February 24, 2018 – Burnaby, BC – Alastair Lee captured the 3rd annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and…
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The entry deadline for the 2018 November BCPA Mini-Gathering is Saturday, October 20. The online entry is located at: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3072283
The next Piobaireachd Club meeting will be on October 19th 7PM at the home of Ron Sutherland in North Vancouver. Jack Lee was the 2017 overall winner of the Glenfiddich invitational contest and therefore qualified to return this coming October to compete again. He will be the feature piper for this club meeting and will…
BCPA congratulates the following BCPA members on their prizes at the 2018 Nicol-Brown Amateur Piping Invitational competition on October 6 in Scotia, NY. Alistair Bevan – 2nd overall – 1st 6/8 Marches – 3rd March, Strathspey & Reel – 4th Piobaireachd Tori Killoran – 3rd overall – 2nd March, Strathspey & Reel – 3rd 6/8…
At the request of the Angeltvedt family, the BC Pipers’ Association is sincerely humbled to be asked to establish the Brittany Angeltvedt Memorial Fund in memory of Brittany Angeltvedt, two-time World Pipe Band Champion with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and four-time winner of the BCPA Grand Aggregate Award for Open Tenor Drumming. The…
Registration for the 2018-19 Mini-Gatherings is now available here. You can also find information regarding tune requirements and rules there as well. Note that for the 2018/19 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 you have…
The list of mandatory solo competitor promotions for the 2018-2019 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.
This article has been updated with a full statement from PM David Hilder The British Columbia Pipers’ Association was saddened and disappointed to learn of the dissolution of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. To lose any of the bands in our Association is very unfortunate, but even more so when it is one of…
BCPA would like to notify you of the following upcoming activities and events: Tuesday, September 18: The Mandatory Promotions Lists for solo piping and solo drumming competitors will be posted. Band promotions will be posted by the end of September Wednesday, September 19: Online entry for the 2018/19 Mini-Gatherings opens Wednesday, September 19: 2018/19 season…
Congratulations to all BCPA bands and members who have represented our association so well across the world this summer. World Pipe Band Championships Grade 1 Simon Fraser University 5th overall (4th MSR, 5th Medley) Dowco Triumph Street 12th overall (12th MSR, 12th Medley) Caledonian Club of San Francisco Highland Games Grade 2 Portland Metro 4th…
The BC Pipers’ Association would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and bandmates of Brittany Lee Angeltvedt who passed away on August 26, 2018. Brittany brought passion and excitement to those around her, both within and outside of the pipe band world, and will be greatly missed. Brittany was a long-time…
Final few days for a $5 chance on a $1200 full Scottish #kilt outfit (minus the shoes). Buy your tickets before the deadline of 4:30 PM Pacific Time, Friday, August 31. Purchasers must be 19 years of age or older and a resident of British Columbia. Support the non-profit #BCHighlandGames. #Scottish https://goo.gl/u94WPZ
The inaugural Campbell River Highland Gathering was held in conjunction with the 51st Annual Campbell River Salmonfest and Logger Competition on August 11, 2018 at Nunns Creek Park in Campbell River, BC. The event has garnered a couple of nicknames – “Buzzsaws and Bagpipes”, or the “Art of the Birl and the Skirl”. The following…
