Surrey-based BC bagpiper Jack Lee has won the 48th Glenfiddich Piping Championship. The competition is the preeminent solo piping event…
Read more →Halifax piper Bruce Gandy has clinched the BC Pipers’ Association MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn and Medal as the winner of the…
Read more →BC Pipers’ Association steward Ken Stratychuk says he received an unusual call early Saturday morning, April 3. His phone rang…
Read more →Chris Armstrong is regularly featured in the prize lists on the solo competition piping scene with his most notable result…
Read more →I want to welcome all participants to the 88th BC Piper’s Association Annual Gathering. It is great that we can…
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If you’re intrigued or fascinated by piobaireachd, this is the seminar for you. On November 27, well-known BC piper Hal Senyk will present an online Saturday seminar on “Piobaireachd for Beginners”. Hal has had a lifelong obsession with the study and enjoyment of piobaireachd. He started playing as a young man with instructor Archie Cairns,…
The results of the 2021 November BCPA Online Mini-Gathering are now posted on the Results page. BCPA is utilizing a new system for adjudication sheets and prize certificates distribution that will send each adjudication sheet and each prize certificate in separate emails. Competitors’ adjudication sheets and any prize certificates they have won will be automatically…
This is a reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time as an ONLINE MEETING ONLY. Previous announcement can be found at “Notice of BCPA Annual General Meeting – Saturday November 20, 2021” made on…
Former Nova Scotia Champion Supreme piper Barry Shears will provide a seminar on the Cape Breton-style of bagpiping at the next seminar in the BCPA weekend seminar series on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The Cape Breton style of piping evolved directly from the highlands of Scotland through heavy highland immigration of Gaelic-speaking Scots to Cape…
Surrey-based BC bagpiper Jack Lee has won the 48th Glenfiddich Piping Championship. The competition is the preeminent solo piping event on the globe. This is Lee’s third overall championship at the prestigious event since being the first overseas piper to win in 2003. Before an online, and a live audience at Blair Castle in Scotland,…
Thank you to the competitors who registered for the 2021 BCPA November Mini-Gathering Online. Please carefully read and follow these instructions to have a smooth experience in preparing and submitting your videos for the competition. For competitors in all grades EXCEPT Grade 2 and 1 and Intermediate Follow the instructions located here For competitors in…
After 10-years of planning and preparations, the new Scottish Centre for Victoria is finally under construction. The $4.37million Victoria Highland Games Association (VHGA) project got underway in June and as of October 26, the wooden framing is up and the amphitheater concrete walls are complete.
Join us this Saturday morning, October 30 as the BCPA weekend seminars continue. Starting at 9am (Pacific Time) Gord Pollock goes beyond the Great Highland Bagpipes, focusing on Northumbrian pipes, Scottish small pipes, Border pipes and Uilleann pipes. Pollock will talk about each pipe individually and provide demonstrations. To register for the seminars, please use…
This is a notice that the Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on Saturday, November 20, 2021 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…
The BCPA Rules subcommittee would like to thank the members of the Adult Aged Pipers Stakeholders Group, BCPA Solo Grading subcommittee, Highland Games Associations, instructors and other interested parties for their input and feedback for the following changes to our Music Requirements and Rules. The following revisions were approved at the BCPA Board Meeting on…
Join us this Saturday morning, October 16 as the BCPA weekend seminars continue. Starting at 9am (Pacific Time) former SFU Pipe Major Terry Lee talks about the judges’ point of view, followed by Bruce Gandy discussing the preparation before the contests. This event is already filling up quickly. To register for the seminars, please use…
Colin MacKenzie died peacefully in his sleep on October 10, 2021, following a long struggle with Parkinson’s. Colin was born in Portland Oregon to Johanna and Duncan MacKenzie. He was the oldest of four children. At the age of seven, Colin began learning the bagpipes from his father, and along with his siblings, the MacKenzie…
