30th Anniversary
July 2002
PIPERS’ and PIPE BAND SOCIETY
of ONTARIO, OTTAWA BRANCH
President:
Graeme Ogilvie
(613) 830-9160
(email: [email protected])
Vice-President: Charlie King
(613) 830-7418
(email: [email protected])
Vice-President: Steve Lanning
(613) 823-9933
(email: [email protected])
Treasurer:
Jack Yourt
(613) 774-3622
(email: [email protected])
Secretary:
Douglas Heyland (613) 821-2505
(email: [email protected])
The 30th anniversary season of the PPBSO Ottawa Branch has come to an end and by all measures it was an
extremely successful year.
The surprise of the year was the very first knock-out contest in October, at which 33 pipers signed up to
compete!! Our hats were off that night to our judge, Amy Garson, who cheerfully and patiently listened to all
33, writing her final score sheet at about 11:30 pm that evening. Now, we have to find a way to encourage a
corresponding number of drummers to participate!
Our best turnout came at the January contest. With the Maj (Ret’d) Archie Cairns Cup, and recitals by Colin
Clansey and Steve Lanning, the result was almost an overflow audience. What a great thing to see!
And, of course, the highlight of the year was the 30th anniversary dinner in April at the RCAF Officers Mess
downtown Ottawa. It was a special night, and for those in attendance it will be one to remember.
What was especially encouraging was the growth we’ve seen in the Ottawa Branch area in the past year. The
Kingston Pipefest has survived its first two years and looks to be well established now as an annual event on
our calendar. The Almonte Indoor Games got off to a good start this year and fits in well between the Pipefest
and Winchester. It, too, looks like it should have a healthy future. But most importantly, it’s the establishment
of two new juvenile bands, the City of Kingston and Sam Scott Memorial (Manotick), that bodes well for the
future. A special congratulation goes out to all the volunteers who have spent the untold hours to successfully
run these events, and develop these new pipe bands dedicated to the youths in our communities. This all
requires a huge commitment in time and effort, and your tremendous support is very much appreciated.
To all, best of luck over the summer. Keep safe and we’ll see everyone again the first Saturday in October.
UPCOMING SUMMER EVENTS
Kingston School of Scottish Music and Dance
Piping, Drumming and Dancing School
08-12 July 2002
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Instructors: Bob Worrall, Ken Eller, Robert Crabtree, Tyler Fry,
Chris Bell, Ann Milne Armstrong, Sheila Milne
Contacts: [email protected], (613) 542-7287
Note: new this year, tenor drumming classes
30th Anniversary
July 2002
8 Wing Trenton Pipes and Drums
Win first Championship Supreme contest (Grade 4) of 2002 at Fort Erie
Early 2002 Ottawa Branch Solo Winners
08 June
Georgetown
Drumming Grade 1 Hornpipe/Jig
Drumming Grade 2 Hornpipe/Jig
Drumming Grade 2 MSR
Robert MacLeod
Sean Donaldson
Sean Donaldson
15 June
Fort Erie
Piping Professional Jig
Piping Grade 4 March
Drumming Grade 2 MSR
Drumming Grade 3 MSR
Colin Clansey
Andrew Killick
Sean Donaldson
Trevor Stevens
22 June
Barrie
Piping Grade 3 March
Piping Grade 3 Strathspey/Reel
Drumming Grade 1 Hornpipe/Jig
Drumming Grade 2 Hornpipe/Jig
Drumming Grade 2 MSR
Amanda Bush
Amanda Bush
Robert MacLeod
Sean Donaldson
Sean Donaldson
Announcements
Stay tuned for the television documentary, "They Pipe Among Us". Look for it on Bravo, likely in September 2002. It
will feature pipers from all across Canada, including some from our Ottawa Branch area. It's a film about pipers who
combine their love of the highland bagpipes with interesting “real” jobs (i.e. the part of the day that pays the bills!). The
WestJet Pipe Band, based in Calgary, was created from this diverse and extraordinary group and will be featured in the
documentary. The Pipe Major of the WestJet band is none other than our own Branch’s Bethany Bissaillion, Pipe Major of
the Sons of Scotland. As noted by Bethany, this documentary “should give pipers and pipe bands some much-deserved
recognition for the job they do, every day of the year.” Hopefully in the Ottawa Branch September newsletter we’ll be able
to publish all the specific details; date, time and station. Check out the site www.theypipeamongus.com for more info!!
