Culter Pipe Bands

THE bands have just restarted practising for next season on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Mill Club. We are now ready to start any new beginners who wish to learn to play the pipes or drums. If you are interested then come along to the Mill Club on a Monday or Wednesday at 7:15 pm. Learners groups normally practise from that time until 8 pm. Prospective beginners should ideally be 8 - 10 years old but can be older.

Both bands had a long season playing most weekends from May through to mid September. We didn't have much success on the competition field but both bands were made up of mostly new members and will have gained valuable experience which will stand them in good stead for next season.

The highlights for the 47th Culter BB Pipe Band were:

• Winning the Pipe Contest Class at the Scottish Boys Brigade Band Contest;

• Best novice band at Aberdeen Games and

• Finishing 16th out of 23 at the World Championships in Glasgow -

- not bad considering 90% of the band were competing in their first season.

The highlights for Culter & District were:

• Winning grade 3 at Aberdeen games and 3rd place in grade 2 at Mtintlaw.

• They also won the drumming in grade 3 at Mintlaw which meant they won the North of Scotland Champions of Champions Trophy for drumming.

Finally, a very big thank-you to all the residents of Culter who generously donated money as we played round the streets of Culter during early September. We raised a total of £1097. Thank you.

Mike Reid Pipe Major