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…
Read more →BCPA would like to congratulate the following BCPA members and member bands players for their competitive achievements at 2019 Winter…
Read more →BCPA has been informed by the Competing Pipers Association (CPA) that the CPA Graded Piobaireachd event at the BC spring…
Read more →It is one of the busiest days of the year for pipe bands all over British Columbia. From Revelstoke to…
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This is a reminder for any bands wishing to join the 121st Island Farms Victoria Day Parade on May 20, 2019 in Victoria, BC, applications for entry must be submitted by March 30, 2019. Attached is the applicaton form for any bands wishing to participate in the parade. For more information, please visit the Greater…
To comply with the new BC Societies Act, the BCPA Constitution and Bylaws were transitioned on October 29, 2018. At an Extraordinary General Meeting on February 2, 2019, further changes to the Bylaws were approved by the membership and filed with the BC Registrar of Companies on March 7, 2019. The updated documents are located…
The 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering will be held on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. Volunteers are needed to help make sure the event is a success. Volunteers are needed to sell tickets for the band contest as well as for the Ceilidh and beer tickets . If you are available to help or…
Entry for the 2019 Victoria Highland Games is now open at https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3309941
The Spring deadline to apply for the BCPA Bursaries is Sunday May 5, 2019. There are three bursaires available for 2019: The Neil O. Stubberfiled Piobaireachd Bursary, the BCPA Tuition Bursary and the new Brittany Angeltvedt Memorial Bursary for Tenor Drummers. Information about the tuition and piobaireachd bursaries and the 2019 application forms can be…
At its January 5, 2019 meeting, the BCPA Board of Directors reviewed members feedback on the December 2018 proposed revisions to the BCPA competition rules. The approved rules changes have been materialized in the documents published on the Rules page. The specific changes are enumerated in the revisions table at the end of each rules…
Andrew Peck, former piper in the SFU Pipe Band and its first band manager when the City of Port Moody Pipe Band became the SFU Pipe Band in 1981, passed away on January 15. Andrew started piping with the Richmond Boys Pipe Band in the late 1960s and was a member of the Richmond Pipe…
REMINDER; to all BCPA member bands which plan to participate in any sanctioned BCPA competition in 2019; Band membership rosters must be submitted to the BCPA by March 1, 2019. This requirement applies to all bands who plan to compete in sanctioned events, whether registered with the BCPA or not. Please click here to access…
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The results of the 2019 February BCPA Mini-Gathering are now posted on the Results page. Photos from the 2019 February BCPA Mini-Gathering will soon be posted on the BCPA Photo Gallery. Our thanks to Phil Edge for taking photos of the prize and aggregate winners, the White Spot Pipe Band for running the food concession, and…
Online entry and band contest & Ceilidh tickets for the 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering are now open here Please read the 2019 Annual Gathering Information Guide first before entering events or purchasing tickets. Also, payment for entries and tickets must be completed within 15 minutes of registering or registration is automatically cancelled. Note: The CPA…
The schedule for the February 16, 2019 BCPA Mini-Gathering is now posted here The Mini-Gathering will once again be held at Pitt River Middle School, 2070 Tyner Road, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 2Z1 and starts at 11:00 am EXCEPT GRADE 2 PIOBAIREACHD WHICH STARTS AT 10:30 AM. Other details are located in the Information Guide…
