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SEMINARS:         06 FEB 2010, DELCO MID-ATLANTIC WITH PATTI NISCO, BALTIMORE, MD, USA............02-04 APR 2010, DRUM MAJOR WORKSHOP & SEMINAR WITH NORM MacKENZIE, CALGARY, AB, CANADA.................TATTOOS:          28-31 JAN 2010, MUSIKSCHAU DER NATIONEN, BREMEN, GERMANY........20 MAR 2010, DUNEDIN MILITARY TATTOO, DUNEDIN, FL, USA.........30 APR-02 MAY 2010  VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TATTOO, NORFOLK, VA, USA.........07-09 MAY 2010, NORWEGIAN MILITARY TATTOO

USA Tour Itinerary:  Regimental Band of the Irish Guards and Pipes & Drums of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

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Manuals:

RDMA Pipe Band Mace Manual v 3.0

RDMA Pipe Band  Drill Manual v 3.0

RDMA Pipe Band Dress Manual v 2.5

Billy Jordan/RDMA Basic Pipe Band DM Drill -  DVD

D/M Joe MacDonald Pipe Band D/M Manual

D/M John Moon's Staff Manual

VIDEO: Tying a Plaid  New

 

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Scottish Drum Major

Drum Major Resource Center

Regimental Mace Co

Conquest Regalia

Joe Drouin Enterprises

 

NEWS:  30 Dec 2009  The Holyoke Caledonian Pipes & Drums of Holyoke, MA, USA will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary on Saturday, 06 Mar 2010.  The Holyoke Caledonian Pipes & Drums, considered to be the oldest continuously active pipe band in the United States, was organized in 1909 by a group of emigrant Scots associated with the Holyoke Caledonian Benefit Club.  Robert Ramsay, served as the first Pipe Major from 1910 to 1930, when he was succeeded by PMaj Wilson Mathieson who served  for the next 45 years.    More

 

Quick Fixes:

Issue 1:  Dress/Headgear

Pipe Bands:  if you are wearing feather bonnets check to ensure the outer most draw string of the inner lining is drawn and tied so the bonnet fits on top of the head.  If ears are touching or tucked under the sweatband, then the bonnet is resting too low.  The Bonnet sits on the top of the head and does not lean back.   MORE

 

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