It is one of the busiest days of the year for pipe bands all over British Columbia. From Revelstoke to…
Read more →The BCPA is once again throwing a party to celebrate our wonderful volunteers and share in some music! We hope…
Read more →The results of the 2018 November BCPA Mini-Gathering are now posted on the Results page. https://www.bcpipers.org/services/results/ Photos from the 2018…
Read more →As originally announced on September 18, 2018, the Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association will be on…
Read more →PIOBAIREACHD CLUB Meeting Report Friday, October 19th, 2018 What a lovely sunny October we are having, made even better by…
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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…
Nominations for the Mary MacKinnon Memorial Service Award must be submitted by August 31, 2018. Please visit the Bursaries and Awards page for more information, to download the 2017 nomination form and rules for nomination: https://www.bcpipers.org/services/grants-bursaries/
The complete results of the 2018 Pacific Northwest Highland Games are now posted on the Results page. They include the per event results, the aggregate/overall winners in the solo and band events, and details of the band results. https://www.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-Pacific-Northwest-Highland-Games-Results-consolidated.pdf https://www.bcpipers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-Pacific-Northwest-Highland-Games-Pipe-Band-Master-Tally-Sheets-final.pdf Photos from the Pacific Northwest Highland Games will soon be posted in the BCPA Photo…
Under extremely hot weather, the final highland games on the BC Pipers’ Association circuit, the 2018 Pacific Northwest Highland Games was held on July 28 & 29 at the Enumclaw Expo Center in Enumclaw, WA. 123 solo players and 13 bands competed. The event concluded with the announcement of the BCPA season-long championship Grand Aggregate…
