Monterey Bay Pipe Band Wins Top Piping Award At The Sacramento Highland Games
May 18, 2003, Monterey, CA – The Monterey Bay Pipe Band recently won the
prestigious first place award at the Sacramento Valley Scottish Highland Games.
The band chose a medley of tunes which were performed on the Highland Bagpipe,
Snare Drum, Tenor Drum and Bass Drum.
The Monterey Bay Pipe Band recently celebrated its
40th Anniversary, and also received a prestigious 1st
place award in 2002 from the Western United States Pipe Band Association
(WUSPBA). Established in 1962, the Monterey Bay Pipe Band is the only organized
pipe band in Monterey County that actively competes throughout the Western
United States. It is a highly respected, award-winning band that frequently
performs for private parties and public events, including club and bar
performances, parties, weddings, anniversaries, and funerals. Under the
leadership of bagpipe instructor and Pipe Major Michel d’Avenas, the band has
been very successful in recent years, and received first-place awards at the
premier Scottish Highland Games in Pleasanton, California in 200 and numerous
First Place Awards at the annual Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic
Festival. Six bagpipers from the Monterey Bay Pipe Band were featured recently in a
locally produced documentary, “The Healing Pole” which is airing on numerous PBS television
stations across the United States.
For more information or to arrange a performance by the Monterey Bay Pipe
Band, please call (831) 372-2020 or email
bagpipe@mbay.net. The band’s website is
www.montereybaypb.org.
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