Alan Bevan | |
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| Background information | |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer |
| Instrument | Bagpipes |
Alan Bevan is a piper and current pipe major of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
Alan Bevan | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Background information | |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer |
| Instrument | Bagpipes |
Alan Bevan is a piper and current pipe major of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
Before joining the Simon Fraser University band in 1995, he was pipe major of the Grade 1 Abbotsford Police Pipe Band. [1] [2]
Bevan graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1999, and is a practising lawyer. [1] [3] [4]
His wife Bonnie and his two sons, Alastair and Callum also play in the band. [1]
Bevan took over as pipe major of Simon Fraser University when Terry Lee stepped down as pipe major in 2013, after 36 years in the role. [5] [6] Terry's brother Jack Lee continues to act as pipe sergeant of the band. [6]
He won the Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 2008, [7] and at the Argyllshire Gathering in 2013. [1] [8] [9] [10]
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