Aughintober Pipe Band is a

pipe band A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland bagpipe, a ...

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Castlecaulfield Castlecaulfield is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies about 2 miles west of Dungannon and is part of the Mid Ulster District Council area. The village is mostly within the townland of Drumreany, although part of it extends i ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

History

The band was originally a flute ensemble, but changed to a pipe band in 1949. In 1997, the band registered with the

Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) is an association aiming to oversee pipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture worldwidepipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the develo ...

to enter competitions. After the 2009 season, the band was upgraded from Grade 3A to Grade 2, having been upgraded from 3B to 3A in 2006. The pipe major of the band is Gary Waterson, and the leading drummer Stephen Young.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20081121190749/http://www.aughintoberpipeband.com/ Musical groups from County Tyrone Grade 2 pipe bands Musical groups established in 1949 1949 establishments in Northern Ireland