The Fraser Pipe Band is Regina's oldest youth pipe and drum band. It has been operating in Regina since 1965. The Fraser Pipe Band exists to promote Scottish culture and customs through teaching youth the art of the great highland bagpipe and highland drum. Fraser Pipe Band offers to students a specialized musical education. The training of these young people is the key for survival of our special musical form and cultural connection.

Personal rewards are:

• leadership within the band

• lasting friendships

• opportunities to travel and compete at traditional highland game in Canada, the U.S. and Scotland

The Fraser Pipe Band instructs students from eight to nineteen years of age in piping and drumming. The Band practices every Monday night at 7:00 pm from September to June at the First Presbyterian Church at Albert Street and 14th Avenue. New students are welcome at any time throughout the year. We offer top-notch instruction for beginning student all the way to our advanced students.

We demonstrate the cultural heritage to the community through band performances at various functions. The band performs at many community events such as Mosaic, Robbie Burns, St. Andrews Day, Remembrance Day, Curling Bonspiels (Scott Tournament of Hearts, National Firefighters Curling Bonspiel) Parades, Mothers' and Fathers' Day, Highland Dance Competitions, and other requested performances. The Band and individual members are eager to perform at special events like weddings, anniversaries, funerals, birthdays, banquets, opening ceremonies, sporting events or conventions.

The Band travels to various competitions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the U.S. during the spring/summer months. This year the Fraser Pipe Band won the Grade 4 Saskatchewan Championship. We have just returned from a trip to Scotland where we successfully competed in pipe band competitions including the 2009 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. We are planning a return trip to Scotland within the next five years.

The Fraser Pipe Band is always looking for new members. If you are interested in joining please email the band or call 757-PIPE (7473).

2010 Instructors

Band Director - Paul Laforge

Drumming Instructor - Megan MacLeod

Tenor and Bass Drumming Instructor - Dionne Wagner

Beginning and Intermediate Piping Instructor - Doug Nixon