Bringing back the EUSPBA Sanctioned Pipeband and Solo Competitions, more information coming soon…
To register for the Solo Piping competitions, click here 2012 Solo Piping Entry Form
The City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums (CTPD) has been performing since 1976 and endeavors to engage and enhance the Scottish and Celtic music landscape by playing the Great Highland Pipes and Drumming at diverse venues and events. Our mission is to bring the vitality of the Scottish Highland culture to people everywhere by performing traditional and contemporary piping arrangements across Oklahoma and other states. The band competes and plays throughout the region, including Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado. The CTPD is a fixture at the Oklahoma Scottish Festival every third weekend in September. CTPD performs for a vast array of special activities, but the most important performances are due to the band’s involvement with many school systems, public and private, bringing the great highland pipes to children from elementary to high school. For more information visit the band’s website: www.cotpd.org
The Anderson Pipe Band is a volunteer band that has performed and competed at numerous Tulsa area events over the past 15 years, and offers free piping instruction. Pipe Major Victor Anderson has been piping over 30 years and recently competed with Westminster Pipe Band in both the United States and North American pipe band championships. http://www.andersonpipeband.com/
The Oklahoma Scottish Pipes and Drums (OSPD) was established in August of 1998 with the expressed goals of preserving and perpetuating Scottish Pipe band traditions, ideals, customs, minstrelsy, and attire (the band now wears kilts featuring the Scottish National Tartan.); promoting Celtic customs and culture; and providing a means of learning, developing skills in, and performing high quality music of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and other Celtic traditions. Oklahoma Scottish Pipes and Drums strives for musical excellence in all of its performances, engagements, and functions, whether they be private, public, paid or volunteered. OSPD has garnered an astounding array of awards, both band & individual, in competition as well as parades and other special performances. The band is led by Pipe Major Keith Roberson. Other officers are Hunter Witt – Pipe Sergeant, Stew Joslin – Band Manager, Cindy Gordon – Quartermaster, Benny Hughes – Drum Major, Christi Copeland – Drum Sergeant, and Laurie Joslin – Secretary/Treasurer. Stew and Laurie Joslin have held the same band office since the band’s inception in August of 1998. For more information please visit the band’s website: www.okscots.com
The Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band from Fayetteville, Arkansas, has brought the sound of the pipes and drums to the northwest corner of the state since the band’s inception by Dr. Steven C. Wilson in 1983. The band plays mostly traditional Scottish tunes, and performances in years past have included playing for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Colin Powell, a combined performance with University of Arkansas Marching Band in Little Rock, college commencement ceremonies, as well as local parades and festivals. The band participates in the Arkansas Scottish Festival annually, and is also proud to perform this year at the Oklahoma Scottish Festival. For further information, please visit the band’s website: www.ozarkhighlanders.org
