Western United States Pipe Band Association
- Western United States Pipe Band Association
The Western United States Pipe Band Association is an association of pipe bands from the Western United States. It sanctions band and solo piping competitions and has a membership of over fifty bands. [ [http://www.wuspba.org/index.htm Western United States Pipe Band Association ] ]
History
The association was founded in 1963 and was originally called the Pacific Coast Pipe Band Association. Later, it expanded geographically to include more of the Western United States, including bands in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah. [ [http://www.wuspba.org/contacts/thebands.htm WUSPBA Bands - Western U.S. Pipe Band Association ] ] It offers band, solo piping and drumming, and drum major competitions with accredited judges at WUSPBA-sanctioned events in several states, [ [http://www.wuspba.org/judging/judges.html Adjudicators - Western United States Pipe Band Association ] ] and it is a member of the Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations. [ [http://www.wuspba.org/index.htm Western United States Pipe Band Association ] ] The association also maintains a [http://www.wuspba.org/instruction.htm list] of instructors within the area of its jurisdiction. [ [http://www.wuspba.org/instruction.htm list] ] The organization includes over fifty bands, ranging from juvenile and grade four bands to grade one bands such as the Prince Charles Pipe Band and the Los Angeles Scots.
References
ee also
*List of pipe band associations
*Pipe band association
Links
Official site: http://www.wuspba.org/index.htm
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