Pipe Band tartan trends

[OC Richard]

We're now the Long Beach Pipe Band.

Started out as the Los Angeles Scottish G4, then got promoted to G3, then became the Long Beach Fire Department Pipe Band (which was when we got the old Regina Police PCES kilts, great kilts for a fire dept band) and now on our own as the Long Beach Pipe Band.

Here's myself (left) and the Pipe Major at a Games, I think we're playing for the Drum Majors contest.



I didn't know Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band wore that tartan! It's the old tartan of the 72nd Highlanders



They lost that tartan in 1881 when they became the 1st Battalion the Seaforth Highlanders, and switched to MacKenzie.

The tartan survived only in the rear pipe ribbon worn by pipers of the 1st Battalion