The Clan Gordon Pipe Band

08/24/2026

We want to give a huge thanks to Emerald Downs for having us out this weekend. It’s always a great day for the band to perform for all the patrons and enjoy the races.

08/21/2026

UPDATE: Enjoy free admission this Sunday at Emerald Downs when you mention “Clan Gordon Pipe Band” at the ticket booth. Wear a kilt and show your support. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Come see the band at Emerald Downs this Sunday, August 23rd. Gates open at 12:20pm. The long-standing tradition of the Wiener Dog races are back for another fun day of excitement. Also racing are small dogs of any breed or mixed breed that less than 20 pounds.

https://emeralddowns.com/event/wiener-dog-races-2026/

08/16/2026

Come see the band at Emerald Downs next weekend on Sunday, August 23rd. Don’t miss a perfect day out with the family. The long-standing tradition of the Wiener Dog races are back for another fun day of excitement. Also racing are small dogs of any breed or mixed breed that less than 20 pounds. Wear a kilt and show your support!

https://emeralddowns.com/event/wiener-dog-races-2026/

08/15/2026

Congratulations Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Job well done! BC Pipers' Association

The 2026 World Pipe Band Champions - Simon Fraser University! 🏆🥳

Thank you to all the bands who have competed over the last two days. 🙏

You're what makes the World Pipe Band Championships so special. 🥁

08/07/2026

Safe travels and best of luck to the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, Cascadia Pipe Band and Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band as they represent the very best of the Pacific Northwest at the World Pipe Band Championships.

07/31/2026

To close out this “High Road” series, enjoy a small video from the Simon Fraser University Pipe BandGenerations Concert, Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay. This is an arrangement of a pibroch/piobaireachd composed by Wtilliam Barrie (1910 - 2004). The arrangement is by Matt Welch who also conducts this performance by Simon University University Pipe Band in their pre-Worlds concert in Glasgow in 2023. The arrangement includes canntaireachd (singing/chanting) based on the ancient method of teaching and learning piobaireachd before the introduction of staff notation for piping around 1800.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this series. Stay tuned for upcoming performances and appearances from Tacoma’s Own Clan Gordon Pipe Band.

This is an arrangement of a pibroch/piobaireachd composed by Willia...

07/30/2026

From the “High Road” and all the way from Houston, Texas, and proudly wearing the Isle of Skye tartan led by Pipe Major Jamie Gattinger, St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band takes to the World Pipe Band Championships stage in 2025. Here they are on the Glasgow Green to perform their Grade One Medley set for a worldwide audience on Day One of the highly anticipated competition.

All the way from Houston, Texas, USA and proudly wearing the Isle o...

07/29/2026

Thank you Lynn Bullis for making The Clan Gordon Pipe Band better on and off the field. Well done BC Pipers' Association for the proper send off. Happy we were a small part of the event.

Massed Bands Tribute to Lynn Bullis on her retirement as BCPA Chief...

07/28/2026

On the “High Road”, enjoy the Dollar Academy Pipe Band performing their "The Calm before the Storm" in the FREESTYLE category at the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust Pipe Band Championships 2014.

Dollar Academy perform "The Calm before the Storm" in the FREESTYLE...

07/27/2026

The band was competing at the Seattle Scottish Highland Games this weekend. Huge thanks to the BC Pipers' Association and volunteers for a great successful games. We appreciate all the feedback and opportunity to perform.
Getting back to the “High Road”, here is a beautiful piece of Gaelic music, known as "Duncan MacRae of Kintail's Lament" in Scotland, and as "March of the King of Laoise" in Eire.
Played firstly by Allan MacDonald; then taken up by P/M Terry Tully (both great musical inspirations); then finally by the entire St.Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, whose concert was at the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall on 11th August 2010. Three days later, the band went on to win the World Pipe Band Championships.

A most beautiful piece of Gaelic music, known as "Duncan MacRae of ...