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Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
Established1910
LocationNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grade1
Pipe majorEmmett Conway
Drum sergeantGrant Cassidy[1]
TartanMacLean of Duart
Notable honoursWinner, World Pipe Band Championships: 1948, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2015
Websiteshottspipeband.com

The Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band is a grade 1 pipe band from Shotts, in the North Lanarkshire region of Scotland. The band has won the World Pipe Band Championships sixteen times. The current pipe major is Emmett Conway.

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