Pupils Tune Up For Pipe Band Competition

Banffshire Journal ^ | 21 January 2015

[ConorMacNessa]

BANFF Academy’s pipe band will join entrants from other Aberdeenshire schools aiming to ‘give it a skirl’ at the world’s largest schools piping and drumming competition in March.

The Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships (SSPBC), dedicated to stoking up passion for Scotland’s national musical heritage, will be held in Edinburgh.

Nearly 30 schools have already registered for the competition, taking place on Sunday, March 8, at Broughton High School and neighbouring Fettes College in the capital.

Graham Drummond, pipe major at Banff Academy, said: "I’m very excited to be making history with Banff Academy, as this is the first time that the school will be competing in the competition.

"My ambition is to build a good solid pipe band here at the school to showcase its success to parents and to the people of the Aberdeenshire area."

[ConorMacNessa]

Banff Academy’s pipe band will be competing at the third
Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships in Edinburgh
alongside thirty other schools from Aberdeenshire and the
rest of Scotland.

[ConorMacNessa]

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