Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders information
Volunteer pipe band associated with The Calgary Highlanders of the Canadian Forces
Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders
Location
Calgary, Alberta
Grade
3
Pipe major
Bill O'Neil
Drum sergeant
Perry Andress
Tartan
Government
Website
Pipe Band website
Sponsor
Canadian Forces, Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation
The Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders is an authorized volunteer pipe band associated with The Calgary Highlanders of the Canadian Forces. For many years, the band was a bona fide, and separate, military unit unto itself, with a separate Unit Identification Code within the CF. Today, the band has been reduced to volunteer status but officially maintains an establishment of eight paid military musicians on its rolls. The band has had mixed success in competitions,[1] but under the direction of Pipe Major Michael Giles had become successful in the Grade Three circuit in Alberta in the years leading up to the regimental centennial in 2010.[2] The band published a recording to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Regiment in 1990, titled Eighty Years of Glory and commemorated its centennial in 2010 by releasing a second CD entitled Onward.[3]
^2nd place standing result, 2001 Grade III competition, Red Deer, 2006 Victoria Games 3rd place finish
^The band placed first in High River in 2006.
^Calgary Highlanders webpage with details on recording
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