Both the grade 3 and grade 4 bands appeared in competition at the Colorado Irish Festival, held on Saturday, July 9th by the Colorado United Irish Societies. The grade 4 band took first place in the Mini-MSR competiton. Quite a feat! The grade 3 band played both the MSR and Time Limit Medley but had…
Our grade 4 competition unit took part in the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival held inColorado Springs Memorial Park, unfortunately they were unable to receive an official placement due to last minute and unavoidable personnel issues. But they played anyway, to gain needed experience on a new musical set.
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The band will be starting the St Patrick’s Day week shortly and we have a lot of performances planned. We start off by playing at the midway point of the 5k race of the Highlands Ranch Community Association. After that we have a full schedule on Saturday. 1:00 – McCormick’s Fish House, 1659 Wazee Street,…
The band wrapped up the 2015 competition season this past weekend in Estes Park. The grade 3 band had two first places, and the grade 4 band played their first Time Limit Medley, after only 6 weeks of preparation.
The Denver and District Pipe Band has returned from the Colorado Scottish Festival held for the first time in Snowmass, Colorado. Although the grade 3 unit did not have any competition, they played both sets very well, and got great feedback from an excellent judging panel. The Grade 4 band took third place in the…
Both the grade 3 and grade 4 bands appeared in competition at the Colorado Irish Festival, held on Sunday, July 11th by the Colorado United Irish Societies. The grade 4 band played well but did not place in the Quick March Medley. The grade 3 band played both the MSR and Time Limit Medley but…
Congratulations to our grade 4 competition unit on taking 3rd place in their very first contest! For the majority of the members of the band, it was their first time ever being in the competition circle. They have worked very hard to get where they are in a fairly short amount of time, and we…
The band’s drum corps is beyond excited as we have finally completed the purchase of our new drums. The new set of Andante drums are multi-tone blue fade, with glitter silver hardware.
Because the Denver and District Pipe Band was upgraded to Grade 3 in October, we have decided to launch a Grade 4 unit to allow our beginning players an opportunity to experience the challenge of competition. Competition is important for bands to get feed back that they are playing correctly and developing the proper skills…