Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band
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Currently based in Balwearie High School
, the Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band
are in Grade 3B and take part in major competitions around the UK. It was awarded the Champions of Champions in Grade 4B for 2006 and promoted from Grade 4A to 3B in 2007.
The current Pipe Major
is Lindsay Aird.
, the band was initially called the Argos Pipe Band. The Pipe Major at the time was James Forbes. The band merged with pipers from the Kirkcaldy United Services Institute near the centre of the town. The Pipe Major at this time was John Cushnie. Some years later the band moved their base to Balwearie High School and took the current name.
Balwearie High School
Balwearie High School is a non-denominational comprehensive secondary school at the west end of Kirkcaldy in Scotland. Balwearie serves around 1750 pupils aged from 12 to 18 and includes a Department of Additional Support for children with Additional Support Needs.-Rector:The school opened in 1964...
, the Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band
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....
are in Grade 3B and take part in major competitions around the UK. It was awarded the Champions of Champions in Grade 4B for 2006 and promoted from Grade 4A to 3B in 2007.
The current Pipe Major
Pipe Major
The Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish or Irish pipe band. Like Drum Major, the position of Pipe Major is derived from British Army traditions. During the early twentieth century, the term Sergeant Piper was used for the role in place of "Pipe Major".Civillian and military...
is Lindsay Aird.
History
Established around 1980 in the Argos Youth Centre in KirkcaldyKirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
, the band was initially called the Argos Pipe Band. The Pipe Major at the time was James Forbes. The band merged with pipers from the Kirkcaldy United Services Institute near the centre of the town. The Pipe Major at this time was John Cushnie. Some years later the band moved their base to Balwearie High School and took the current name.