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Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band
Established1969 (1969)
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Grade2
Pipe majorJacob Dicker
Drum sergeantJoe Kiah
TartanRed Ross
Websitehttp://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/about-us/Pipe-Band.aspx

The Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band is a grade 2 competitive pipe band based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] As well as participating in competitions, the band performs at civic events, parades[2] and charitable fund-raisers.[3][4]

History

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The Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band was founded in 1969, to promote good public relations and to play at the funerals of police officers.[5]

In 2012 the band played for the return of Olympic athletes at the Ottawa International Airport.[6]

The band won the Pipers' and Pipe Band Society of Ontario grade 2 Champion Supreme Award in 2012, 2013,[7] and 2014.

On 7 July 2013, members of the band performed Mull of Kintyre on stage with Paul McCartney as part of his Out There concert tour. The band performed to a sold out hometown crowd at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Canada.[8]

The band won the North American Pipe Band Championship in grade 2 at the Glengarry Highland Games in 2013 and 2014.

In October 2014, the band was promoted to grade 1 by the Pipers' and Pipe Band Society of Ontario after a merger with neighboring Glengarry Pipe Band, also in grade 2.[9][10]

In 2007 and 2018 the band opened for Rod Stewart at the British rock singer and songwriter's Ottawa concerts.[11]

The band requested a downgrade to grade 2 for the 2019 season after a two-year hiatus, citing a drop in numbers after the departure of lead-drummer Brendan Kelly and pipe major Andrew Hayes. [12]

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  1. ^ "Pipe Band".
  2. ^ "Making time to remember". The Chesterville Recorder, Nov 8, 2017
  3. ^ David H. McElreath; Daniel Adrian Doss; Carl J. Jensen, III, Michael Wigginton Jr., Ralph Kennedy, Kenneth R. Winter, Robert E. Mongue, Janice Bounds, J. Michelle Estis-Sumerel (26 February 2013). Introduction to Law Enforcement. CRC Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4665-5623-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Evening in the Maritimes hauls in big catch, netting $150K for Citizen Advocacy Ottawa". Ottawa Business Journal, May 24, 2018. Caroline Phillips
  5. ^ "OTTAWA POLICESERVICE PIPE BAND". Canadian Police Association Awards of Excellence Ceremony Program, page 8
  6. ^ "Ottawa-area Olympians get rousing welcome at airport". Ottawa Citizen, Mark Brownlee and Ken Warren, 08.13.2012
  7. ^ "Kincardine Scottish Festival pipes and drums entertain thousands". Kincardine News, July 9, 2013
  8. ^ "Paul McCartney makes Ottawa concert debut". Cbc.ca. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  9. ^ "The PPBSO Announces Band Upgrades for 2015". 20 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Ottawa Police Officially Moved to Grade 1".
  11. ^ "Rod Stewart and His Crowd Are Forever Young". Ottawa Life, Andre Gagne, March 31, 2018
  12. ^ "Ottawa Police returning to competition in 2019". www.pipesdrums.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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