August 13, 2010 -World Pipe Band Championships.
For the second year in a row, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band qualified for the Grade One MSR and Medley Final at the World Pipe Band Championships. St. Laurence O'Toole won the day, and Dowco Triumph Street are now ranked 12th in the world. Congratulations to all for their hard work, passion, and dedication. What a great team effort!

May, 2010 - USS Scottish Festival, Costa Mesa
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band had a winning 2010 Memorial Day weekend in only their second appearance at ScotsFest in Costa Mesa, California.
Saturday’s Grade One Medley competition resulted in a second place (2,1,2,2) finish for the band, behind LA Scots (1,3,1,1) and ahead of Alberta Caledonia (3,2,3,3) Pipe Bands.
But Sunday’s MSR competition saw a win for Triumph Street (1,1,1,2) ahead of LA Scots (2,3,3,1) and Alberta Caledonia (3,2,2,3). Aggregate points were DTSPB (12), LA Scots (14) and Alberta Caledonia (21). Way to go DTSPB for winning the piping this weekend, as well as the overall aggregate for Grade One!
In solo competitions, DTSPB piper Scott Wood was the Grade 1 Solo Piping and Silver Chanter Winner. He placed 1st in the Piobaireachd, 1st in H/J, and 2nd in MSR, winning the overall aggregate and Silver Chanter. As well, DTSPB’s Eli Fugate was the Winner of the Professional Drumming class, winning 1st in MSR, and 1st in H/J.

April 1, 2010 - Vancouver, B.C.
After the busy Olympic Season, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band celebrated with a successful St Patrick’s Day Fundraiser at the Port Moody City Hall. It was a family ceilidh, with performers ranging in age from tots to seniors! It was wonderful to see the collaboration of pipers, drummers and dancers from so many different groups and pipe bands from the Pacific Northwest. Thanks to everyone who helped make this evening possible! (And thanks to Weatherly and Craig for the photos)
Then the 2010 competitive pipe band season began with the Annual Indoor Gathering, where the full band competed in the Grade 1 Medley and MSR. It was a great warm-up for the band’s first outdoor competition on May 29-30, at ScotsFest 2010 in Costa Mesa, California. There’s still time to book your tickets for a long weekend of pipe band watching in the sun!
Then the band will compete in some local BCPA Highland Games - Bellingham, Coquitlam, Mount Vernon, Portland and Seattle - before flying off to Scotland for the 2010 World Pipe Band Championships in August.

February 28, 2010 - DTSPB completes 2010 Olympic experience
What a successful start to the 2010 outdoor competition season! Canada’s Kevin Martin and Team Canada won the Men’s Gold Medal curling match against Norway 6-3! The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band were there to play in the teams for both the game and medal ceremony, before an enthusiastic “Oh Canada singing” crowd which included Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Canadian Women’s Curling team, led by Cheryl Bernard, won silver in their Gold Medal Match against Sweden. The Swedish team won 7-6 in an extra (nail biting) end, before an enthusiastic crowd which included the King and Queen of Sweden and the Prime Minister of Canada.
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band was the official pipe band for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games curling events. With the entire band having played for the opening ceremony for the curling event, and mini-bands marching in the athletes for three sessions each day for the Olympics and Paralympics, there were 57 appearances by the band by the end of the games!
Thanks to all the band members and “Olympic band members” for working so hard to make this 2010 Olympic event run so professionally. Visit our Olympics Remembered page to relive the experience!

January 25, 2010 - Vancouver, B.C.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the third annual Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band Burns Dinner Fundraiser such a success! Thanks to all those who came to support DTSPB and to those who worked so hard to make such an evening possible!

About 200 guests enjoyed the traditional Burns’ Dinner fare of roast beef, haggis, neeps and tatties, along with the speeches, toasts, music and dancing. Many thanks to the special guest speakers Mike Chisholm, Ian Mason, Hugh Dobbie, Colin Mathews, Cameron Reid and Jessica Lahti. Thanks to the DTSPB Dancers and the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band for the evening’s entertainment

November 21, 2009 - Ontario
Congratulations to Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band piper Liz Dunsire and all the competitors at The George Sherriff Memorial Individual Competition, that was held in Ontario on Saturday November 21, 2009. Liz placed second in the Piobaireachd and 4th in the MSR, behind winner Richard Gillies. The George Sherriff Memorial brings together 10 of the year’s most talented amateur pipers in North America.

November, 2009 - Vancouver, B.C.
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band is pleased to announce that the band has been selected by the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) to act as the Pipe Band for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Curling Events. DTSPB will be there from the throwing of the first stone until Olympic and Paralympic Champions are crowned.

“We are very excited to be associated with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,” said Pipe Major David Hilder. “To be involved in an event of this magnitude will provide an incredible experience. The fact that the Olympics and Paralympics are in our hometown makes it much more special.”

DTSPB’s involvement will be extensive with daily performances for the duration of the curling competition. The band will perform at the Opening Ceremonies at the curling venue for both the Olympics (February 16, 2010) and Paralympics (March 13, 2010) while a small group of players will parade the teams into the venue prior to each game. All curling events will be held at the newly constructed Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre.

The Olympic Games run from February 12, 2010 to February 28, 2010. The Paralympic Games take place between March 12, 2010 and March 21, 2010.

Read the full news release HERE.