Pipe Band

• N.B. Highland Games giving everyone chance to feel Scottish for a day

  The fortieth edition of the New Brunswick Highland Games Festival runs this weekend, expecting to attract thousands of spectators.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2023
  
• Kelowna Pipe Band Society rehearses ahead of 100th birthday

  For 100 years members of the Kelowna Pipe Band Society, past and present, have been keeping this tradition alive.

  Lifestyle

  May 5, 2023
  
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• ‘Like seeing an old friend’: Canadian pipers recall performing for Queen Elizabeth II 

  Two pipe band members from Ottawa recall the time they performed for Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral, with their most recent visit taking place this past August.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2022
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• ‘They’ve seen a lot of history’: Century-old military bagpipes return home to Nova Scotia

  Brenda Steele says it was after visiting the Army Museum and seeing an exhibit on the 25th battalion that she was determined to have her grandfather's bagpipes on display, too.

  Features

  Feb 3, 2021
• Vernon pipe band takes practice on the road to entertain seniors during pandemic

  The tradition started when the group went to play outside the home of a band member's grandmother.

  Sep 6, 2020
• Highland Gathering brings a little bit of Scotland to the Queen City

  Thousands of spectators came out for the two-day Highland Gathering and Celtic Festival at Victoria Park.

  Canada

  May 20, 2018
• The family that pipes together, stays together

  The children grew up listening to bagpipes day and night. Their parents have been playing the traditional instrument for decades.

  Canada

  May 17, 2015
• B.C. police pipers to play at Buckingham Palace

  In its 350-year history, the changing of the guard ceremony in England has never included a non-military pipe band — until now, says the Vancouver Police Department,

  May 27, 2014