2024 Awards Night

Ivan Richardson Trophy Drum Pad
Martin Chu

R A Stanley Chisholm Award-First Year Chanter
Emmett Wanamaker

Wayne Moug Bursary – Advanced Chanter/Beginning Pipes
Nathaniel Fraser

Katherine Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Drumming
Alexandra Hartwell

George Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Piping
Jeff Harper

Clan Sutherland Junior Leadership Award
Scott MacDonald

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Drumming
Elizabeth McCorkell

DDPBA Personal Achievement Senior Mid-Section
Kaitlyn Adshead

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Piping
Beverly Gandy

Clan Sutherland Senior Leadership Award
Nick MacDonald

Dress and Deportment Award
Erin Nicolson

Pipe Major Andrew Payzant Volunteer
Kelsey Patterson

John T. Connors’ Participation Award
Krista McLellan

PM Jim Bain Achievement in Junior Piping
Jamie Bain

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Junior Drumming
Chris Murray

Cote Award for Achievement in Senior Piping
Gillian Blaney

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Senior Drumming
Mikhale MacDonald

Ian Green Spirit Award
Krista McLellan & Erin Nicholson

Congratulations to all!

Dartmouth Places 2nd in World Pipe Band Championships

Dartmouth & District Pipe Band were awarded second place in Grade 3A at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday.

“The band worked incredibly hard this year and this result shows it," said Pipe Major Blaise Theriault. “I’m proud of the dedication and determination of every player in the band.”

The prestigious international contest brings together thousands of pipers and drummers from all over the world. 204 bands took part across all grades. 

The Grade 3A contest started off with 28 bands who played in 2 heats with the top 6 from each moving on to play in the final.

This is the first season the band has competed at this level, having won the North American Championships last year in Grade 4

2023 Awards Night

Congratulations to our winners!

Ivan Richardson Trophy Drum Pad
Rob Young

R A Stanley Chisholm Award-First Year Chanter
Kuniko Minamiura

Wayne Moug Bursary– Advanced Chanter/Beginning Pipes
Susie Forsberg

Katherine Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Drumming
Matt Clerk

George Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Piping
Owen Gillis

Clan Sutherland Junior Leadership Award
Abby Pierce

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Drumming
Cate Harper

DDPBA Personal Achievement Senior Mid-section
Abby Pierce

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Piping
Pam Newcomb

Clan Sutherland Senior Leadership Award
Pat Connors

Dress and Deportment Award
Matt Clerk

Pipe Major Andrew Payzant Volunteer Award
Colleen Dafoe and Paul Pierce

John T. Connors Participation Award
Christina Oliver

PM Jim Bain Achievement in Junior Piping (ACPBA Points)
Elina Richards

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Junior Drumming (ACPBA Points)
Nick Highmore

Cote Award for Achievement in Senior Piping (ACPBA Points)
Gillian Blaney

Ian Green Spirit Award
Nick Highmore

2022 Awards Night

We gathered together in person for our annual Awards Night for the first time since 2019! Congratulations to everyone!

Ivan Richardson Trophy Drum Pad
Charlie Saunders

Wayne Moug Bursary– Advanced Chanter/Beginning Pipes
Owen Gillis

Katherine Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Drumming
Nikki Gullet

George Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Piping
Jay Hackney

Clan Sutherland Junior Leadership Award
Elizabeth McCorkell

Jim Connors Memorial Award for Personal Achievement Senior Drumming
Nick Highmore

DDPBA Personal Achievement Award Senior Mid-section
Cheryl Highmore

Jim Connors Memorial Award for Personal Achievement Senior Piping
Gillian Blaney

Clan Sutherland Senior Leadership Award
Erin Nicholson

Dress and Deportment Award
Rachel MacDonald

Pipe Major Andrew Payzant Volunteer Award
Ann Blaney

John T. Connors Participation Award
Michelle Charlton

Pipe Major Jim Bain Award for Achievement in Junior Piping (ACPBA Points)
Owen Macpherson

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Junior Drumming
Nick Highmore

Cote Award for Achievement in Senior Piping (ACPBA points)
Gillian Blaney

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Senior Drumming (ACPBA points)
Chris Griffin

Ian Green Spirit Award
Nikki Gullet

We would also like to congratulate our members who received champion supreme awards this past weekend from the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association. The winners were:

PIPING
Practice Changer: Nathaniel Fraser
Grade 4 light music and piobaireachd: Jay Hackney
Junior Armature Jig: Owen MacPherson
Grade 1 light music and piobaireachd: Gillian Blaney

DRUMMING
Grade 4 drumming: Chris Murray

BAND
Dartmouth and District Grade 4

Dartmouth & District Pipe Band School Recital - June 2, 2021 at 7pm

Not being able to gather in person for our end of term recital, students and band members were asked to submit recordings for our second online recital! Enjoy!

