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The games have evolved to be home of North America's most competitive and prestigious Scottish cultural events, particularly in bagpiping and drumming. The North American Pipe Band Championships are held in Maxville annually, and see pipe bands across North America competing in every grade.
However, as a result of police restructuring in the fall of 2014, the band was no longer able to utilize highly qualified long-distance players. This severely impacted the band’s performance standard and relegated the band to, or near, the bottom of grade 1 standings in Ontario, as well as at the World Pipe Band Championships.
The Virginia International Tattoo hosted the first Virginia International Tattoo American Pipe Band Championship in 2016. The competition, which coincides with the Tattoo performance weekend, will feature hundreds of bagpipers and drummers as they compete for the honors in this annual competition.
Among the first to respond was Scottish piper James Kerr, who immigrated to the country and became pipe major. He was joined by his cousin, Alex Colville, who took over as lead drummer. They led the band to three straight North American Championships between 1961 [2] and 1963, [3] [4] a fourth in 1965 [5] and another in 1971. [6] [7]
The College of Piping Logo General (Ret'd) John de Chastelain O.C., CMM, CD, CH (top left). The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada, established in 1990 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, is an international school teaching Highland bagpiping, Scottish-style snare drumming, Highland Dancing and Island step dancing.
The 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band formed in 1983 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [5] They work in conjunction with a re-enactor troop for the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot , the regiment that spent almost three years stationed at Citadel Hill (Fort George) (1869-1871).
The City of Dunedin Pipe Band after their 2018 World Championship in Grade 2. The band competes in contests throughout the Eastern United States sanctioned by the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. In addition to the premier band in Grade 1, they also field bands in Grades 3, 4 and 5. They regularly travel to the North American ...