - each plays in front of the very large audience, from a well lit stage. 

These mini- band photos were taken from the from row of the theatre, with an inadequate flash (next year I'll do better). I've experimented with a variety of software filtering to try to enhance the images - this is a learning process for me.

Click on the thumbnail to see a larger version of a  photo (all full size images linked from here are between 14kb and 26kb in size.) The full size band photos will seem a bit small as they are about 2-3 times  the size of the thumbnail shown here - again this was done to keep loading speed as reasonable (fast) as possible.

(These photos were taken April 21 and 22, 2000 by Bob Dunsire)

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Mini Band Trophies and the PM:
Grade 1- Simon Fraser University PB "A" - PM Jack Lee with the Port Moody Pipe Band Trophy	Grade 2 - Maple Ridge "A" - PM Angus Macpherson with the Bell's Trophy
Grade 3 - Chilliwack & District - PS Doug Bird with the Oliver Thompson Memorial Trophy	Grade 4 - Edmonton Boys "A" - PM Robert McRae with the John MacKenzie Memorial Trophy
The bands:
Keith Highlanders Grade 4	Edmonton Boys A  Grade 4
White Spot Grade 4	Northwest MacGregor Grade 4
Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 4 A	Oregon Pipers' Society Junior - Grade 4
Cowichan Pipes & Drums Grade 4	Canadian Scottish Grade 3
Vancouver Ladies Grade 3	Washington Scottish Grade 3
Castle Cary Pipes & Drums Grade 3	Triumph Street Grade 3
Chilliwack & District - Grade 3	Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 3 A
Elliott Bay Grade 3	Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 2 B
Maple Ridge  A - Grade 2	I only took one photo for each mini-band - (some bands had an "A" and "B" band), and I failed to take photos of the SFU Grade 1 band.