Order of Play:
00:09 - Heather, Rachel, Megan & Scott MacDonald
01:29 - Liam Connolly
02:13 - Abby Pierce
03:23 - Christian Newton
04:55 - Oliver Bruce
05:58 - Nathaniel Fraser
06:43 - Charlie Saunders
09:09 - Wendy Richards
10:45 - Joffin Bjornson
11:23 - Jesse Richards
12:49 - Chris Keeping
13:52 - Quinn & Mikka Jordan
15:25 - Nikki Gullett
16:12 - Zachary Campbell
17:50 - Molly Aven Gillis
19:19 - Thomas MacKenize
21:19 - Matt Daigle
23:29 - Michelle Charlton
25:26 - Erin Nicolson
26:20 - Thomas MacKenzie
28:03 - Alex Stone
30:19 - Zach Smith
32:04 - Owen MacPherson
33:16 - Jessica Bain
37:04 - Heather, Rachel, Megan & Scott MacDonald

2020-21 Award Winners

Last night we celebrated our 2020-21 award winners (see list below). We are so looking forward to when we can stand together in a circle again!

Ivan Richardson Trophy Drum Pad
Joffin Bjornson
Charlie Saunders

R A Stanley Chisholm Award First Year Chanter
Wendy Richards
Jesse Richards

Wayne Moug Bursary Advanced Chanter/Beginning Pipes
Christian Newton

George Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Piping
Vivian Richardson

Katherine Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Drumming
Cate Harper

Clan Sutherland Junior Leadership Award
Thomas MacKenzie

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Drumming
Angela Ryan

DDPBA Personal Achievement Senior Mid-Section
Kaitlyn Adshead

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Piping
Gillian Blaney

Clan Sutherland Senior Leadership Award
Dane Grant

John T. Connors Participation Award
Erin Nicholson

Ian Green Spirit Award
Gillian Blaney
Zach Smith

Dartmouth & District Pipe Band School Online Recital - June 3, 2020

Not being able to gather in person for our end of term recital, students and band members were asked to submit recordings for our first ever online recital! Enjoy!

Order of Play:
0:05 - Owen Gillis
0:53 - Finn Harper
3:17 - Cheryl & Nick Highmore
5:12 - Molly Aven Gillis
6:31 - Quinn Jordan
7:24 - Oliver Bruce
9:06 - Mikka Jordan
10:35 - Abby Pierce
13:39 - Zachary Campbell
15:01 - Lucas Edwards
16:37 - Michelle Charlton
18:02 - Matt Daigle
21:08 - Charlie Saunders
23:16 - Graeme Murray
27:06 - Blaise Theriault
29:29 - Chris Murray
32:25 - Gillian Blaney
35:09 - Heather, Meg, Rachel and Scott MacDonald

Also, a huge shout out goes to this year's in person and online instructors:
Neil White, Jamie Bain, Nick MacDonald, Zach Smith, Erin Whitty, Jim Malcolm, Rod MacLean, Dan Knee, Tom MacKenzie, Kailyn Adshead, and Lynn Redmond.

MEDIA RELEASE - Dartmouth & District to host family friendly Burns Dinner

January 3, 2020, Halifax, NS – Dartmouth & District Pipe Band presents Burns Night Dinner & Ceilidh on Saturday, January 25, 2020 starting at 6:00 PM at Brightwood Golf and Country Club in Dartmouth. Tickets are $75 (12 & under $30) and proceeds from the event will help the organization purchase uniforms, instruments, and travel to the 2020 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. 

This family friendly evening will be packed full of musical entertainment from Dartmouth & District Pipe Band and special guests Cailean MacLean (Celtic guitar) and Douglas Cameron (fiddle). Dinner includes hip of beef buffet, haggis, neeps and tatties, dessert, and more. There will be a cash bar.

"Celebrating the great Robert Burns with music, traditional Scottish fare, and maybe a little taste of scotch, is a perfect way to spend a cold January evening," says organizer Arlene White. "We are heading into our 55th pipe band season in 2020 and look forward to the support of our alumni and friends."

For more information please contact: 

Arlene White
Email: info@dartmouthpipeband.com 
Phone: 902 452 7473

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About Dartmouth & District Pipe Band 
Dartmouth & District Pipe Band, established in 1965, is based out of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, drawing members and students from across Halifax county and the province. The organization consists of two competition bands, a parade band, and a well-established bagpipe and drumming school. The grade 4 band are the current North American Champions in that level.

MEDIA RELEASE: Dartmouth & District Places 1st in North American Pipe Band Championships

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Dartmouth & District Pipe Band were named the the North American Pipe Band Champions for Grade 4 at the Glengarry Highland Games on Saturday.

"I’m incredibly proud of this crew," said Pipe Major Blaise Theriault. "They worked hard all year and gave it their all on the field yesterday to take home the Grade 4 North American Championship title."

The games, held in Maxville, Ontario, are a two-day event consisting of pipers, drummers, fiddlers, dancers and heavyweight competitions. There was a strong East Coast showing this year with Cape Breton University Pipe Band also taking 1st in the Grade 5 band competition.

Other East Coast band placings were:
Grade 1 78th Highlanders Halifax Citadel (3rd overall)
Grade 3 Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew (2nd overall)
Grade 3 College of Piping, Summerside (3rd overall)
Grade 5 Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew (3rd overall)

The Grade 5 Dartmouth & District and College of Piping bands also competed. In total, there were over 50 bands vying for the top prizes.

