On March 27, 2019, Jeanette Bonar, BCPA Chief Steward Lynn Bullis, and BCPA President Rob MacNeil presented Dr. Brian Thiessen…
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Read more →February 9, 2019 – Burnaby, BC – Jori Chisholm captured the 4th annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and…
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A link to the solo events and band events schedules for the 2019 Penticton Scottish Festival is now posted here: https://www.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Penticton-Scottish-Festival-Schedules.pdf A reminder that Opening Ceremonies and Massed Bands are at 12:30 pm Other details are located in the Information Guide located here: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2018-19/2019%20Penticton%20Scottish%20Festival%20Information%20Guide.pdf
To All Pipe Band Members, The Royal Canadian Legion | BC/Yukon Command would like to thank you for your participation in previous BC Lions Salutes to Veterans. We would be glad if you could join us again on Saturday November 2, 2019 during the half-time show at BC Place. Attached is your official invitation. Would…
A link to the Orders of Play for the 2019 Penticton Scottish Festival is now posted here: https://www.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Penticton-Scottish-Festival-OOP.pdf Other details are located in the Information Guide located here: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2018-19/2019%20Penticton%20Scottish%20Festival%20Information%20Guide.pdf The complete schedule of events will be posted on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
Edinburgh’s Festival of Ireland (EFI) is pleased to announce that it received a donation of Highland, Lowland and European bagpipes, pipe and practice chanters, bagpipe books, reeds and accessories . All these will at a special sale at McTears auctioneers Glasgow, on Thursday 15th August 2019. This is during the week of Piping Live and…
In late May, BCPA surveyed players who competed in the 2018/19 Mini-Gatherings for their opinions on a possible change of date for the November Mini-Gathering from the 1st Saturday to the 4th Saturday. The key rationale was to provide an increased period to prepare new music for the competition season, from the current period of…
Norma Nicholson Thompson, youngest daughter of Order of Canada Member the late Pipe Major Malcolm Nicholson, C.M, and the first female piper to win the BCPA MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for Open Piobaireachd in 1964, passed away in Toronto on May 15, 2019. Norma was a prolific prize winner in the Open grade in the 1960s…
Captain (Ret.) Allen McLeod, former piper in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Pipes & Drums, City of Port Moody Legion 119 Pipe Band, and Vancouver Police Pipe Band passed away from cancer on May 30, 2019. His multi-faceted life is documented in the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELej36cybM Allen’s Celebration of Life will be held from 2:00…
The deadline for entries for the Portland Highland Games is Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The online entry can be found on the website at: https://www.phga.org/competitor-information/ General information about the Portland Highland Games can be found at: https://www.phga.org/
The complete results of the 2019 BC Highland Games & Scottish Festival are now posted on the Results page. https://www.bcpipers.org/services/results/ They include the per event results, the aggregate/overall winners in the solo and band events, and details of the band results. The Grand Aggregates Standings are also updated on the Results page. Photos from the…
In sunny and hot weather, the 2019 BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival was held on June 15 at its new venue of Lafarge Lake Park in Coquitlam, BC. 125 solo players and 14 bands competed. Alastair Lee, Grant Maxwell, and Lauren Tietze won the aggregates for Open Piping, Snare Drumming, and Tenor Drumming, respectively.…
The deadline for entries for the Kamloops Highland Games is Saturday, June 2, 2019. The online entry can be found on the website at: https://bcpipers.wildapricot.org/event-3404801 General information about the Kamloops Highland Games can be found at: https://www.kamloopshighlandgames.ca/
The deadline for entries for the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games is Saturday, June 22, 2019. The online entry can be found on the website at: https://www.sshga.org/the-games/piping-competitons/ General information about the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering can be found at: https://www.sshga.org/category/highland-games/
