August 12 – 15, 2010
On Thursday evening the band participated in the resurrected Highland Games parade through downtown Fergus celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Games and the 75th anniversary of the Fergus Legion (Branch 275 of the Royal Canadian Legion). In addition to Fergus Pipe Band’s own 16 pipers and 10 person drum corps the band was pleased to welcome Kevin Ashton and Lisa Moore from the Celtic Blue Highlanders Pipe Band (Goderich) in to the drum line for this special event. Kevin is a former resident of Fergus and former lead drummer of the Fergus Pipe Band. The drum line also included a young drummer from a Collingwood area pipe band who was in town for the Games and asked to march with the band in the parade.
Friday afternoon Fergus Pipe Band provided 12 pipers and 10 drummers to be part of the program in downtown Fergus. The band marched throughout the downtown area and stopped to entertain with three separate street performances.
As home-town bands both the Fergus Pipe Band and Grand Celtic Pipe Band perform in the spectacular Friday night Tattoo. Centre Wellington residents were proud to see the bands march on and off the field together and perform individually and recognized them accordingly. The Fergus Pipe Band had 22 pipers and a drum corps of 10 on the field for the Tattoo. The bands were honoured to share the field with the other tattoo bands during the massed band portion of the program.
During Saturday and Sunday 27 members of the Fergus Pipe Band could be found at various spots on the festival grounds. In addition to participating in the opening ceremonies the band entertained festival attendees on several occasions as they marched through the vendors’ area and played on the grounds at the Heritage Tent and the Highland Pub.
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Fergus Pipe Band at the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games
The pipers and drummers of the Fergus Pipe Band participated in many events supporting the organizers of the world -class Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Led by Pipe Major Jim Stewart and Drum Sergeant Alex Hobler the band marched and performed both downtown and on the festival grounds.On Thursday evening the band participated in the resurrected Highland Games parade through downtown Fergus celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Games and the 75th anniversary of the Fergus Legion (Branch 275 of the Royal Canadian Legion). In addition to Fergus Pipe Band’s own 16 pipers and 10 person drum corps the band was pleased to welcome Kevin Ashton and Lisa Moore from the Celtic Blue Highlanders Pipe Band (Goderich) in to the drum line for this special event. Kevin is a former resident of Fergus and former lead drummer of the Fergus Pipe Band. The drum line also included a young drummer from a Collingwood area pipe band who was in town for the Games and asked to march with the band in the parade.
Friday afternoon Fergus Pipe Band provided 12 pipers and 10 drummers to be part of the program in downtown Fergus. The band marched throughout the downtown area and stopped to entertain with three separate street performances.
As home-town bands both the Fergus Pipe Band and Grand Celtic Pipe Band perform in the spectacular Friday night Tattoo. Centre Wellington residents were proud to see the bands march on and off the field together and perform individually and recognized them accordingly. The Fergus Pipe Band had 22 pipers and a drum corps of 10 on the field for the Tattoo. The bands were honoured to share the field with the other tattoo bands during the massed band portion of the program.
During Saturday and Sunday 27 members of the Fergus Pipe Band could be found at various spots on the festival grounds. In addition to participating in the opening ceremonies the band entertained festival attendees on several occasions as they marched through the vendors’ area and played on the grounds at the Heritage Tent and the Highland Pub.
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