Our Friends

City of Burnie Brass Band - The City of Burnie Brass Band is a direct descendant of the original brass band formed in Burnie in 1890. Over those 100 plus years the band has had a proud history of service to the public of Burnie.

The Harry Coos - Launceston's premier celtic rock band.

LCC Southern Cross Pipe Band - A NSW Grade 2 Band. The band has achievemed great success on the contest arena and are becoming one of the most respected competition bands in Australia.

Pipebands

Tasmania

Derwent Scottish Pipe Band - A pipeband based in Hobart.

Tasmania Police Pipeband - The official pipeband of Tasmania Police.

City of Hobart Highland Pipe Band - Another Hobart based pipeband.

Australia

Victoria Police Pipe Band - The only Australian band to ever win the Grade 1 World Championship.

Perth Highland Pipeband - A West Australian Band with a nice website.

Rockingham City Pipeband - Another West Australian Band with another nice website.

International

Kirkwall City Pipe Band - A Band in Orkney whom St Andrews played with on our last tour of Scotland.

Shotts and Dykehead Pipeband - World Champions 2000,2003,2005.

Field Marshall Montgomery - World Champions 2002, 2004.

The 78th Fraser Highlanders - Another excellent Grade 1 Band.

Simon Fraser University - World Champions 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2008 and 2009.

Pipeband Supplies

Lyons Bagpipes and Highland Supplies - One of the largest stockist's of Bagpipes, Accessories and Highland Dress in Australia.

Celtic Affairs - Another Melbourne based supplier.

Conteq Pty Ltd - an innovative response to the need for a lighter snare drum, conceived, designed and manufactured by Gary Webb in Hobart Tasmania.

Other Useful Links

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association - For the latest news and competition results for pipe bands, worldwide.

Australian Pipe Bands Association As above but Australian.

The College of Piping - The international centre for teaching Scotland’s national instrument, the great Highland bagpipe.

The Edinburgh Tattoo - Still the best Tattoo in the world.

The Scottish Piper Club - Probably the largest tune site on the web.

Bob Dunsire's Pipeband Directory - A very useful site with links to anything pipeband related.

Andrew Lenz' Bapipe Journey - A great site full of piping advice and articles.

Steve MacLeod's Bagpipes Questions and Answers - Another good and informative site about bagpipes and pipebands.