On Sunday, the current world champion SFU Pipe Band performed a free outdoor concert at Simon Fraser University. This rehearsal offered the public an opportunity to hear the band before they travel this month to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland to defend their title.
Terry Lee, Pipe Major leads the pipe band
Video interviews by Xavier Boderiou, J. Reid Maxwell, and Terry Lee
Xavier Boderiou, a Piper on exchange from France states:
“…when I was 11 or 12 I was listening to SFU Pipe Band’s CDs and they were performing in New York, the CD was called Live at Carnegie Hall, I used to listen to this CD quite alot, so it’s quite a dream for me to join this band today”
Angela Burleigh practices prior to the concert
Drummers perform in unison
Playing bagpipes in the sun
Additional photographs are available on flickr.
