Toronto Police Pipe Band » Competition Results

A Fantastic Trip to France

Web Guy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:55 +0000

The band capped off their much-anticipated self-funded trip to Festival Interceltique Lorient (FIL) Saturday, August 8, with a victory in the Lorient pipe band championships.

A view of the band’s medley performance is provided here:

Through the nine day visit to Brittany the band met countless new friends, experienced marvelous new music and, at times, performed for upwards of 650,000 people.

Here’s a French Television clip of the band performing an impromptu performance with a visiting Brazilian military pipe band before the Grand Parade that marked the first full official day of the festival.

Grade 3 Band Dusts it Up in Lindsay, Ontario

Web Major — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:21:43 +0000

Toronto Police Pipe Band’s Grade 3 team cranked it up in Lindsay, Ontario, and showed off great form. The grade 3 band supported the newest addition to the Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s Highland Games circuit: the Lindsay Games. The June 27th event saw the band perform their medley, an all new creation designed for the 2009 competition season.

The event took place at the new Lindsay Agricultural Society. Once the dust settled (and, boy, it was a heck of a dusty park) the band finished runners-up in their grade.

Final results: 1. Durham Regional Police Pipe Band 2. Toronto Police Pipe Band – Gr.3 – Tied best pipe section 3. 400 Squadron Pipes & Drums 4. Arnprior – MacNab Pipe Band.

Next up: The Kincardine Scottish Festival on July 4th, where both the grade 1 and grade 3 bands will be competing. Be there!

Success at Georgetown Games

Web Guy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:05:37 +0000

Both the grade 1 and grade 3 bands attended the 2009 Georgetown Highland Games and kicked off their 2009 competition season in a big way.

The Grade 1 band debuted their much-anticipated new medley, “Idiomatica”. The piping press have described it as “avant garde”. Although unpopular with traditional enthusiasts, the Georgetown audience responded with loud (and spontaneous) cheers of approval — highly uncommon at Scottish-style pipe band events. “Idiomatica” delivered a strong second for the band among a field that included the Scottish Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders, The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band, and the Halifax-based 78th Highlanders ( Citadel) band.

The Grade 3 band put on an excellent show performing their new set in the traditional “march, strathsepy and reel” category. Their solid efforts saw them awarded the premier prize in a field of six bands.

Pipe Major Ian K. MacDonald was awarded the Professional Piper of the Day for most consistent overall showing in the solo piping events.