Toronto Police Pipe Band
| Toronto Police Pipe Band | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Grade | 1 |
| Pipe major | Sean McKeown |
| Drum sergeant | Craig Stewart |
| Tartan | Red Ross |
| Notable honours |
1st place, North American Pipe Band Championships: 2004 |
| Website | www.torontopolicepipeband.com |
The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band performs at parades, festivals, ceremonies and funerals,[1][2] and participates internationally in piping competitions.[3]
History
The Toronto Police Pipe Band was founded in 1912.[4] The band was originally formed for local parades and events, and later participated in recruiting drives during World Wars I and II.
In the 1970s, the band began competing internationally. It won the Grade One North American Championship at the Glengarry Highland Games in 2004. In 2006, the band won the American, Canadian and North American Championships.
By 2006 the band had lost many of its pipers, but in 2007 and 2008 the band regained some former players and competed with a non-traditional medley titled "Variations on a Theme of Good Intentions". This was a variation from the traditional medley composition as the players performed a suite of a theme rather than separate tunes. The set was composed for pipes by Michael Grey, the band's Pipe Sergeant.[5]
The band competed with a different medley in the 2009 season, titled "Idiomatica", and presented yet another in 2010, titled "Gallus No. 3"; both, again, composed by Grey.
In August, 2014 the band participated in the World Pipe Band Championships grade one qualifiers in Glasgow Scotland.[6] In 2015 they won the premier grade MSR contest at the Cambridge Highland Games.[7]
References
- ↑ "Fallen Ontario officer remembered at public funeral for her love of the job". Toronto Sun, Kate Schwass-Bueckert, March 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Fallen officer on minds of newest police recruits". National Post, Natalie Alcoba | January 13, 2011
- ↑ "78th Fraser Highlanders take top trophy in pipe band competition at Kincardine Scottish Festival". Kincardine Record, By: Liz Dadson July 12, 2016
- ↑ "Toronto Police band commemorates 100 years". Inside Toronto, Oct 21, 2012 by Andrew Palamarchuk York Guardian
- ↑ "The Gender Divide in Highland Drum Corps". Tom Tom Magazine, December, 2012. Teale Failla
- ↑ "Photos August 15: Top images from around the world". Canada.com
- ↑ "Toronto Police Take Cambridge!". Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario website. Monday July 20th, 2015