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The Beginning
The Kingstown Scottish Pipe Band was formed in 1991 by members of the East Hull Army Cadet Pipe Band. The Pipe Major; Ian Small and a number of members wanted to compete in RSPBA competitions. Kingstown Scottish was formed because the Cadet Force was unable to fund the additional expenses associated with competing.
The band started off quite brightly and did quite well in its first competitions. It had a great family atmosphere and excellent backing from all its members friends and relatives.
Changes
The band has had its ups and downs over the years, as do all Grade 4 Pipe Bands. Losing and gaining its fair share of members. The latest and biggest shake-up occurred at the end of the competition season of 1998 when the P/M's position fell to Paul Wright.
The change in P/M and loss of a few members brought a new lease of life to the band, something the remaining members would have welcomed sooner.
New Name
The band adopted a new name in January 2004, to mark the reorganisation in the band. The changes have also had a positive effect on people's attitude to practice too, which has brought improvements in the sound quality. Consequently the atmosphere has never been so good!
With the extra publicity associated with the name change, the band attracted new members and the investment in the learners is starting to pay off as they come through the ranks.
As the band has improved it is retaining members and growing all the time. 2006 saw the band fully return to the competition scene, after too many years only being able to enter solos and trios.
Respectable performances in 2006 and 2007 fuelled the motivation to invest more attention to blowing and tuning in the pipe corps; the results have been positive and having the taken part in the it's first Major Championship in 2008, the band is going from strength to strength.
