|
2006
|
| JAN |
| 6 |
Piping
& Drumming Seminar - Scotch
College, Melbourne - Jack Lee & Reid Maxwell - Click
here for details |
| 21 |
Brisbane
Clans Pipes & Drums Burns
Supper - Wellers Hill Bowls Club at
7pm. Contact Kate Wyse 07 3369 2232 - Click here for flyer |
| 24 |
PBA
Qld Branch Council Meeting |
| 25 |
Redlands
Scottish & Celtic Society Burns
Supper
- Courthouse Restaurant, Cleveland. Pre dinner drinks at
6.30pm.
4 course meal. $45. Ring 3207 5820 or
3286 1386 to
book (essential) |
| 25 |
Ipswich
Thistle Burns Supper
- Ipswich RSL at 7.30pm - $27.50 -
Click here for flyer |
| 28 |
Clans
Congress Burns Supper
- Irish Club - 7.30pm - $40 - Click here
for flyer |
|
| FEB |
| 4 |
RSCDS
Childrens Class (4.30PM) and Family Ceilidh (7PM) - St Brigid's Church
Hall, 78 Musgrave Road, Red Hill. |
| 4 |
Burns
Supper - Sunshine Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland
- Maroochy
River Coach House. David Low Way, Maroochydore (behind the Waterfront
Hotel). $25 per person includes dinner -7PM. Contact Fred Logan07
5441 4238 |
| 12 |
Berwick (Vic) Highland
Gathering - Akoonah Park, Berwick
|
| 18 |
Celtic
Council Pan-Celtic Luncheon. 12.30PM Irish Club Bistro - Informal |
| 19 |
Ballarat
(Vic) Royal South Street Competition, Lake Wendouree |
| 19 |
Mt
Barker (SA) Pipe Band Contest |
| 26 |
Moss
Vale (NSW) Pipe Band Contest - Click here for
entry form |
| 27 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
|
| MAR |
|
| APR |
| 1 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Ceilidh,
Woombye, 7.30 p.m. Contact Fred Logan07 5441 4238 |
| 2 |
Tartan
Day Toowoomba - Queens Park |
| 5 |
Celtic
Council Pan Celtic Dinner - more details to follow |
| 8 |
Bundanoon
Highland Gathering - Southern Highlands, NSW. More
details on their website |
| 14, 15 |
Maclean
Highland Gathering -(Good
Friday and Easter Saturday) Go to
their website here for more information |
| 24 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
| 25 |
ANZAC
DAY |
| 27 - 1/5 |
Glen Innes Celtic Festival -
Website |
| 29 |
ANZAC
Mini Band Contest - Bankstown, NSW - Entry Form
here - Rules
here |
| 29, 30 |
Ipswich
International Tattoo - Ipswich Civic Hall - Tickets 07 3810 6100.
Enquiries 0414 776 361. Click here for flyer |
|
| MAY |
| 5-7 |
International
Police Tattoo - Adelaide Entertainment Centre - Poster
-
Website
|
| 13 |
South
Burnett Caledonian Pipe Band Contest - Kingaroy. Click here for
Program and Entry Forms. CONTEST CANCELLED |
| 14 |
R U
Brown Piobaireachd Society of SA Solo Piping Contest. For full details
click here |
| 20 |
Celtic
Celebration Committee Australasian Final to choose Pipers to go to
Lorient in July. Irish Club, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane |
| 20 |
Pine
Rivers Multicultural Day |
| 22 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm - Patron's
Trophy (Senior Members MSR)
|
| 23 |
PBA
Qld Branch Council Meeting |
| 26 |
Police
Pipe
Band Concert "Echoes of Edinburgh" - Brisbane City Hall - 2pm and
7.30pm. Tickets $20. Bookings 3252 9013 8pm-4pm Monday
to Friday. Click here for poster (very
large) Proceeds towards the Band's trip to the Edinburgh
Tattoo this year. |
| 28 |
|
| 28 |
Mini
Band and Solo Contest (SA) |
|
| JUN |
| 2 |
Battlefield Band at
Logan Diggers Club at 8pm - $35. More
information here
|
| 3 |
Ipswich
International Tattoo on Tour - Empire Theatre, Toowoomba - Tickets 1300
655 299. Enquiries 0414 776 361. Click
here for flyer |
| 3 |
Redcliffe
Scottish Pipe Band Ceilidh - 7pm - 11pm. Redcliffe
Pensioner's
Hall, Cnr Portwood St and Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe. To book
tickets: 0428 186 804 |
| 3 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Single Malt Tasting -
Details TBA |
| 17, 18 |
Maryborough
(Qld) 80th
Birthday Gathering and Band Contest - Click here for more
details (new information). Click here for
Entry Forms MOTEL Info
CARAVAN &
B&B Info CONTEST CANCELLED |
| 24 |
Clan
Campbell Bannockburn Dinner - QIA Rooms, 7.00p.m. for 7.30p.m. $65.00,
