Jon Quigg! Yeah man, that's him! Holy crap, that's just awesome.

Apparently he even has a tenor flourish named after him. I never realized that our modest little Grade 5-4 band brought in the best.

Don't get me wrong, I never should have doubted. He actually played something to show off a little last week, and it just blew me away. That's so cool.

Well I have competed in a pipe competition, with High Desert Pipes and Drums, from New mexico and I also compete with my high school marching band, and i'll tell you what, they are very different. the snare music in pipe bands is more melodic(or however you spell that), you can hear the pipe part in the snare music, comparred to drum corp stuff wear it is very rythmic and pulsy. I enjoy it very much and reccommend it to anyone who wants to improve their skill greatly.

I play with pipe band that is a non competing pipe band but just returned from Scotland where I attended the world pipe band championships which were awesome. There were deffinately some very good drum lines there would impress even hard core DCI drummers. The big difference between pipe band drumming and corps style drummming is in the approach to the music. In pipe band drumming rolls are deffinately pressed a lot more than they would be in DCI and the snare is not used to keep the tempo but rather to accentuate and emphesise what the pipes are playing as well as to provide dynamics because bagpipes are not able to fluctuate their valume. The tenor drums provide melody and a bit of flare with their mallet twirling and the bass drum is responsible for the beat and the tempo.

I joined the Greater Richmond Pipes and Drums here in Virginia at the beginning of this season and have really had a blast. The Scottish style drumming community doesn't really get the praise it deserves here in the states, but I believe that soon the growing exposure will help the craft along.

Good on you...

I don't know a single pipe band that isn't looking for drummers nearly all the time.

Including us

Colorado Skye Pipes and Drums

You hear that all you Colorado people!

The thing that I most like about PipeBand Druming in competition it's great for us older guys who have aged out and still get to play competively.

Yep... a life long outlet for rudimental drumming.

Got to see y'all in Kansas City this year - fun group to watch!

Mike

I am bummed that I will be missing KC this year due to work. I wish I could figure out a way to swing it.

I currently am on the snare line for City Of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band in Melbourne, Australia. It is quite different from DCI stuff although i would consider, like MikeN, pipe band drumming to be more rudimental. I also find pipe band snare music a lot easier to read.