78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band

Oshawa 2010

Doug MacRae — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:44:56 +0000

The second annual Oshawa games took place on Saturday, July 10th, where the band took a second place finish to the Peel Police Pipe Band. What was part of an international festival, the contests were held under very hot conditions, but in a well shaded park. Kudos to the city of Oshawa for allowing spectators free admission to this event!

A huge congratulations to Zack Reid for winning Amateur Piper of the Day with a remarkable four 1st place finishes in his solo contests. Andrew Hayes took the award in the Professional class winning the Piobaireachd and Strathspey/Reel contests.

Frasers in the pro prizes:

Piobaireachd:
1st: Andrew Hayes
2nd: Sean McKeown
3rd: Doug MacRae

March:
2nd: Andrew Hayes
3rd: Sean McKeown

Strathspey/Reel:
1st: Andrew Hayes

Freestyle:
2nd: Andrew Hayes
3rd: Doug MacRae

Georgetown 2010.

Toddy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:05:53 +0000

The afternoon weather was mid-20s with a steady drizzle and showers throughout the afternoon. The best bicycle ride was a close call between Trevor Kellock and Matt Bellia but in the end Bellia lost control and simply fell off.

The band played well, winning the drumming and splitting the piping walking away with an aggregate 2nd.

Solo competitors from the band made out quite well too:
Professional Piobaireachd
2nd Andrew Hayes
4th Robbie Beaton, New York
5th Sean McKeown, Toronto

Professional March
4th Andrew Hayes
6th Robbie Beaton

Professional Strathspey & Reel
1st Sean McKeown
6th Robbie Beaton

Professional Jig
2nd Doug MacRae
4th Robbie Beaton
5th Sean McKeown

Raffle!

Toddy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:32:32 +0000

We are selling tickets for a draw on some magnificent prizes.

Tickets are $5.00 each. or 3 for $10.00

1^st Prize is a set of MacCallum Bagpipes and accessories
2^nd Prize is a set of Pipers Choice Border Pipe
3^rd Prize is an engraved Dunbar practice chanter

We will have tickets at every contest and event we attend over the summer and will be drawing for the prizes in September.

If you would like to buy tickets, please email info@78thfrasers.net.

It’s a New Web Site!

Toddy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:29:52 +0000

We’ve done it. It’s a whole new website with a whole bunch of new content and new features.

Needless to say, having a web site to promote any organization is very important. Keeping it up to date is even more important. Everybody we know uses the Internet to get news, stay informed and to some, it’s their primary source of communication.

The way websites operate has changed over the past few years. No longer do visitors expect static brochure content that is rarely updated. They want fresh content delivered in a no hassle way. People want to be engaged with video, audio, photos, and fresh news items that are relevant to them and the organization. With this in mind, we have built our new site based on content.

Check back as often as you like to stay up to date with everything 78^th Frasers. And if there is something you would like to know about, just ask.

Here Come The Drums

Toddy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:30:01 +0000

Our new drums have arrived courtesy of Pearl Drums. Fully custom to our specifications. Thanks Pearl! They are beautiful.

Under an endorsement deal we entered back in 2006, Pearl generously provides us with a full set of custom snare and mid section drums every 2 years.

In 2007 our drum corps won the World Pipe Band Championship Best Drum corps and Best Bass awards playing Pearl drums.

We’re Going to Fair Hill

Toddy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:25:27 +0000

We have been invited to travel to the Fair Hill Highland Games to participate in the celebration of the 50^th anniversary of the event on May 15^th. The games are put on every year by the The Scottish Games Association of Delaware and held at the Fair Hill Race Track, in Fair Hill, Maryland. The contest itself is a Grade 1 medley and then a Grade 1 MSR.

In addition to playing in the contest, we will be putting on a casual concert at Live at the Singerly Fire Hall in Elkton, MD. We are told its about a 15 minute drive from the games site. The show will be put on in true Fraser’s fashion and will start at 8:00pm. Hope to see you there.

For more information on the Fair Hill Highland games, click here.

Stornoway a Success

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:35:37 +0000

Loads of stuff to go here.