List of pipe band associations
Encyclopedia
A Pipe Band Association is a governing body that regulates competition between pipe band
s. Each association is responsible for sanctioning and administering competitive events, providing adjudicators for pipe band contests at Highland games
, and for tabulating results and awarding prizes under their jurisdiction.
Pipe band associations are often divided into regional branches for ease of administration. Typically, local branches hold general meetings in addition to the association Annual General Meeting
, and often these meetings are accompanied by locally run and administered piping and drumming contests.
A typical pipe band association is divided up into a Music Board and an Executive Board. Typically, an executive board will include a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and various secretaries and officers-at-large. The executive board is responsible for handling the administrative tasks of the association. The music board is usually composed of professional pipers and drummers, and it is responsible for setting the standards of each grade level of competition, making musical decisions, setting tune requirements, and overseeing up-grading and down-grading based on competitive results.
Pipe band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, pipes and drums, is also common....
s. Each association is responsible for sanctioning and administering competitive events, providing adjudicators for pipe band contests at Highland games
Highland games
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, and for tabulating results and awarding prizes under their jurisdiction.
Pipe band associations are often divided into regional branches for ease of administration. Typically, local branches hold general meetings in addition to the association Annual General Meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
, and often these meetings are accompanied by locally run and administered piping and drumming contests.
A typical pipe band association is divided up into a Music Board and an Executive Board. Typically, an executive board will include a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and various secretaries and officers-at-large. The executive board is responsible for handling the administrative tasks of the association. The music board is usually composed of professional pipers and drummers, and it is responsible for setting the standards of each grade level of competition, making musical decisions, setting tune requirements, and overseeing up-grading and down-grading based on competitive results.
Australia/New Zealand
- South Australian Pipe Band AssociationSouth Australian Pipe Band AssociationThe South Australian Pipe Band Association , is a state branch of the Australian Pipe Band Association, and exists to support pipe bands in South Australia.-History:...
- Victorian Highland Pipe Band AssociationVictorian Highland Pipe Band AssociationThe Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association , is the oldest pipe band association in the world, having been established in 1924. In the present day, it is a state branch of the Australian Pipe Band Association, and exists to support Pipe bands in Victoria, Australia.-History:After nearly seventy...
Europe
- Bagpipe Association of Germany
- Royal Scottish Pipe Band AssociationRoyal Scottish Pipe Band AssociationThe Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association was founded in 1930 as a governing body to oversee pipe band competition and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture throughout the world....
- Dutch Pipe Band Association (NOvDB)
United States
- Eastern United States Pipe Band AssociationEastern United States Pipe Band AssociationThe Eastern United States Pipe Band Association is an association of pipe bands in the Eastern United States. Its function is to sanction band and solo piping, drumming, and drum major competitions in the East Coast...
- Midwest Pipe Band AssociationMidwest Pipe Band AssociationThe Midwest Pipe Band Association is an association of pipe bands in the Midwestern United States. Within its area of jurisdiction, the association includes over forty pipe bands, offers band, solo piping and drumming, and drum major competitions with sanctioned judges, and is responsible for...
- Southern United States Pipe Band AssociationSouthern United States Pipe Band AssociationThe Southern United States Pipe Band Association is an association of pipe bands from Florida. It includes 17 pipe bands and offers officially sanctioned band, solo piping and drumming, and drum major competitions at Highland Games from January to November....
- Western United States Pipe Band AssociationWestern United States Pipe Band AssociationThe Western United States Pipe Band Association is an association of pipe bands from the Western United States. It sanctions band and solo piping competitions and has a membership of over fifty bands.-History:...