| Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band | |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Location | Edmonton/Calgary, Alberta |
| Grade | 1 |
| Pipe major | Andrew Smith |
| Drum sergeant | Andrew Miller |
| Tartan | Ancient Caledonia |
| Notable honours | World Pipe Band Championships 2001: 7th Place |
The Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band was a competitive grade 1 pipe band based out of Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1]
The group was originally established in Edmonton in 1982, as the Grade 1 Edmonton Caledonia Pipe Band. [2] [3] The band's name was changed in the mid 1990s, after it received a large influx of players from Calgary; the band was then based out of both cities.
In 2000, they began attending the annual World Pipe Band Championships and, in 2001, placed 7th in the grade 1 finals. [4] The group was one of the top competitive pipe bands in both Canada and the world.
The band recorded two CDs, They Took Their Leave [5] in 1998 and Another Round in 2005. [6]
In 2013, key members of the pipe section leave to pursue their careers elsewhere and the band decided to fold as it was not able to field a competition band at the Grade 1 level.
The Edmonton group of players came back together in 2015 to start the new grade 2 local band North Stratton Pipe Band. [7] The Calgary players joined the Grade 2 Rocky Mountain Pipe Band. [8]
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