Simon Fraser Pipe Band at The World Championships 2022

Andy Fusco December 20, 2022
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Simon Fraser University Pipe Band under Pipe Major Alan Bevan and Leading Drummer Reid Maxwell were last to play in the two days of competition at Glasgow Green on 12 and 13 August 2022. The occasion was first World Pipe Band Championships held as usual on Glasgow Green. This is the band's Saturday medley and it comprises the following tunes: Peter the Leader - Colin Magee The Iron Man - J Scott Skinner The Isle of Hoy - Glenna Mackay Port Sean Seosamh - traditional Biddy from Sligo - traditional The Mist Covered Mountains - traditional David Ross of Rosehall - Archibald MacNeill Wedding in the Wood - Fin Moore The Ale is dear - traditional PTE Joe McConnell - Murray Blair

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