4 Course Meal inclusive (except spirits). Bookings Trevor
Campbell 3359 6662. Guest speaker Judge Garry Forno, Bun Ber E Celtic
Band, Thistle Highland Dancers, Tara Singers
|
| 26 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
|
| JUL |
| 1 |
Aberdeen
(NSW) Highland Gathering - see website |
| 2 |
International
Tartan Day - Cultural Forecourt, South Bank, Brisbane. 9AM - 4.30PM -
organised by Australian Scottish
Community (Qld) |
| 15 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Celtic Afternoon Tea
- Maleny. - Details TBA |
| 22 |
Rockhampton
Pipe Band and Academy of Highland Dancing Ceilidh – Bauhinia
House
– 7.30pm. Adults $25. School Children $10. Music by
Bun-Ber-E. Visit www.rockhamptonpipeband.com
or phone 0749285419
|
| 24 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm - Jimmy Durham
Memorial (Junior Players 2/4 March) |
| 25 |
PBA
Qld Branch Council Meeting |
| 28 - 6/8 |
Festival
Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany, France. This year is the year of
Australia - Check
out their website |
|
| AUG |
| 12 |
World
Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow Green. Follow the news at
the website of the Royal
Scottish Pipe Band Association |
| 23, 24 |
Argyllshire
Gathering Solo Contest, Oban, Scotland. Check out their
website |
| 25, 26 |
Cowal
Gathering, Dunoon, Scotland. Check out their website |
| 27 |
Combined
Scottish Societies of NSW Solo Contest |
| 28 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
| 31- 1/9 |
Northern Meeting, Aviemore,
Scotland |
|
| SEP |
| 2 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Ceilidh, Woombye, 7.30 p.m. - Details TBA |
| 9, 10 |
MacGregor Highland Gathering, MacGregor Primary School, McCullough Street, Macgregor. Bands Saturday, Solos Sunday - Band Contest cancelled for lack of entries. Program - Band Entry Form - Solo Entry Form |
| 17 |
Scots
College (NSW) Contest |
| 23 |
Ipswich
Pipe Band Contest - Information & Entry Forms - Flyer |
| 24 |
Manly-Warringah
Band Contest (NSW) - Click here for Program
- Entry Form
- Rules |
| 24 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Picnic and
AGM. Foote Sanctuary, Buderim. - Details TBA |
| 25 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
| 26 |
PBA
Qld Branch Council Meeting |
|
| OCT |
| 14 |
Woollongong
(NSW) Highalnd Games |
| 14, 15 |
Redlands
Highland Gathering - Bands and Solos - Cleveland Showgrounds.
Click here for Program and Entry Form. Promoted by the Redland Scottish
&
Celtic Society. Visit the Gathering Website by clicking here. |
| 22 |
The
Silver
Tassie – Australasian Young Piper of the Year –
Solo Piping
Competition, Sutton Village Hall (NSW Southern Highlands):
11am |
| 22 |
Rockingham
City (WA) Solo Conest. For information Raylee Riley
- vrriley@bigpond.net.au |
| 23 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
| 28 |
2006 Celebration! Tattoo - Aurora Stadium - Launceston, Tasmania
Tickets from www.theatrenorth.com.au Other info - www.celebrationtattoo.org
|
| 29 |
Combined
Scottish Societies of NSW Castle Hill Band Contest - NSW Pipe Band
Championships |
| TBA |
Inverell
(NSW) Band Gathering |
|
| NOV |
| 4 |
Sunshine
Coast Branch of Society of St Andrew of Scotland Annual Dinner -
Details TBA |
| 25 |
Ipswich
Thistle St Andrew's Ceilidh - Band Hall, Limestone Park. Click here for
details. |
| 26 |
Redcliffe
Scottish Pipe Band Highland Concert, 2pm. Redcliffe RSL. To
book tickets: 0428 186 804 |
| 27 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.45pm |
|
| DEC |
| 1 |
Society
of St Andrew of Scotland St Andrew's Day Dinner - Carlton Crest Hotel.
Contact Alex McConnell 07 3397 4512 |
| 13 |
St
Andrew's Day
Gala Concert - Mackay Entertainment Centre at 7.30pm.
This
is to celebrate the 80 year anniversary of the Mackay
&
District Pipe Band. All past members are especially invited.
Enquiries to Deborah Orr 07 4942 9074 ah or
Email: godo1@bigpond.com |
| 16 |
Christmas
in
the Cathedral - Free concert in St John's Cathedral, Brisbane,
featuring, among others, the Queensland Highlanders Pipe Band.
