2025 BBC tartan spectacular and QLD state pipe band championships
SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2025
BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE
2025 TARTAN SPECTACULAR AND QLD STATE PIPE
BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Headmaster’s Welcome Mr Andre Casson
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2025 Queensland State Pipe Band Championships at Brisbane Boys’ College. This event, aptly named the Tartan Spectacular, celebrates the rich Scottish heritage that is deeply woven into the fabric of our school community. These traditions are of particular significance for us as in 2025 we celebrate the 85th anniversary of our wonderful Pipe Band.
For 85 years the skirl of the bagpipes echoing across our campus have been a wonderful reminder of our proud traditions. Our internationally acclaimed Pipe Band continues to uphold the highest standards of musical excellence, and today, we gather to honour Scotland’s vibrant culture through music,
dance, and camaraderie. As the great Scottish poet Robert Burns once said, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley,” reminding us that despite our plans, it is our spirit and determination that truly define us.
I commend all participants for their hard work and commitment in preparing for this festival. May the spirit of friendly competition and shared passion for the Scottish arts inspire us all.
To our visitors, I extend a warm welcome to the College. Immerse yourselves in the festivities and join us in celebrating the enduring legacy of Scotland here at BBC.
Event Layout
Thanks to our MC Stuart Quill
Bands – Playing Requirements & Draw
PBA State Championship Events
Grade 2 2 x MSR & 1 x Medley (Medley 4 – 6 minutes)
Grade 3 1 x MSR & 1 x Medley
Juvenile 1 x MSR & 1 x Medley
Grade 4A 1 x MSR
Novice Juvenile A 1 x MSR
(MSR - each of not less than 4 parts - & Medley 3 – 5 minutes)
(MSR - each of not less than 4 parts - & Medley 3 – 5 minutes)
(4 parts of 2/4 March, 2 or 4 parts of Strathspey, 2 or 4 parts of Reel)
(4 parts of 2/4 March, 2 or 4 parts of Strathspey, 2 or 4 parts of Reel)
Grade 4B Selection of Marches (4 x 2-part march music)
Novice Juvenile B Selection of Marches (4 x 2-part march music)
Promoters Events
Development Grade Selection of Marches (Any 2 x 2-part march music)
(Development bands will march in to tap and Static start)
Drum Major Events
Open Drum Majors Course length 4 1/2
Drum Majors
Open Drum Majors
Dominic Andersen - Strudwick
Adjudicators Panel 1
Piping: Richard Hawke (NZ) / Matthew Rigby (Qld), Joe Joyce (Qld)
Medley: At Long Last; Aspen Bank; The Devil’s Staircase; The Road to Errogie; The Mists of Time; Donald, Willie and His Dog; Morning Blossom
BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE – No. 3
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Grade: Development Grade & Novice Juvenile B
Pipe Major: Aidan Scott
Drum Sergeant: Kiyan Jayasuriya
Dev Grade March Set: Minstrel Boy, Will Ye No Come Back Again
NJB March Set: Minstrel Boy, Will Ye No Come Back Again (repeated)
BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE – No. 2
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Grade: Novice Juvenile B & 4B
Pipe Major: Jim Allan
Drum Sergeant: Ethan Bailey
March Set: McKenzie Highlanders, Teribus, Rantin ‘Rovin’ Robin, Greenwood Side
Medley: -
BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE – No. 1
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Grade: Novice Juvenile A & 3
Pipe Major: Jamie Hawke
Drum Sergeant: Jacob Duval
MSR: Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering, Jennifer Finlayson, Lt. Col DJS Murray
Medley: Laura Ann McCallum, Kenny Gilles, Golden Jubilee of H.M. Elizabeth II. Sarah’s Song, Because He Was a Bonnie Lad, A Cup of Tea, The Red Fox
Bands Cont.
