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BCPA News

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alastair Lee

February 7, 2023 14 hrs 1173

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Zephan Knichel

February 4, 2023 3 dys 1190

2023 February Mini-Gathering – Orders of Play

February 3, 2023 5 dys 6516

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alan Bevan

February 2, 2023 5 dys 1195

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

January 26, 2023 2 weeks 844

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital

January 19, 2023 3 weeks 237

BCPA Waives “Minimum Number of Players” rule

December 12, 2022 2 mths 188

BCPA piper wins Balmoral Classic Invitational for 2nd year in a row.

December 2, 2022 2 mths 491

Today's BCPA Headlines

BCPA News

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alastair Lee

by BCPA Social February 7, 2023 14 hrs

BCPA News

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Zephan Knichel

by BCPA Social February 4, 2023 3 dys

2023 February Mini-Gathering – Orders of Play

by BCPA Social February 3, 2023 5 dys

BCPA News

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alan Bevan

by BCPA Social February 2, 2023 5 dys

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

by BCPA Social January 26, 2023 2 weeks

Looking Back in BCPA News

2022 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alan Bevan

2022 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Zephan Knichel

Passing of Skye Richendrfer

Grand Aggregate Awards Ceremony & Volunteer Recognition Ceilidh

Entry Forms

2023 February Mini-Gathering – Orders of Play

February 3, 2023 5 dys 6516

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

January 26, 2023 2 weeks 844

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital

January 19, 2023 3 weeks 237

BCPA on YouTube

BCPA Annual Gathering Retrospective - Jack Lee Open Piobaireachd 2019

BCPA Annual Gathering Retrospective - Alan Bevan Open Piobaireachd 2018

BCPA Annual Gathering Retrospective - Andrew Lee Open Piobaireachd 2016

BCPA Annual Gathering Retrospective - Grant Maxwell Open Snare MSR 2016

BCPA Annual Gathering Retrospective - Blair T Brown Open Snare MSR 2018

Tog Orm Mo Phiob

by BCPA Social

February 7, 2023 14 hrs

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alastair Lee

The BC Pipers’ Association is proud to announce that the 2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Competition and Recital is back this year, live, on Saturday, February 11th, and everyone is invited. Let us introduce you to one of this years participants, Alastair Lee. Alastair started […]

BCPA News

by BCPA Social

February 4, 2023 3 dys

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Zephan Knichel

The BC Pipers’ Association is proud to announce that the 2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Competition and Recital is back this year, live, on Saturday, February 11th, and everyone is invited. Let us introduce you to the reigning Boney Invitational 1st place winner and returning […]

BCPA News

by BCPA Social

February 3, 2023 5 dys

2023 February Mini-Gathering – Orders of Play

Orders of Play for the 2023 February Mini-Gathering have now been posted for Saturday, February 11th. Orders of Play Information for the February Mini Gathering can be found HERE.

BCPA News Competitions

by BCPA Social

February 2, 2023 5 dys

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Player Profile – Alan Bevan

BCPA News

by BCPA Social

January 26, 2023 2 weeks

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

February Mini-Gathering Registration Closing A reminder that the entries closing date for the 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering is midnight January 29th, 2023. Registration can be completed from a browser on the BCPA Registration Site or using the WildApricot for Members App on their phone. Specific instructions, for all grades […]

Competitions Events

by BCPA Social

January 19, 2023 3 weeks

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital

The BC Pipers’ Association is proud to announce that the 2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and Recital to raise funds for brain cancer research for the BC Cancer Foundation is planned for Saturday, February 11th at the Seaforth Armoury, 1650 Burrard Street, Vancouver. […]

BCPA News Competitions Events Memorial

by BCPA Communications

December 12, 2022 2 mths

BCPA Waives “Minimum Number of Players” rule

The board of directors of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association has waived rule number 2.2 in the British Columbia Pipers’ Association Rules for Pipe Band Competitions for the 2023 competition season. Rule 2.2.1 stipulates the minimum number of players required for a pipe band to […]

BCPA News Bylaws Feature

by BCPA Communications

December 2, 2022 2 mths

BCPA piper wins Balmoral Classic Invitational for 2nd year in a row.