2pm. More details
here. |
|
| 2007 |
| JAN |
| 1 |
Fred
Logan New Year's Day Scottish Gathering - Petrie Park,
Nambour. Click here for more
|
| 6 |
"Magic
Moments" Free Concert - Brisbane City Hall at 2pm. Including Queensland
Police Pipe Band and Thistle Highland Dancers. More details here. |
| 13,14 |
QHPS
Mini
Summer
School of Piping. Click here for brochure |
| 20 |
Brisbane
Clans Pipes & Drums Burns Night - Wellers Hill Bowls Club -
$27-50 (to
be paid by 17 Jan).
Enquiries Kate Wyse - 3369 2232. View the flyer here. |
| 25 |
Ipswich
Thistle Pipe Band Burns Supper - Goodna RSL from 7.30pm. View the flyer
here |
| 29 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm. Website |
|
| FEB |
| 10, 11 |
POSTPONED - Watch this website for new dates.
Pipe
Bands Australia – Qld - Band Seminar – QPBA House,
Old
Museum Buildings. Further information from Alex McConnell
–
07 3257 4527 |
| 11 |
Berwick
(VIC ) Highland Gathering. Contact 03 9703 1161 |
| 18 |
Richmond
(TAS) Band Contest. More details here |
| 18 |
Mt
Barker (SA) Highland Gathering. Website |
| 25 |
Ballarat
(VIC) Royal South Street Band Contest. |
| 26 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
|
| MAR |
| 4 |
Ormiston
House Highland Celtic Day. 10.30am to 4.00pm. Adults $4, Children $1 |
| 9, 10 |
NZ
Pipe Band Championships – University Oval, Dunedin.
Enquiries Maureen Hurrell Phone: +64 3 478 0676, hurrellm@xtra.co.nz
Visit the RNZPBA Website
for more information. |
| 18 |
Geelong
(VIC) Highland Gathering 150th Anniversary – Victorian Pipe
Band Championships. Website |
| 25 |
Beenleigh
Celtic Gathering. 9am to 3pm. Poster
here |
| 25 |
Ringwood
(VIC) Highland Gathering |
| 26 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
|
| APR |
| 4 |
Celtic
Council of Queensland
Awards Presentation. Queensland Irish Club Brisbane. $35 a
head -
7.00 for 7.30. Contact Trevor Campbell 07 3359 6662 |
| 6, 7 |
Maclean
Highland Gathering, Maclean , northern NSW. Entry forms
available. Get all the information on their Website |
| 13-15 |
Southwest
Piper and Drummer workshops – Warrnambool, VIC. www.wadpadi.org.au |
| 21 |
Recital by
Robert Watt - piper
from Northern Ireland. Wellers Hill Bowls Club.
7.00pm.
More details to come. Contact Alex McConnell 07 3257 4527 |
| 23 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
| 28 |
Bundanoon
Highland Gathering – NSW Southern Highlands. Website |
| 28, 29 |
Ipswich
International Tattoo - Ipswich Civic Hall. Contact 0414 776
361. More details
including times and ticketing here |
|
| MAY |
| 4-6 |
Australian
Celtic Festival, Glen Innes. Website |
| 5 |
Ipswich
International Tattoo on tour - Empire Theatre Toowoomba.
Contact 0414 776 361. More details
including times and ticketing here |
| 5-6 |
RU
Brown Piobaireachd Society of South Australia Solo Contest, Scotch
College Adelaide. All the details on their Website |
| 11-13 |
Duckadang
Pipe Band Retreat. Click here for more details |
| 12 |
CANCELLED - Tattoo
Spectacular - Ballymore, Brisbane. |
| 12 |
Redcliffe
Pipe Band Ceilidh - Bramble Bay Bowls Club - 7pm.
$12. Bookings essential:
3204 4423 or 04333 16492. Click here for
flyer. |
| 19 |
Celtic
Celebration Committee Australasian Final - Irish Club, Brisbane.
More Information |
| 26 |
Kingaroy
Band and
Solo Contest - Brochure and
Entry Form here |
| 28 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
|
| JUN |
| 2 |
Multicultural
Festival, Leslie Patrick Park, Arana Hills. 1pm to 8pm |
| 15 |
Battlefield Band
Northern New South Wales concert at the Lismore Workers Club, Keen St
Lismore 7.30 pm. Tel: 02-66217401 |
| 16 |
Battlefield
Band Brisbane Concert at Logan Diggers Club, 7.30pm (07) 3208 8122 -
$35/$25 - click here
for press release |
| 23 |
Bannockburn
Dinner - QIA Rooms. More details here |
| 24 |
Kirking the
Tartan - St Patrick's Church, Morgan Street, Fortitude Valley at 9am |
| 25 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
| 30 |
"Scotland
the Brave" - Queensland Performing Arts Centre |
|
| JUL |
| 1 |
Tartan Day,
South Bank Forecourt, Brisbane - 9am to 4pm. Pipe bands, Dancers,
Entertainment, Stalls. Contact 07 3395 8195 or go to this website: www.aussie-scots.org.au |
| 7 |
Aberdeen
Highland Games - Hunter Valley, NSW. Contact 02 6541 5758 or got to
this website: www.aberdeenhighlandgames.com |
| 21 |
Sunshine
Coast Band Contest - Yandina Soccer Ground - CANCELLED
FOR LACK OF ENTRIES |
| 23 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
| 28 |
European
Pipe Band Championships - Inverness |
| 29 |
Toowoomba
Celtic Connections
Variety Concert - Philharmonic Performance Complex, 7 Matthews
Street. Adults $18, Children 12 and under $8.