BRISBANE PIPE BAND
Location: Brisbane, QLD Grade: 4B
Pipe Major: Hugh Macdonald
Drum Sergeant: David Spotswood
March Set: The Music O Spey, Ye Jacobites by Name, Loch Lomond, Leaving Liverpool
MSR: King George V’s Army, The Marquis of Huntly’s Highland Fling, Colonel MacLeod
Medley: Sgt Peter Toohey, Maguire’s Jig, La Boum, The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman, Kelsey’s Wee Reel
CITY OF IPSWICH PIPE BAND
Location: Ipswich, QLD Grade: 4A & 3
Pipe Major: Zali Rogers (4A) & Mark McKenzie (3)
Drum Sergeant: Abbie Graham
MSR: Walter Douglas, The Caledonian Canal, MacKay from Skye
Medley: The Old Rustic Bridge, Sound of Sleet, Paddy Carey, Fair Jean, Colonel MacLeod
EMMANUEL COLLEGE HIGHLANDERS
Location: Brisbane, QLD Grade: 2
Pipe Major: Jason Palfrey
Drum Sergeant: Cameron Roach
MSR 1 – Edinburgh City Police, Susan MacLeod, The Smith of Chilliecassie
MSR 2 – Allan Dodd’s Farewell to Scotland, Lady Mackenzie of Gairloch, The Brown Haired Maid
Medley: R5, Miss Lily, Fiona MacLeod, James Westfall, Lieutenant Colonel D.J.S. Murray, The Sheldon Runner, Lauren’s Melody, The Tourist, Bova’s
GOLD COAST TWEED PIPES AND DRUMS
Location: Gold Coast Tweed Currumbin , QLD
Grade: 4B
Pipe Major: Mark Simpson
Drum Sergeant: Steve Rodden
March Set: Cutting Bracken, Wings, Battle of Waterloo, Lord Lovat’s Lament
Medley: -
MACLEAN AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND
Location: Maclean, NSW Grade: 4B
Pipe Major: Murdo MacLeod
Drum Sergeant: Adam Firth
March Set: Corriechoille’s 43rd Welcome to the Northern Meeting, Teribus, High Road to Gairloch, Pipe Major Willie Ross’s Farewell to the Scots Guards
Medley: -
MOREE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY PIPES & DRUMS Inc.
Location: Moree, NSW Grade: 4B & 4A
Pipe Major: Tim Tesoriero
Drum Sergeant: Lauren Hunt
March Set: The Brown Haired Maiden, Athol and Breadalbane Gathering, Duncan McInnes, High Road to Gairloch
MSR: Mrs Mary Anderson of Lochranza, Lady Carmichael’s Strathspey, Kildonan
Medley: Duncan Johnstone, Skylark’s Ascension, The Banks of Locheil, PM Sandy Gordon, Picnic in the Sky
MURRUMBA PIPES & DRUMS Inc.
Location: Murrumba, QLD Grade: 4A
Pipe Major: Grant Kennedy
Drum Sergeant: Ivan Aleman
MSR: Major Willie Gray’s Farewell, Captain Colin Campbell, Lexy McAskill
Medley: Still Pushed, Jack’s Jig, Ellan Vannin, Rose Amongst the Heather, Mrs McLeod
OLD SCOTCH PIPES & DRUMS
Location: Melbourne, VIC Grade: 3
Pipe Major: David Forbes
Drum Sergeant: Ben Jones
MSR: Donald McLean’s Farewell to Oban, Dornie Ferry, Mackay from Skye
Medley: New Scotch, The Fuddler, Steve Byrnes Jig, HMS Endeavour, Jane Campbell, The Laird of Drumblair, HMS Reprise, Dancing Feet
Bands Cont.
