Established 1966 Pipe major James Murray Drum sergeant Gareth McLees Active from 1966 Grade 1 | Drum major Ian Stewart Tartan Napier Genre World | |
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Record label Western Australia Police Pipe Band Albums By Request, Off the Beat, Pipes of the Golden West Similar Greater Glasgow Police Sc, World Pipe Band Championships, Field Marshal Montgom, New Zealand Police Pi, Toronto Police Pipe Band | ||
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The Western Australia Police Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in Perth, Western Australia and associated with the Western Australia Police.
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History
The original Western Australia Police Band was a brass band between 1902 and 1925.
The WA Police Pipe Band, now commonly known as WAPOL, was formed in 1966.
The band won the Grade 2 title at the World Pipe Band Championships in 1998, and was promoted to Grade 1 at the end of the season.
At the World Championships in 2004 the band qualified for the final and came 11th overall.
As of August 2016, the WA Police Pipe Band are the current Australian and South Pacific Grade 1 champions, having won this biennial national competition in 2012 and 2014 and are also the reigning WA Grade 1 Champions.
Discography
Songs
Ceilidh ReelsHomeland · 2015
Ceilidh MarchesHomeland · 2015
Slow Air & Jigs: Lynne Alice / Showboat / The CurlewLive @ MPAC · 2003