| Pipe Bands - Grade
I |
These are world class
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| Field
Marshal Montgomery PB |
World champions - from Northern Ireland
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| Simon
Fraser University PB |
aka: "SFU" 4
time world champions, our neighbors in Vancouver BC
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Saint
Lawrence O'Toole PB |
A hot band from Ireland, definitely on the rise.
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Alberta
Caledonia PB |
A fabulous band with incredible musical style and
a lot of attitude.
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| Shotts
and Dykehead Caledonia PB |
One of the most amazing pipe bands in
history.
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Triumph
Street Pipe Band |
From Vancouver BC, the hottest band on the rise in
North America. Won the Grade 2 North American Championships
in 2007. Triumph Street is also a great supporter of
NWJPB. Three NWJPB alumni play with TSPB.
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| 78th
Fraser Highlanders PB |
A very cool band. These guys have recorded
many albums, you should buy them all.
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Manawatu
Scottish Society PB |
A fantastic Grade 1 from New Zealand.
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| More
Grade I and II bands here
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Bagpipe Web Directory list of Grade
1&2 bands. |
| Youth
Pipe Bands |
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| Shorecrest
High School PB |
The Shoreline Youth Pipe Band's older
sibling.
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| Sir
James MacDonald PB |
A fantastic youth pipe band organization from Portland,
Oregon. Good friends of the NWJPB as well.
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| White
Spot PB |
A very good youth band from BC, sponsored
by White Spot restaurants.
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| Robert
Malcom Memorial PB |
A VERY good (and large!) youth band
from BC. Part of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
organization.
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St
Joseph's Pipe & Drum Corps
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A great bunch of kids playing pipes and drums in
Sandpoint Idaho
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| More
youth bands here
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Bagpipe Web Directory list of Juvenile
bands |
| Other Pipe Bands |
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| Washington
Scottish PB
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One of the oldest bands in the Pacific
Northwest, the WSPB helped with the isntruction of the
NWJPB for many years.
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| Maple
Ridge PB |
Grade II band from Maple Ridge, BC -
up north. A very cool band that plays great music. They
have an outstanding tenor drum section and a snazzy
website as well!
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| More
WA State pipe bands here
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Washington Pipers Association list of
WA bands. |
| Piping News Sources |
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| Pipes|Drums Magazine |
The premier piping and drumming magazine,
both online and in print. The most up to date information,
informative articles and most entertaining visitor polls.
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Piping
Today Magazine |
A new, and very popular, piping publication from
the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
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| The
Voice Magazine |
Produced by the Eastern US Pipe Band
Association. Mostly a print magazine, but they have
some good info on their website as well.
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Piping and PB Associations |
Produced by the Bruce Campbell and
Duntroon Publishing. Delivered regularly via email, more than
20,000 subscribers world wide. Free subscription!
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| Washington
Pipers' Association |
Our local piping association.
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| BC
Pipers Association |
The reigning piping association in this
region.
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| Western
US PB Association |
The, um, Western US Pipe Band Association
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| Royal
Scottish PB Association |
The "RSPBA" is the world authority
when it comes to competitive pipe band stuff.
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| Piping |
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| Piobaireachd.com |
What is this thing called piobaireachd (pea-brock)?
Find out more here.
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| Andrew
Lenz's Bagpipe Journey |
Andrew Lenz's big huge website, full of all sorts
of usefull and entertaining piping information.
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| Bagpipe
Tuning |
A "long-winded explanation on how bagpipes
are tuned". This is helpful if you are already
a musician and have questions about how bagpipes tune
compared to other instruments.
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| Gibson
Bagpipes |
Maker of fine handcrafted bagpipes.
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| Tenordrummer.com |
Very nice website "dedicated to improving the
profile of tenor drumming in the pipe band community."
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| idealist.org |
A fabulous site sponsored by "Action Without
Borders", allowing folks to donate to their favorite
nonprofit right online!
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bobdunsire.com
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A one-stop portal to everything having to do with
piping on the web. Check out the forums.
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| The
Bagpipe Web Directory
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The mega piping website on the internet.
Over 3000 updated links to everything under the sun
related to bagpipes. Created by our friend Bob Dunsire.
A great place to do research, answer questions, or just
have fun.
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| Piper's
Dictionary |
By Andrew Lenz. This is a great place
to go when you run into a piping word or phrase that
confuses the heck out of you. It's also fun just to
browse. Pipers say the darndest things!
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| Fun Stuff |
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Planetpipe.com
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The latest, coolest multimedia site for piping and
Celtic music. Piping radio, mp3 downloads and more.
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| Bob
Dunsire's Piping Forum |
A family-friendly online forum
for fun, intelligent and informative conversation about
pipes, drums, etc.
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| The
Bagpipes go to the movies |
Good fun.
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| How
to become a rotten piper |
By Andrew Lenz. This article is poking
fun at all the things that pipers can do to really mess
up their playing. Please read this with a sense of humor.
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| BC
Pipers Association photo albums |
Tons of photos from our local highland
games and gatherings. You might even see someone you
know!
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