QUEENSLAND IRISH ASSOCIATION PIPE BAND
Location: Brisbane, QLD Grade: 4A
Pipe Major: Bruce Grice
Drum Sergeant: Simon Harris
MSR: The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering, Aspen Bank, Circassian Circle
Medley: The Wren, Campbelltown Kiltie Ball, Men of the West, She Moves Through the Fair, Calypso Bridge, Calypso Piper
QUEENSLAND POLICE JUVENILE PIPES AND DRUMS
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Grade: Novice Juvenile B & 4B
Pipe Major: Angus Hurlock
Drum Sergeant: William McGravie
March Set: Coppermill, Haughs of Cromdale, The Liberton Pipe Band, Siege of Delhi
Medley: -
QUEENSLAND POLICE PIPES AND DRUMS
Location: Brisbane, QLD Grade: 3
Pipe Major: Charlie MacKenzie
Drum Sergeant: Yvonne Coustley
MSR: Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Dora Macleod, Traditional
Medley: The Dust Gatherer, The Fuddler, Bronni’s Blue Brozzi, Ananda Na Gael, Teribus, The Thin Man, Jose Ramon of Guadarrama
SCOTS PGC COLLEGE PIPES AND DRUMS
(Development)
Location: Warwick, QLD
Grade: Development Grade
Pipe Major: Victoria McHardy
Drum Sergeant: Kelvin Daley
March Set: Brown Haired Maiden, Bonnie Galloway
Medley: -
SCOTS PGC COLLEGE PIPES AND DRUMS
Location: Warwick, QLD
Grade: Novice Juvenile B & 4B
Pipe Major: Lucy Unwin
Drum Sergeant: Cody Baker
March Set: 72nd Highland Fairwell to Aberdeen, Sweet Maid of Glendaruel, Earl of Mansfield, High Road to Gairloch
Medley: -
ST ANDREW’S PIPE BAND
Location: Brisbane, QLD Grade: 2
Pipe Major: Greg McAllister
Drum Sergeant: Nick Partridge
MSR 1 – Jimmy Young, Tulloch Castle, Major David Manson
MSR 2 – David Ross of Rosehall, Bogan Lochan, The Brown Haired Maid
Medley: Rab’s Wedding, Caledonian Society of London, Pre-Flighter, Ray Anderson, The Bloody Fields of Flanders, Clueless, Dr MacPhails reel (The Bloody Fields of Flanders reprise)
TOOWOOMBA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY PIPE BAND
(since 1870)
Location: Toowoomba, QLD Grade: 4A
Pipe Major: Daryl Thompson
Drum Sergeant: Lance Andrews
MSR: Haughs of Cromdale, Mac ‘n’ Irish, Lexie McAskill
Medley: Ian McMaster, The Walrus, Bells of Dunblane, Willie Shaw, The Sound of Sleat
WYNNUM RSL PIPE BAND
Location: Wynnum, QLD Grade: 4B
Pipe Major: Scottie Campbell
Drum Sergeant: Owen Goward
March Set: PM Bob Martin, Flett from Flotta, Terribus, Pipers
Cave
Medley: Pikemans March, The Fittie Boatman, She Moved through the fair, the Keel Row, Big Billy in the Bog.
THE CLAN DONALD TRUST FOR THE GAELIC PERFORMING ARTS
SPONSORS OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL
GAELIC PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME
The ancient Macdonald Lords of the Isles, who for over 400-years ruled an independent Gaelic Kingdom on the West Coast and Isles of Scotland, saw it as their responsibility to support, encourage, and develop the Gaelic culture in all its forms. The Lords of the Isles built churches, supported monasteries, established centers of higher learning, were patrons of dancing, clarsach playing (the traditional Gaelic harp), poetry and, of course, piping. For more than thirty years, the Clan Donald Lands Trust, a Scottish charity located on the Isle of Skye, had carried on this important responsibility.
Today, the Clan Donald Trust for the Gaelic Performing Arts has the great honour of taking over responsibility for the delivery of this important international programme. The Clan Donald Trust is among the most active supporters of the Gaelic arts throughout the world.
Prize Money & Placings
Development GradeSponsored by: St Kilda Retail
Novice Juvenile BSponsored by: St Kilda Retail Australia
Novice Juvenile ASponsored by: Australian Pipe Band Supplies
Grade 4BSponsored by: Clan Donald Trust for the Gaelic Performing Arts
Grade 4ASponsored by: Clan Donald Trust for the Gaelic Performing Arts and Clan Donald 'AWR MacDonald Memorial Trophy
"Nov Juv B / Grade 4B - Medley Event Sponsored by: Handsewn Kilts by Karen and Naomi (St Kilda Retail)"
Nov Juv A / Grade 4A - Medley Event Sponsored by: St Kilda Retail Australia
Grade 3
Sponsored by: RG Hardie
Grade 2
Sponsored by: Peter Henderson Bagpipes
River City Titles
Photos from Last Year’s River City Titles
2026 PIPE BAND SCHOLARSHIPS
PIPE BAND SCHOLARSHIP AT BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE.
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2026 ENTRY.
Are you a talented piper or drummer with the passion, skill and drive to perform at the highest level?
Brisbane Boys’ College is proud to offer Pipe Band Scholarships for students who demonstrate musical excellence, commitment, and leadership potential.
The BBC Pipe Band is built on discipline, teamwork and tradition, - performing and competing locally, nationally as well as internationally on an annual basis, encouraging students to thrive in every aspect of life at the College.
Discover more about our 2026 Pipe Band Scholarships: https://www.bbc.qld.edu.au/.../scholarship.../co-curricular/
For further details, contact our Pipe Band Director: sstanley@bbc.qld.edu.au