Seattle’s Northwest Junior Pipe Band piper Paul Mackay is the overall prize winner at the 16th Balmoral Invitational Classic: the US Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship in Pittsburgh on November 12, 2022. This is the second year in a row that a BCPA piper has taken […]

BCPA News Competitions Feature

by BCPA Communications

November 24, 2022 3 mths

St. Andrew’s and Caledonian Society lecture at SFU

Join the 2022 St. Andrew’s and Caledonian Society lecture at SFU On Saturday, December 3, 2022 Professor Viccy Coltman (University of Edinburgh) will be the guest speaker at our annual St. Andrew’s and Caledonian Society lecture. For the first time, we are pleased to offer […]

Around the World Community

by BCPA Social

February 3, 2023 5 dys

2023 February Mini-Gathering – Orders of Play

Orders of Play for the 2023 February Mini-Gathering have now been posted for Saturday, February 11th. Orders of Play Information for the February Mini Gathering can be found HERE.

January 26, 2023 2 weeks

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

January 19, 2023 3 weeks

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital

December 2, 2022 2 mths

BCPA piper wins Balmoral Classic Invitational for 2nd year in a row.

November 3, 2022 3 mths

Schedule for the 2022 November Mini-Gathering

by BCPA Social

January 26, 2023 2 weeks

Entries Closing for 2023 February BCPA Mini-Gathering – January 29th

January 19, 2023 3 weeks

2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital

November 6, 2022 3 mths

BCPA Grand Aggregate Award Ceremony a Success

October 19, 2022 4 mths

Update – Grand Aggregate Awards Ceremony & Volunteer Recognition Ceilidh

September 23, 2022 5 mths

Grand Aggregate Awards Ceremony & Volunteer Recognition Ceilidh

BCPA Seminars

Seminars

2022 BCPA Pipe Band Leadership Conference Call

by BCPA IT Infrastructure March 16, 2022 11 mths

Coming out of COVID-19, the BCPA will be conducting the annual 2022 BCPA Pipe Band Leadership Conference Call on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00am PDT. Please allow for up to an extra half hour in case the conference call runs long. […]

BCPA Weekend Seminar with Jim Barrie: Cameron Style Piobaireachd

by BCPA Communications January 31, 2022 1 yr

Join piper and composer Jim Barrie on February 5, 2022 for the next BCPA Saturday seminar on the Cameron-style of piobaireachd. Jim was taught the Cameron-style by his father, William Barrie, who was a pupil of renowned pipers John MacDougall Gillis and Robert Reid. In […]

BCPA music production seminar with Alastair Lee

by BCPA IT Infrastructure January 15, 2022 1 yr

Looking to create a music track or video for your pipe band during these pandemic times? Music engineer and award-winning piper Alastair Lee will lead the next BCPA weekend seminar on music production on Saturday, January 22 at 9:00 AM.

BCPA Weekend Seminar with J. Reid Maxwell

by BCPA Communications January 4, 2022 1 yr

Join Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Lead Drummer J. Reid Maxwell for the next 2021 Interactive Seminar brought to you by the BC Pipers’ Association, Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM.

Piping for Highland Dancers: A BCPA Seminar with Liam Hilder Jan 8

by BCPA Communications December 28, 2021 1 yr

Join former Triumph Street Pipe Band piper Liam Hilder at 9:00 AM January 8 for a BCPA weekend seminar on piping for highland dancing. Liam’s seminar will provide an overview of the types of highland dances, how competitions are structured, the most important skills necessary to successfully […]

‘Piobaireachd’ Seminar with Hal Senyk

by BCPA Communications November 21, 2021 1 yr

If you’re intrigued or fascinated by piobaireachd, this is the seminar for you. On November 27, well-known BC piper Hal Senyk will present an online Saturday seminar on “Piobaireachd for Beginners”. Hal has had a lifelong obsession with the study and enjoyment of piobaireachd. He […]