This ain't your grandpa's pipe band.
Todd Schiele (President of the Northwest Junior Pipe Band) sent an email to let us know:
Shoreline is home to the Northwest Junior Pipe Band. It’s a volunteer-run non-profit organization founded in 1995 to promote Scottish piping and drumming and teach youth to play. Members range in age from 7 to 18, averaging around 13.
NWJPB is the Washington State Champion Pipe Band and they're the only youth bagpipe band from the United States going to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland this year. They’re also the first (youth) pipe band from Washington State to ever go to the World Championships.
If you would like to see them practice sometime, just contact them. According to their website, they love to have visitors at practice.
Link to: NW Junior Pipe Band
Link to: NWJPB at MySpace, for music and videos (check out "Song for the Small Pipe")
Did you know Shoreline was home to such a talented bunch? Do you know of any other Shoreline based bands we should mention here? Post to the comments section and we'll take it from there.
