Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band

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Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band

Established	1989
Location	Scotia, New York
Grade	3 & 5
Pipe Major	Victoria O'Connor
Drum Sergeant	Joe Wilson
Tartan	Lindsay Modern
Notable Honours	3rd place, Novice Juvenile World Pipe Band Championships, 2007
Website	http://www.sgpipeband.com/

The Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band is a Grade Three junior Pipe Band from Scotia, New York, which competes regionally and participate in community events. As a junior band, the members are between the ages of eight and eighteen. Scotia-Glenville is the only competing junior band in the Northeast.^[1] In 2007, Scotia-Glenville took third place in the Novice Juvenile section of the World Pipe Band Championships.

1 Band History
2 2006 and 2007 seasons
3 References
4 Links
5 See also

[edit] Band History

The band was founded in 1989 as a part of the Scotia-Glenville School District. Initially, the band members were drawn from the school district and given elementary piping and drumming lessons as part of the school's Scottish Heritage program; members gained experience by performing at community events. Since its inception, the band has broadened its pool of players and become a competitive pipe band within the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Some of Scotia's members have gone on to join successful adult pipe bands, and the band has also attracted internationally recognized musicians like Jack Lee, John Wilson and Reid Maxwell to the Capital District to hold band workshops. The band's musical directors are Maureen Connor, a professional piper and member of the Oran Mor Pipe Band, and Eric MacNeill, the Drum Sergeant of Oran Mor. ^[2]

[edit] 2006 and 2007 seasons

Over time, the size and skill level of the band has increased, and in 1999 it began to attend regional Pipe Band Competitions. The band has attracted players from New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine, and as a result of its size the band began to field two competition bands. In 2006, Scotia-Glenville's successes achieved the 2nd place overall championship in Grade Four of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association.^[3] In 2007, the Grade Four band traveled to Scotland to compete in the World Pipe Band Championships for the first time. They competed in the Novice Juvenile category, winning 3rd place overall.^[4] As a result of this achievement, the band plans to compete in grade three during the 2008 EUSPBA season.