For interview requests and more information please contact:
Lynn Redmond
Email: info@dartmouthpipeband.com

About the Glengarry Highland Games
Since the first Games were held in 1948, the people of Glengarry have extended close to a million welcomes to visitors who come to see what is estimated to be one of the largest Highland Games in the world. In the course of the day, more than 50 pipe bands are put through their paces to decide the North American Pipe Band Championships™.

About Dartmouth & District Pipe Band
Drawing members and students from throughout the Atlantic provinces, our organization currently consists of a Grade 4 and Grade 5 competition band, a parade band, and a well-established bagpipe and drumming school. Since 1965, hundreds of pipers and drummers have trained in the Dartmouth & District Pipe Band school. Many band alumni have become famous and influential in the world of piping.

200 CLUB FUNDRAISER

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Congratulations to the winners:
May 9 - Margaret McIntosh
May 16 - Cheryl Chambers
May 23 - Marla Barton
May 30 - Ross Whyte
June 6 - Amanda Woodridge

Introducing our new 200 Club Fundraiser! We will be drawing for CASH PRIZES! 4 draws for $50 and a grand prize draw for $500!! Tickets are $20 each and only a maximum of 200 tickets with be sold. All draws will take place at St. James Church Hall on Portland Street in Dartmouth, NS. 

Draw Dates ($50 prize): May 9, 16, 23 & 30
Grand prize draw ($500): June 6, 2018 during our annual Recital and Coming Up Ceremony

Tickets can be purchased through band members, on Wednesday evenings at band practice, or email us at: info@dartmouthpipeband.com

 

FULL RULES & REGULATIONS

Tickets

  • 1. Tickets will be sold by Dartmouth & District Pipe Band Association (DDPBA) volunteers at a price of twenty (20) dollars per ticket.

  • 2. Each buyer’s name and contact phone number will be recorded and assigned to a ticket number. These tickets will number 1 through 200.

  • 3. The maximum number of tickets to be sold will be 200.

  • 4. The minimum number of tickets to be sold will be 150.

  • 5. The draws will be cancelled if the DDPBA does not sell at least 150 tickets by Wednesday, May 2, 2018. All monies collected will be refunded if the draws are cancelled.

Draws

  • 6. A numbered token will be produced to correspond to each ticket number. Prior to each draw, a DDPBA volunteer will verify that all assigned ticket numbers are represented in the tokens. A winning token number will be drawn randomly at the draw times indicated below.

  • 7. Prize draws will take place at St. James United Church Hall (181 Portland Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) at the following dates and times:
    a. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:00 pm (weekly prize)
    b. Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 8:00 pm (weekly prize)
    c. Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 8:00 pm (weekly prize)
    d. Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:00 pm (weekly prize)

e. Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 7:30 pm (grand prize)

Prizes

  • 8. All prizes will be cash.

  • 9. Weekly prizes will be fifty (50) dollars each.

  • 10. The grand prize (June 6, 2018) will be five hundred (500) dollars.

  • 11. Prize winners do not have to be present for the draws. Any prize winner not present at the time of the draw will be contacted. If the winner cannot be located within 90 days then a second draw will be held to determine a new prize winner.

  • 12. A second draw will be held for any prizes that remain unclaimed 90 days following the original draw date.

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St. Andrew’s Day Family Ceilidh & Pipers Club Atlantic Launch

Join us for a St. Andrew's Day Family Ceilidh featuring Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald.

Combining the fiery edge of the Scottish Border pipes with the rich sounds of the Cape Breton fiddle, Ben and Anita merge traditional influences from Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, as well as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. This fresh and talented duo pairs driving dance-tunes with expressive Gaelic airs and songs, bringing their listeners a powerful combination of passion and grace.

Don’t miss the launch of the new Pipers Club Atlantic with special announcements about upcoming dates, performers, and sponsors.

There will also be performances by Dartmouth & District Pipe Band. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the band.

Awards Ceremony Winners 2016

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Ivan Richardson Trophy Drum Pad: Charlotte Cameron

Katherine Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Drumming: Ashley Nunn-Smith

R A Stanley Chisholm Award-First Year Chanter: Heather Macdonald

Wayne Moug Bursary– Advanced Chanter/Beginning Pipes: Kayden Woodridge

George Fowler Memorial Trophy Achievement Junior Piping: Matt MacDonald

Clan Sutherland Junior Leadership Award: Tina Oliver

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Drumming: Alex Marr

DDPBA Personal Achievement Senior Mid-section: Angela Ryan

Jim Connors Memorial Award Personal Achievement Senior Piping: Patrick MacDonald

Clan Sutherland Senior Leadership Award: Lynn Redmond

Dress and Deportment Award: Ross Whyte

Pipe Major Andrew Payzant Award: Leslie Theriault

John T. Connors Participation Award: Kaitlyn Adshead

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Junior Piping: James Gendron

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Junior Drumming: Mikhale MacDonald

Cote Award for Achievement in Senior Piping : Blaise Theriault

DDPBA Award for Achievement in Senior Drumming: Chris Griffin

Ian Green Spirit Award: Zach Smith