Welcome to the official website of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band
a Grade One competitive and concert pipe band based in Greater Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Wearing the MacLean of Duart Weathered Tartan, the 42-member band is led by Pipe Major David Hilder, Drum Sergeant Andre Tessier, and Pipe Sergeant Shaunna Hilder, and includes award-winning pipers and drummers from B.C., Washington, California, Utah, and Denmark. The majority of D-TSPB members won the 2007 Grade 2 North American Pipe Band Championship, and the 2006 Grade 2 World Pipe Band Championship as RMM2.
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band is sponsored by The Dowco Group of Companies. Please check out the Dowco page on our website. The band is also sponsored, in part, by Odlum Brown and McCallum Bagpipes. We are proudly playing Murray Henderson Drone Reeds, McCallum Chanters, and Gannaway Bags.
As one of only 34 Grade 1 pipe bands worldwide, the band looks forward to a strong future.
NEWS AT A GLANCE
DTSPB MAJOR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band was honoured to act as the Official Pipe Band of the 2009 World Wheelchair Championships and the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships.
In preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, these two World Championship events were held in the newly constructed Vancouver Olympic Centre, the location of the curling events during the Olympic Games.
Congratulations to the winning 2009 Junior Curling Champions - Scotland (women’s) and Denmark (men’s).
Check out more photos of the event on our Triumph Street in the Community page!
DOWCO TRIUMPH STREET AT THE 2009 WORLD WHEELCHAIR AND WORLD JUNIOR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE SEASON OPENS...AND THE GAMES BEGIN!
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band started their 2009 season in the Grade 1 Medley competition at the BCPA Annual Gathering held at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C. The band drew loud and appreciative applause at both the beginning and end of their performance. Congratulations on a great start to the season!
Congratulations also to Liz Dunsire who won Grade 1 Piobaireachd (Trivia: the last woman to win this event was Liz’s sister Alison!), and Jessica Lahti, who won the aggregate award in the Grade 1 Tenor Drumming event.
Thank-you from the band to all the tireless event coordinators, stewards, judges, supporters, and all volunteers who kept the weekend’s competitions run smoothly!
Please click on 2009 BCPA Competitions for more photos.
Come to the Skagit Valley Games in Mount Vernon on July 11th!
VANCOUVER ISLAND WEEKEND
The first BCPA outdoor competitions of the 2009 season were held May 16-17, in Comox and Victoria. The weather cooperated, and sunny weather helped all “teams” complete the grueling weekend road-trip which included one very early start, two ferry trips, one long bus ride, and two full-day competitions.
Thanks to all the games organizers, and all the band members and supporters for making this weekend such a great success on the road to Glasgow!
Check out the photos on the 2009 BCPA Competitions photo page!
THE SUN CONTINUES TO SHINE...
The sun continues to shine on the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. The weather has been fantastic on the west coast, making both practices and competitions shine. No howling winds, lightning, or flooding here. Perhaps we need some of that weather to bring the World Championships preparations on par with the Scottish bands!
The band thanks everyone who came out to support the Bellingham and Sons of Scotland Highland Games.
TRIUMPH STREET WALK TO CURE DIABETES
For the second year, members of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band participated in the Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes on June 14th, 2009, at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Nicknamed “Graeme’s Girls,” the team walked to support one of the band’s tenor drummers, Graeme Mack, who is living with juvenile diabetes. Way to go, team!!!
Please think about making a donation to support Juvenile Diabetes Research!
THE “OTHER” GAMES A SUCCESS!
The BC Highland Games was a great success - for the weather, the crowds and the competitions. For the first time in recent memory, three Grade 1 bands competed - Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, SFU Pipe Band, and Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band. Triumph Street came second in both the MSR and Medley competitions, after first place finisher SFU. The band was also honoured to receive the first place finish in the Marching and Deportment competition. Congratulations to all!
This Highland Games marked the arrival of all of the band’s out-of-town players. Now that the entire band is in town for the remainder of the season, the final countdown to the World Pipe Band Championships has begun. The band members are eager to practice and fine tune the “team”!
Click on the photo below to see more 2009 BCPA Competition photos, including the BC Highland Games!
