Bands

Band Name: The City of Brechin Pipe Band

Established: 2007

Grade: 4B

Tartan: City of Brechin

Pipe Major: Jack Stewart

Lead Drummer: Gus Nicol

Drum Major: Ross Seivwright

Secretary: Kath McAndrew

Location: Brechin, Angus

Practice Info:

Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm at “The Pipe Band Hall” which can be found at the Inch car park next to Brechin Leisure Centre at the junction of Witchden Road and River Street DD9 7HQ.
There is also a learners session on Sunday afternoons at the same location which start at 2pm and finish at 4pm.

Website: http://www.cityofbrechinpipeband.co.uk

The Grade 4 band was formed in 2007 after the promotion of the previous grade 4 band to grade 3B. The main reasons behind the formation of the new band were to accommodate the large volume of learners who were attending the band and also the adult members who were not quite reaching the standards required for grade 3. This effectively provides a stepping stone from learning to playing in grade 4 then hopefully grade 3. The band were originally placed in grade 4A however after competing at the end of 2008 at the World Championships and Crieff Highland Games an appeal was made to be placed in grade 4B which was successful and is where the band remain at the moment. There is a good mixture of adult and juvenile members in the band and we welcome anyone regardless of age or ability to come along to our practices.