Enquiries 07 4636 3072 |
|
| AUG |
| 11 |
World
Pipe Band Championships - Glasgow Green. |
| 18 |
Qld Irish
Association Debutante Ball. $49. Bookings Mavis 07 3849 8271 or Rowena
07 3848 9588 |
| 22-23 |
Argyllshire
Gathering, Oban. Website |
| 24-25 |
Cowal
Highland Gathering - Dunoon, Scotland Website |
| 25 |
Ipswich
Band and Solo Contest - Queensland Pipe Band Championships -
Click
here for details and entry forms |
| 26 |
Combined
Scottish Societies (NSW) Solos - Ryde |
| 27 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
| 30, 31 |
Northern
Meeting, Aviemore, Scotland Website |
|
| SEP |
| 24 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
|
| OCT |
|
| NOV |
| 4 |
Combined
Scottish Societies (NSW) Band Contest - Castle Hill Showground -
Enquiries to Michael Stubbings - Bus (02) 9622 4322, Mobile 0412 240
584, michael@storagedesign.com.au |
| 11 |
NSW
State Solos - click for - Details - Conditions - Entry Form |
| 26 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm Website |
|
| DEC | |
| 2008 |
| JAN |
| 1 |
Fred Logan New Years
Day Gathering - Petrie Park, Nambour - 10am to 4pm
- CANCELLED
DUE TO BAD WEATHER |
| 19 |
Brisbane
Clans Pipes & Drums Burns Night - Wellers Hill Bowls Club -
$27.50 -Contact 07 3369 2232 |
| 19 |
QIA Pipe
Band Burns Night - Irish Club - Contact 07 3849 8271 |
| 26 |
Clans
Congress Burns Night - Southern Cross Sporting Club - Click
here for details |
| 28 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society meeting - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm
Website |
|
| FEB |
| 10 |
Berwick
(Vic) Band Contest Entry Form here |
| 24 |
Ballarat Royal South
Street Band Contest Entry Form here |
| 25 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society meeting - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm - Hornpipe
and Jig Contest Website |
|
| MAR |
| 7
& 8 |
New
Zealand Pipe Band Championships - Papakura. More details
here Newsletter
Information
Return
|
| 9 |
Ormiston
House, Cleveland. Highland Celtic Day. Enquiries 3296 1425 |
| 16 |
Geelong Highland
Gathering - Victorian Pipe Band Championships - Website |
| 21
& 22 |
Maclean
Highland Gathering - Website |
| 30 |
Ringwood
(Vic) Band Contest Entry Form here |
| 31 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society meeting - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm - Website |
|
| APR | |
| MAY |
| 3 |
RU Brown
Piobaireachd Society of South Australia Solo Contest
Click
here for full details |
| 24 |
NOW CANCELLED -
South
Burnett Caledonian Solo and Band Contest - Kingaroy |
| 24 |
Scottish
Pipe Band Championships, Dumbarton
|
| 24 |
QIA Pipe
Band Debutante Ball - Contact Rowena 3369 4014 or Mavis 3849 8271 |
| 26 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society meeting - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm - Website |
|
| JUN |
| 7,8 |
History
Alive 2008 - Fort Lytton More
details here |
| 14 |
Battlefield Band Concert. Logan
Diggers Club at 8pm - NOW
CANCELLED |
| 21 |
Burdekin
Pipe
Band social day - bring your pipes and drums (no
kilts or uniforms). Caledonian Hall
Edward Street Ayr NQ. Participants are welcome to stay the night at the
hall
- just bring sleeping gear.
|
| 23 |
Queensland
Highland Pipers Society meeting - Balmoral Bowls Club 7.30pm - Website |
| 27 |
Police Pipe Band 50th Anniversary Concert -
"Echoes of Edinburgh", Brisbane City Hall. Click
here for full details |
| 27-29 |
Duckadang
Retreat for Regional Pipers and Drummers - Full details
click here |
| 28 |
British
Pipe Band Championships, Birmingham
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