The ScottishPower Pipe Band, is a Grade 1
pipe band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of Bagpipes, 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 b ...
sponsored by the international energy company
ScottishPower
Scottish Power is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola.
ScottishPower is the distribution network operator for Central and Southern Scotland, Merseyside, Nort ...
.
History
Formed in 1969 as the British Caledonian Airways Pipe Band, the band won the
World Pipe Band Championships
The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships as we currently know them have been staged since 1947 although the Grade 1 Pipe Band Competition winners at the annual Cowal ...
(Grade 2) in 1977. By then known as the British Caledonian Airways (Gatwick) Pipe Band, the group was upgraded to Grade 1 the following year. After a change in sponsorship, the band became known as Power of Scotland (in 1989) and, finally, ScottishPower in the early 1990s.
1995 marked a new area for the band as they switched from their distinctive Ancient Caledonia kit to the newly developed ScottishPower tartan.
The ScottishPower Pipe Band is currently led by P/M
Chris Armstrong and Leading Drummer Jake Jørgensen.
Pipe Majors
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Iain MacLeod
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Researc ...
'' (1969–1971)
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John Roe'' (1971–1973)
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Robert (Bob) Richardson'' (1973–1982)
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Harry McNulty
Harry McNulty (born 5 March 1993) is an Irish rugby union player who currently plays for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays as a forward for the Ireland national rugby sevens team.
Early life
McNulty was born in Bahra ...
'' (1982–1992)
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Hugh MacInnes'' (1992–1995)
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Roddy MacLeod
Roddy MacLeod, MBE (born August 26, 1962) is a Scottish bagpiper, director of the annual Piping Live! Festival and former principal of the National Piping Centre.
He is known to be vocal against Scottish reforms in the realm of piping. In 2006 ...
'' (1995–2006)
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Chris Armstrong'' (2006- )
Leading drummers
*''Davie Bruce'' (1975–1978)
*''Bob Turner'' (1978–1982)
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Alex Duthart
Alex Duthart (7 October 1925 – 27 November 1986) was a Scottish drummer. He is widely regarded as having revolutionised pipe band snare drum playing.
Life
Duthart was born on 7 October 1925 in Cambusnethan, near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire ...
'' (1982–1986)
*''Eric Ward'' (1986–1991)
*''John Scullion'' (1991–2002)
*''Barry Wilson'' (2002–2014)
*''Jake Jørgensen'' (2014- )
Discography
as The Pipes & Drums of British Caledonian Airways
*''Alba'' (1987) – with The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
as ScottishPower Pipe Band
*''Tartan Weave'' (1995)
*''Cathcart'' (2004)
*''Live'' (2015)
*''Revolution'' (2017) – SoundCloud release
References
External links
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Grade 1 pipe bands
Scottish pipe bands
Musical groups from Glasgow