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Piper Andrew Lee of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band works with NWT Pipe Band pipers on "The Massacre of Glencoe" on practice chanters at our weekend workshop on Saturday, October 5, 2019 in the Weledeh Catholic School music room.

 

The NWT Pipe Band held a weekend workshop on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6, 2019 at Weledeh Catholic School.  We're grateful for a weekend of great instruction with three members of the six-time world champions Simon Fraser Pipe Band: Grant Maxwell (snare drums), Jessica Reid (bass and tenor drums) and Andrew Lee (bagpipes).  The NWT Pipe Band gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution of the NWT Arts Council in making this workshop possible!

The NWT Pipe Band  held its 2019 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Weledeh Catholic School music room.  Along with adopting revised bylaws and other business, the band elected its executive for the 2019-2020 season:

Pipe Major & President: Brad Heath
Drum Sergeant & Vice President: Kelly Fischer
Secretary-Treasurer: Ian Rennie
Quartermaster: Jeff Phillips
Public Relations Officer: Lori Clark
Pipe Sergeants: Floyd Adlem & Lorie Crawford

The NWTPB is always looking for more pipers and drummers, so please come out to the AGM if you're a piper and/or drummer and new to the city - or a former band member ready to dust offer your chanter or drum sticks!  

Regular band practices will resume on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p..m. at Weledeh Catholic School.  In addition to our Tuesday night practices and optional Saturday morning practices (10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) the band will also hold a weekend workshop on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6, 2019.

Our annual Robert Burns Dinner & Dance will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 in the Elks Lodge.  Tickets are $65 and will go on sale later this fall.

NWT Pipe Band is a non-profit society established under the NWT Societies Act. Originally formed in 1976 as the Yellowknife Pipe Band Association, in 1978 it changed its name to the Northwest Territorial Pipe Band, to reflect its wider geographic scope.  

The Band is a Grade 4 (recreational) highland pipes and drums band.  Although we strive to be the best pipe band that we can be -- our emphasis is on having fun! The NWTPB performs at many events during the year including the Canada Day parade, St. Patrick's High School Graduation Mass, Relay for Life and many others.  It also engages in a fundraising event each year - the annual Burns Night dinner and dance in January.  Our next Robert Burns Dinner & Dance will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Fundraising is necessary in order to purchase and maintain instruments (drums in particular) and to provide for kilts.  Members may perform at other events on request.  

Each fall, the band executive – including the Pipe Major and Drum Major – is elected at the band’s annual general meeting.  These are the offices of the President and Vice-President.

There have been many high points over the course of the past 40 years, such as performing for

The Northwest Territorial Pipe Band plays frequently at community events.  Although a recreational pipe band, it has played in competitions, most recently in Red Deer and Ellersley, AB in June 2003.  Some of its members play in competitions on their own, most recently in Kamloops, British Columbia in 2015.  

The Northwest Territorial Pipe Band offers lessons for beginners in piping and in drumming, starting in September or October each year. and running until the end of June.  We also welcome people who are already pipers and drummers -- even if you are a bit out of practice!

The following is a link to a YouTube documentary on the NWT Pipe Band:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTKU-qAvSHM .

The following is a link to another YouTube documentary: They Pipe Among Us.