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One of the area’s biggest events of the year is the annual Glengarry Pipe Band St Andrews Ball. This year it will be held
on Saturday 23 November 2002. For tickets, questions or advance info, contact [email protected].
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30th Anniversary
July 2002
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Glengarry Highland Games have 72 pipe bands registered to compete 03 August 2002!!! Includes fourtime world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Bigger and better than ever. Don’t miss it!!
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Ottawa Branch Canadian Forces Regular Force Pipe Band Moves Summer 2002
Leaving:
Coming In:
Moving:
John (Ony) Langille
Brad Ryckman
Ian Ferguson
Ron Reedy
Colin Clansey
Doug Craft
going from Royal Military College Kingston to CF School of Music CFB Borden
going from Royal Military College Kingston to 12 Wing Shearwater, Nova Scotia
coming from CF School of Music CFB Borden to Air Command Ottawa
coming from 12 Wing Shearwater to 8 Wing Trenton
going from Air Command Ottawa to Royal Military College Kingston
going from 8 Wing Trenton to Royal Military College Kingston
After the moves, the Ottawa Branch Canadian Forces Regular Force Pipe Bands look as follows:
Air Command Ottawa
8 Wing Trenton
Royal Military College Kingston
2 CMBG Petawawa
Pipe Major
Pipe Major
Pipe Major
Pipe Major
Ian Ferguson
John Hugh MacDonald
Colin Clansey
Jim MacIntyre
Drum Instructor
Drum Instructor
Drum Instructor
Steve Lanning
Ron Reedy
Doug Craft
For John and Brad, all the best in your new postings. Ian and Ron, welcome to the Ottawa Branch!!
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For note….. The Royal Mile Pub will be relocating to a new and better location in August or September this year. Keep
posted for the new address. The Ottawa Branch September newsletter will carry all the details.
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Notes:
As the 2001/2002 season comes to a close, we’re looking for suggestions for next year. Feel free to pass on
your recommendations and ideas to any of those on the Ottawa Branch executive.
A large number of digital photographs were taken at the Ottawa Branch knock-out contests during the
2001/2002 season, and at the Winchester Indoor Games (bands and soloists). If any of the participants would
be interested in electronic copies (in JPG format), please contact the President at [email protected].
Drummers… we’re looking for suggestions on how to improve participation in the monthly knock-out series.
What approach would you like for the 2002/2003 season? Give us a call!!
For colour copies of the newsletter (in PDF format), visit www.ppbso-ottawa.org.
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Campbeltown Loch (aka… Glendaurel Highlanders)
Oh Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky,
Campbeltown Loch, hooch aye!
Oh Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky,
I would drink you dry!!!
30th Anniversary
July 2002
THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE TARTAN
2002 marks the 60th Anniversary of The Royal Canadian Air Force Tartan. This is of no small consequence for
Canada’s Air Force, particularly its volunteer Pipe Bands who wear it with distinction at hundreds of events each
year across Canada, and around the world. Its creation was sparked in the early 1940s by Group Captain E.G.
Fullerton AFC, Commanding Officer of No. 9 Service Flying Training School and later Commanding Officer of
RCAF Station Trenton. Early design prototypes were produced by the Loomcrofters of Gagetown, New
Brunswick, and after modification by the Air Council, the design received official sanction from Air Force
Headquarters on 21 May 1942. At the request of Air Vice Marshall J.A. Sully AFC, ADC, former Commanding
Officer of RCAF Station Trenton, the Tartan was submitted to Lord Lyon, King of Arms (Canada’s former Herald)
for approval in July 1942. Approval was granted on 15 August 1942 and it became officially known worldwide as
The Royal Canadian Air Force Tartan.
