www.portlandbagpiper.com
Dan DelMain is an accomplished bagpiper in the Portland, Oregon area. A personal close friend and fellow member of the Portland Metro Pipe Band, Dan is an excellent addition to any Northwest Oregon or Southwest Washington event. Visit Dan DelMain on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_DelMain
www.patrick-case.com
Fellow Portland Metro Pipe Band member, Patrick Case, has had a successful solo competition career and can claim piping performances on Good Morning America and CBS's Saturday Early Show. He is also very tall.
www.pm-pb.org
Portland Metro Pipe Band was formed in late 2006 as a competitive pipe band for dedicated musicians. Led by Pipe Major Mark Tomasetti and Drum Sergeant Andrew Finley, the Portland Metro Pipe Band is made up of players from throughout the Pacific Northwest. Portland Metro finished second overall in the 2008 Grade III competition season sponsored by the British Columbia Pipers Association.
www.sjmpb.org
The Sir James MacDonald Pipe Band (formerly the Oregon Piper's Society Junior Pipe Band) was formed in 1993. Led by Jeff and Robbi Brewer, it is the first Oregon youth bagpipe band since the late 1970s and one of the only youth pipe bands between San Francisco and Seattle. The Sir James MacDonald Pipe Band is the first and only Oregon band ever to place at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Of their three entries at the Championships, they have twice been in the prize list in the Juvenile category.
www.phga.org
Every year on the third Saturday of July, Portland gathers at Mt. Hood Community College to celebrate all things Scottish. Haggis, kilts, caber tossing and, of course, bagpipes. If it's Scottish and you can think if it...it's there. The next games will be on Saturday, July 18, 2009.
www.jwtreeds.ca
JWT Reedmakers is a bagpipe reed manufacturing business located in Victoria, British Columbia. Bought from a well established reedmaking trio of brothers and their father back in Scotland, James W. Troy and son James P., have carried on the family tradition and produce a quality and consistent bagpipe reed much in demand in the piping community.