Pipe Band Wins Competition for Fifth Year in Succession

In the annual Scottish Independent Schools CCF Pipe Band competition, held on Sunday 13 June at Merchiston Castle School, Dollar's Pipe Band once again achieved outstanding success. Individual performances led to trophies; the Best Drum Corps and Solo Piping aggregate competition brought cups, but most significantly, the Pipe band won the competition overall, with The Edinburgh Academy and Stewart's Melville College in second and third places.

Dollar's achievements in winning the competition for the fifth year in succession is on a par with that of Heriot's in the late 1960's. The level of the competition this year was very high, and the success of the Band brings great credit to the members of the band, their parents and supporters, and to Mr Craig Stewart, Mr David Methven and the instructors who have worked long hours with the group.

In the early 1990's Dr Robert Cumming, who was a Governor at the time, invested time and energy in ensuring that the Band would be successful. Even he could not have imagined just how much his enthusiasm would have been repaid by the Band's success throughout this century. The level of expectation remains high, but it is based on hours of practice and dedication from everyone.

The individual prize winners were as follows:

Beating Retreat at Edinburgh Castle
Highland Club Pipe Band Victory
The Pipe Band at Murrayfield