With the amalgamation of Canada's three military services in 1968, the distinctive blue Air Force uniform was
lost for over 20 years. This was a time of profound change for Canada's military, when unit titles, insignia, and
all distinguishing hallmarks of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were officially proscribed in favour of a singular,
generic-looking force. Amid the post-integration haste for uniformity, precious swatches of the original Tartan
samples were destined for destruction, and its official documentation hung in oblivion. Yet the RCAF Tartan
was kept to the fore in these years by the RCAF Association (now Air Force Association of Canada), and the Air
Force’s voluntary Pipe Band community lead by the Canadian Forces Senior Pipe Major, Chief Warrant Officer
A.M. Cairns MMM, CD.
To this day the RCAF Tartan is prominently displayed at parades and ceremonies, in Messes and Headquarters,
and by Pipe Bands and individuals. Conspicuously, during a ceremony on May 4, 1973 following the
Presentation of Colours to 441, 421, and 429 Tactical Fighter Squadrons in Baden Soellingen, West Germany,
the Air Force formally presented HRH The Prince Phillip with an RCAF Tartan kilt. Making the presentation on
this occasion was Warrant Officer Wes Alguire CD, a Piper with the CFB Ottawa Pipe Band, and notably a
founding (now serving) member of 8 Wing Trenton Pipe Band.
But over the years the RCAF Tartan has fallen victim to its own popularity, suffering abuses at the hands of the
multi-million dollar wool industry, which has arbitrarily changed its distinctive colours, lines, and set. Nowhere is
this proliferation more apparent than in Bands, where discrepancies abound. In an effort to safeguard the
integrity of the RCAF Tartan, and in keeping with their mandate to preserve and safeguard Air Force symbols at
large, the Air Force Association of Canada has recently embarked on a project to register their Copyright, and to
educate the public in the proper manufacture of RCAF Tartan. A sample of the newly restored, wartime-design
RCAF Tartan was ceremoniously unfurled on August 8, 2001 when the 8 Wing Trenton Pipe Band – in Scotland
for The World Pipe Band Championships – was received by Scottish Lawmakers during a historic televised
performance from inside the chamber of the Scottish Parliament (the first time the Pipes have been played in
the chamber!). Here, a gift of authentic RCAF Tartan was presented to the Presiding Officer (Speaker of The
House), The Right Honorable Sir David Steel KBE, MSP by Bob Tracy MSM, Executive Director of The Air
Force Association of Canada (himself a Piper!), and the Air Force’s Deputy Director of Air Force Protocol. Thus,
another page was added to the history of the RCAF Tartan, which today reflects the mettle of a proud,
professional service.
(Contributed by Pipe Major John Hugh MacDonald, P/M of the 8 Wing Trenton Pipe Band, and former P/M of The
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, and The Ceremonial Guard)
30th Anniversary
July 2002
Pipe Band and Dancers join forces
There’s a new partnership in town that promises to get toes tapping.
The Loch Murray Dancers of Ottawa have recently joined with the RCMP
Pipes and Drum Band, forming a unique partnership that may soon become
a colourful staple in the National Capital Region.
The new group was a hit in its debut performance during the Citizen’s
Advocacy Group’s Maritime Night at the Ottawa Congress Centre on May 8. The group continued to delight a fullcapacity crowd at the Maxville Fairgrounds on May 26 with its second joint performance – which was also a chance show
to formally showcase the group’s attractive red serge and RCMP tartan dress uniform.
The Loch Murray Dancers, under the direction of Terrie Kember, have been successful in national and international-level
competitions and have garnered praise for its choreography routines. Their repertoire includes Highland, Irish (both soft
shoe and hard shoe), National and Choreography dances.
Made up of an enthusiastic company of dancers from 6 years to 26 years of age, the Loch Murray Dancers are active
participants in various community events. The dancers are supporters of the Heart Institute Telethon, the Cancer Centre
Telethon, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and perform regularly for senior centres across the Ottawa
area.
“We are honoured and enthusiastic to be associated with the RCMP Pipes and Drums,” says a keen Terrie Kember.
Graham Muir, the Pipe Band’s manager
and Drum Major, says he and his band
members are looking forward to a long
and exciting partnership with the Loch
Murray Dancers. “This is a great
opportunity to bring together two specific
aspects of the Celtic performing arts
community,” says Muir. “It’s a winning
combination and clearly a case where one
plus one equals three!”
