Under very warm and sunny weather, the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games was held on July 27 & 28 at…
Read more →On March 27, 2019, Jeanette Bonar, BCPA Chief Steward Lynn Bullis, and BCPA President Rob MacNeil presented Dr. Brian Thiessen…
Read more →2019 Tartan Day and the Pacific Northwest’s best pipers. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to…
Read more →February 9, 2019 – Burnaby, BC – Jori Chisholm captured the 4th annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and…
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The Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on Saturday, November 23, 2019 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time as an ONLINE MEETING ONLY. This form of meeting was approved by the Board of Directors to exercise new capabilities in the BC Societies Act to enable greater…
The results of the 2019 November BCPA Mini-Gathering are now posted on the Results page. https://www.bcpipers.org/services/results/ Photos from the 2019 November BCPA Mini-Gathering and the 2019 BCPA Grand Aggregate Awards are posted on the BCPA Photo Gallery. https://www.bcpipers.org/photo-albums/ Our thanks to St. Andrew and Caledonian Society (SACS) President Bill Murray and Past President Cilla Bachop…
Calling all Pipers to help celebrate in the 75th anniversary of VE day. VE Day 75 is being organized to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the end of the War in Europe on 8th May 1945, along with paying an important, unique ‘tribute’ to those amazing, brave Pipers that either lost their lives or returned…
The Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on Saturday, November 23, 2019 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time as an ONLINE MEETING ONLY. This form of meeting was approved by the Board of Directors to exercise new capabilities in the BC Societies Act to enable greater participation…
The Fall deadline to apply for the BCPA Bursaries is Sunday, November 3, 2019. There are two bursaires available: Neil O. Stubberfiled Piobaireachd Bursary, BCPA Tuition Bursary, and the new Information about the tuition and piobaireachd bursaries and the 2019 application forms can be found on the website at: https://www.bcpipers.org/services/grants-bursaries/
Schedule The schedule for the November 2, 2019 Mini-Gathering is now posted here. More Tuning Rooms This season more tuning rooms are available as well as a final tuning room for each platform. Players are required to respect the following rules around these rooms: Competitors shall not use the general tuning rooms more than…
A link to the Orders of Play for the 2019 November Mini-Gathering is now posted here: https://www.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-NOV-BCPA-MiniGathering-OOP.pdf The complete schedule of events will be posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Other details are located in the Information Guide located here: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2019-20/2019-20%20BCPA%20Mini-Gatherings%20Information%20Guide.pdf
A Celebration of Life in memory of NORMA NICHOLSON THOMPSON will be held at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course 7600 Halifax St, Burnaby, BC Friday, Oct 18, 2019 at 2PM Kindly Respond by Oct 15th to relouise3@gmail.com Norma Nicholson Thompson, youngest daughter of Order of Canada Member the late Pipe Major Malcolm Nicholson, C.M, and the first female…
Tickets are now available for the Delta Police Pipe Band Celtic Gala on October 18, 2019 in Tsawwassen. Check the poster for ticket and location information.
Registration for the 2019-20 BCPA Mini-Gatherings is now available here You can also find information regarding tune requirements and rules there as well. Note that for the 2019-20 BCPA Mini-Gatherings online entry, registrants must use an email address that is associated with a current BCPA individual membership, otherwise the system will not permit entry. If…
The list of mandatory solo competitor promotions for the 2019/20 season is now available on the Promotions page. The Promotions page also contains the BCPA Regrading Appeal Form. Congratulations to all competitors for your dedicated practice and performances last season.
Skerryvore
From Scotland, Skerryvore is Scotland’s “Best Live Act”. The band is performing in North Vancouver, at Centennial Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 5, and in Victoria on Sunday, October 6. For North Van. tickets, click here.
For Victoria tickets, click here.
There is a limited number of BCPA & SCOTDANCE member-discounted tickets available. Contact Rene or Carolyn Phillips-Cusson for arrangements: (250) 758-0208 or info@celticperformingarts.com