Local Flavor in the Big Apple

Welcome to The Voice, the podcast of the Eastern United States pipe band association.

All EUSPBA news, results, and more at EUSPBA.org.

The Metro Cup

NYC Bagpipe Club

This podcast is open to contributions from all members of the EUSPBA and beyond. We want to hear from you! If you think you might have interesting audio to contribute, have news to share about events or piping and drumming activity in your area, or wish to be involved in future episodes, please get in touch at euspbavoicepod@gmail.com.  

Special thanks to Chris Hamilton for vintage audio of the 1972 CNE.

Episode 002

In this episode, we’re going to stay local (mostly) to New York metropolitan area, one of the EUSPBA’s largest regional branches and an area that continues to generate piping activity of all kinds. The annual Metro Cup competition returned this year after a 3-year pause and included the RSPBA’s world solo drumming qualifier. We’ll have a listen to some of the successful performances at those events. We’ll also hear from Cris Rodriguez, the organizer of the region’s latest gathering of pipers, and his New York City bagpipe club. 

00:45 Episode Overview
01:11 EUSPBA Updates with Jim Engle
09:07 NYC Bagpipe Club
27:40 The Metro Cup, Cameron MacDougall Medley
37:06 Adult International Solo Drumming Championship, Derek Cooper, Scott Fletcher
45:00 The Metro Cup, Derek Midgley Piobaireachd
59:31 Closing, 1972 CNE Grade 1 Pipe Bands, Worcester Kiltie Pipe Band, Kenmure Pipe Band