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* 1948 Gillanders, ivory mount, silver tuning slides
* Gillanders and McLeod, imitation ivory, silver-plated furrels
* all sets complete with Henderson drone reeds, cords, cover, case
Contact Jack Yourt at (613) 774-3622
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30th Anniversary
July 2002
Winchester In-Door Games
Saturday 12 May 2001
Judges: Amy Garson, Brian Williamson, Colin Clansey, Bill Gilmour, Jim Bush
Event
Grade 2 Pipe Band
Grade 4 Pipe Band
Grade 5 Pipe Band
1st
Glengarry Gr 2
Glengarry Gr 4
City of Kingston Juvenile
2nd
Rob Roy
Spencerville Legion
Highland Mist
3rd
Event
Piping Open Hornpipe/Jig
Piping Open March
Piping Open Strathspey/Reel
Piping Grade 3 March
Piping Grade 3 Strathspey/Reel
Piping Grade 4 March
Piping Grade 5 March
Piping Practice Chanter
Open Amateur Piobaireachd
Novice Piobaireachd
Age 40+ March
1st
Taylor Donaldson
Taylor Donaldson
Taylor Donaldson
Will Ridley
Amanda Bush
John Scott
Sandy Creber
Jonathon Verrett
Dave Campbell
Rob Long
Peter Manderson
2nd
3rd
Bobbie Smith
Bobbie Smith
Matthew Yuen
Bobbie Smith
Matthew Yuen
Annie-Laurie MacPherson Rob Long
Robert Morrissey
Annie-Laurie MacPherson
Andrew Killick
Ryan Ross
Erin Bell
Patrick Desrochers
Jamie McDonnell
Karrie McLeod/Heather Wilson
Will Ridley
Alec Donaldson
Peter Purvis
Joan Taillefer
Don Blackadder
Drumming Open MSR
Drumming Grade 3 March
Drumming Grade 4 March
Novice Practice Pad
Sean Donaldson
Mike Goulding
Iain Bell
Katie McLeod
Robert MacLeod
Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Reilly Baggs
78th Fraser Highlanders
30th Anniversary
Sean Donaldson
(Winchester Drummer of the Day)
WillRidley
(Winchester Grade 3 March)
July 2002
Taylor Donaldson
Dave Campbell
(Winchester Piper of the Day) (Winchester Open Amateur Piobaireachd)
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GLENGARRY HIGHLAND GAMES Friday Night Tattoo ** 02 August 2002 **
www.glengarryhighlandgames.com
Featuring the four-time World Champion
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
Also featuring:
6:30 pm (Pre-Concert Entertainment)
Glengarry Strathspey and Reel Society
Massed Fiddlers
Ian MacLeod’s Fiddlers, Ashley MacLeod
7:30 pm (Games Concert and Tattoo)
Massed Pipes and Drums
Brigadoons, MacCulloch Dancers
Calasaig (Scotland’s Newest Traditional Band), Scotia Dancers
Ceremonial Guard and Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band, Fireworks !!!!!!!!!
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19TH ANNUAL NORTH LANARK HIGHLAND GAMES ** 24 August 2002 **
www.almontehighlandgames.inawire.com
Celebrate the Scottish and Irish heritage of the valley at the 19th annual
North Lanark Highland Games in Almonte, Saturday, August 24th 2002.
Twenty pipe bands, a hundred dancers, and champion heavyweight athletes
combine to present what is recognized as one of the Ottawa valley's premier
summer events. Opening ceremonies begin at 1:00 p.m.
With mini games organized for kids and the Mississippi river as a backdrop,
the Almonte games have a reputation not only as the prettiest site but also as
the friendliest games on the Ontario circuit.
Also on the grounds are numerous Scottish concessions, where visitors may purchase quality traditional clothing items,
Scottish food and get information on tracing their ancestry. Parking is free off-site with a free shuttle service provided.
The games start at 9:00 a.m., opening ceremonies at 1:00 p.m., final massed bands 5:30 p.m. and in the evening, a ceilidh
(Scottish party) will be held in the agricultural hall.
Advance Admission is $10.00 adults, $4.00 children. At the gate, $12.00 adults, $4.00 children.