Hamilton Police Pipe Band

Hamilton Police Pipe Band
Established 1961 (1961)
Location Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Grade 3, 5
Pipe major Patricia Kirkwood, James Blacklock
Drum sergeant Sandy McKail, James Kirkwood
Tartan Prince Edward Stuart
Website www.hppb.ca/about.html

The Hamilton Police Pipe Band is a competitive pipe band formed in 1961 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Hamilton Police Pipe Band currently consists of two bands competing at the grade 3 and 5 levels. In the past, the band has competed as high as the grade 2 level, but not since 2009 when Peter Aumonier was the pipe major and John Gaudet was the lead drummer.

The Pipe Major of the Grade three band is Trish Kirkwood and the lead drummer is Sandy McKail. James Blacklock is the Pipe Major of the Grade 5 band, and the lead drummer is James Kirkwood. Sandy McKail leads the drumming instruction, with Stacey McKail leading the tenor drumming instruction. The band's youth bagpipe instruction program is led by Jennifer McCullough, with Andrew Gauthier as her assistant. Russ Hamilton is the current Drum Major of the organization.

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