Congratulations go out to our Grade IV band members and leader, Pat Benningfield, for placing 1st in the Medley and 2nd in the Quick March Medley at the Glasgow Highland Games at Barren River State Park near Glasgow, Kentucky!
Great news for solo pipers and drummers!
Aaron Bailie - Grade IV Junior Snare - 1st place in Quick March Medley, 1st place in 2/4 March, winner of the William Wallace Drummer of the Day Award sponsored by the Louisville Scottish Society. 3rd place, Ohio Scottish Games, June 28
Robert Caudill - Amateur Bass, 2nd place in Medley
Laura Doll - 1st in Professional Tenor Drumming MSR and 2nd in Professional Tenor Drumming Hornpipe/Jig
Larry Frederiksen - Grade III Piping, 4th place in Jig
Elaine Hoffman - Amateur II Tenor Drumming, 1st place in Quick March, 1st place in Quick March Medley, winner of the Tenor Drummer of the Day Award
Mary Sue McCune - Grade III Piping, 3rd place in Piobaireachd
Tyler Scaff - Grade IV Junior Piping, 2nd place in Slow Air, 3rd place in 6/8 March, 3rd place in Piobareachd, 6th place in 2/4 March
Anne Marie de Zeeuw - Grade III Piping, 2nd place in 2/4 March, 2nd place in Piobaireachd, 3rd place in Jig, 2nd place Strathspey/Reel. Anne Marie also collected two 2nd place medals at Alma in Piobaireachd and 6/8 March.
The Louisville Pipe Band is a competitive and performing Grade Four and Grade Five Pipe Band based in Louisville, Kentucky. Members are drawn from throughout the state and southern Indiana.
The band performs at corporate and community events, weddings and festivals. We march in several parades each year including the Louisville St. Patrick's Day Parade and Worldfest Celebration on the Belvedere.
We successfully compete in several Highland Games every year and our individual members are often found among those on the prize list.
Our accomplishments include:
Competing in the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland
Participating in the 10,000 Piper Millennium Parade in Edinburgh
In 2008, our band presented a concert at the Bomhard Theater in the Kentucky Center with special guest and world class solos bagpiper, Alasdair Gillies.
In 2008, at Kentucky Scottish Weekend, our Grade IV band finished 2nd in the Medley and 2nd in the Grade III Challenge in front of the Grade III designated band and our Grade V band finished 3rd. At the Glasgow Kentucky Games, our Grade IV band finished 1st in the Medley and 2nd in the Quick March Medley.
The Louisville Pipe Band is a member in good standing of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association, Ohio Valley Branch. The Band is a charitable non-profit corporation and is financially sustained by performance fees, private donations and corporate sponsorships to facilitate teaching programs and travel to competitions.
