Honorary Members

HONORARY MEMBERS

Date of Joining African Skye Pipe Band: 1998

Dates and Names of Tutors:

1)   1974 Andre Parker

2)   1975 Alan McLuckie

3)   1977 Rodger Meterlekamp

4)   1998 Steve Hall

Dates and Names of Membership of Other Bands:

1)   1975 Cosy Corner Pipe Band

2)   1977 Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band

3)   1998 African Skye Pipe Band

Dates and Descriptions of Significant Solo Competition Achievements:

1)   Winning solo drumming at Pretoria gathering as judged by Jeff Owen +- 1980

Dates and Descriptions of Significant Band Competition Achievements:

1)   Winning NSG with overseas judges

2)   Winning Grade 3 with African Skye

3)   Beating all current grade 2 bands in 2014

4)   Winning grade 2 MSR at Lyttelton

5)   Winning grade 2 Drum corp at Benoni 2007

List your five most special moments in your pipe band career to date:

1)   1st ever parade – Hogmanay 1975 with Cosy Corner

2)   1st gathering – East Rand 1977/8 Wits Rifles

3)   1st Durban Tattoo 1979 with Wits Rifles

4)   Edinburgh Tattoo with Wits Rifles 1995

5)   Winning grade 2 Drum corp at Benoni 2007

Please add any other information that is significant to your pipe band career:

• Played all but last 2 Durban Tattoos

• Part of African Skye since inception

Date of Joining African Skye Pipe Band: 1998

Dates and Names of Tutors:

      1)  Roy Donaldson: 1975 – 1983

      2)  Alan “Pipey” Watters: 1979 – 1984

Dates and Names of Membership of Other Bands:

 1)  1975 – 1983: CBC Boksburg Pipe Band

 2)  1982 – 1984: Boksburg Caledonian Pipe Band

 3)  1985 – 1990: Delville Pipe Band

 4)  1990 – 1997: Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band

 5)  2012: Cape Town Caledonian Pipe Band

 6)  1998 – date: African Skye Pipe Band

Dates and Descriptions of Significant Solo Competition Achievements:

      1)  2nd place in the first solo contest in which I competed – Novice March at the Milpark Gathering in 1997, aged 11.

      2)  A number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings in age group contests, 1999 – 1985.

      3)  1st place in Silver Piobaireachd on my “comeback” to solos, 2009.

      4)  1st place overall in Open Piping at the 2012 Cornwall Solos, when my son Damian was 1st overall in the Junior contest.

Dates and Descriptions of Significant Band Competition Achievements:

1)  Leading African Skye to their first ever overall win in Grade 2 at the 2009 South Coast Gathering.

2)  Leading African Skye to their second win overall in Grade 2, 2009 St Benedict’s Gathering.

3)  Leading African Skye, with co-Pipe Major Damian Pitman, to 1st place overall in Grade 3 at the 2017 Pretoria Gathering – part of the “A” band comeback year.

4)  Winning Grade 2 Champion of Champions, 2014 Benoni Gathering.

5)  Leading Delville Pipe Band to 3rd place at NSG 1989, the band’s first ever contest in Grade 1, with international judges.

6)  Winning Grade 2 with Boksburg Callies at the 1982 East Rand Gathering, my first ever senior band contest.

List your most special moments in your pipe band career to date:

1)   1st ever parade – St Patricks Day Ceilidh with CBC Boksburg, 1976.

2)   1st Band Contest: East Rand Gathering in 1977, with CBC Boksburg.

3)   1st Solo Contest: Milpark Gathering 1977.

4)   1st Contest as Pipe Major of a senior band (Delville Pipe Band), South Coast 1987.

5)   South Coast 2009, St Benedict’s 2009, Benoni 2014, Pretoria 2017.

Please add any other information that is significant to your pipe band career:

• Leading Pipe Major at the 2011 SA Tattoo.

• Leading African Skye at the 2018 Basel Tattoo.

• Tutoring CBC Boksburg / Jeppe Pipe Band 2009 – 2011.

• Founder member of African Skye

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