Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band

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Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band
Established1969 (1969)
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Grade1
Pipe majorAndrew Hayes
Drum sergeantBrendan Kelly
TartanRed Ross
Websitewww.ottawapolice.ca/en/about-us/Pipe-Band.asp

The Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band is a Grade 1 competitive pipe band based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Notable achievements

The band won the Pipers' and Pipe Band Society of Ontario Grade 2 Champion Supreme Award in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

The band won the North American Pipe Band Championship (Grade 2) at the Glengarry Highland Games in 2013 and 2014.

In October 2014, the band was promoted to Grade 1 by the Pipers' and Pipe Band Society of Ontario.[2][3]

Notable appearances

On 7 July 2013, members of the band performed Mull of Kintyre on stage with Paul McCartney as part of his Out There concert tour. The band performed to a sold out hometown crowd at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Canada.[4]

External links

  1. ^ "Pipe Band".
  2. ^ "The PPBSO Announces Band Upgrades for 2015".
  3. ^ "Ottawa Police Officially Moved to Grade 1".
  4. ^ "Paul McCartney makes Ottawa concert debut". Cbc.ca. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2014-03-28.