On the 19th and 20th of March, five bagpipers from the John McGlashan College Pipe Band, including Joel Wilden from King's, competed at the RNZPBA National Pipe Band Championships. Everyone had an awesome time, and all played extremely well.

OE (Logan Park), Joel (King's High), and Caleb (John McGlashan) all competed with the ILT City of Invercargill Grade 4B Band and Juvenile B Band. The grade 4B Band came second overall in their grade, meaning they were runners up to the national champion band this year.

This follows an already stellar season by the band where we won the Dugald MacKay Memorial Trophy for the best Grade 4 Pipe Corp (Otago Bands only). This is incredible, considering the grade 4 bands are open to anyone; the band came out on top of some adult bands! It was a great achievement, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their day.

If anyone is interested in learning the bagpipes, snare, tenor or bass drum, with the plan to join the John McGlashan Pipe Band, please contact Louis Davis (davislrs2000@gmail.com) and he can put you in contact with some knowledgeable tutors. You don’t have to be a John McGlashan student to join the band, only a Dunedin school student. Boys and girls of all school ages are welcome to join and are currently competing members.