Author: Peter Watson

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2018 Warrandyte Festival – CANCELLED

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Update 15 March 2018 – Due to extreme fire risk all activities on Saturday 17th March, including the parade, have been cancelled.

The Warrandyte Festival is an annual celebration of community, participation and friendship that is held on the banks of the Yarra in March. A major part of the festival is the street parade held on Saturday morning where performers and members of the community travel along Yarra Street from central Warrandyte down to Stiggant’s Reserve. The Ringwood Highland Pipe Band is pleased to be a regular participant in the Warrandyte festival and we will again be participating in 2018.

Band Members; its a good idea to work together to have some cars up the top of the walk (where we start) and some parked down at Stiggant’s reserve so we can then ferry people to their cars prior to and at the end of the march as it is a bit of a walk otherwise 🙂  I will be parking down near Stiggant’s Reserve so if anyone needs a lift back up to the start after the March let me know!

Date: 17 March 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Band Arrival Time 9:30 am Band Transport Own
Venue 207 Yarra Street
Warrandyte, Victoria 3113 Australia
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 Website: www.warrandytefestival.org

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Band Social Night / BBQ

 

Ringwood Highland Pipe Band Hall Farewell BBQ

 

 

All band members and their families are cordially invited to this social event to farewell our old hall!!! This is a great chance to meet and get to know each other and to have great fun and fellowship.

Date: March 28, 2018
Time: 7PM
Location: Band Hall

Note. No practice this night but PLEASE bring your pipes – every player is expected to perform!

The band will provide meats, bread and butter, and plates. Please bring your own drinks and a sharing platter. To help make sure we get an even mix, based on surnames:

A – G please bring desserts
H – S please bring nibbles and/or cheese
T – Z please bring salads, rice, potatoes etc

Dress is your own choice but your own kilts or band uniform for playing members is suggested.

Please come and enjoy this social Occasion.

Please RSVP with number to John Wicks – list is on the notice board.

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2017 Ghillie brogues & socks

All members:

The form below is to allow you to register interest in being a part of a group purchase of Ghillie Brogues and band socks.  Band members need to pay for these items themselves, but by purchasing in bulk online we should be able to make considerable savings.  This is not a commitment to purchase yet, it is just a way for us to generate a list to obtain quotes from overseas.  Confirmation will come after this step.  The supplier we’re likely to use is Highland House in Pakistan (http://highlandhouse.pk/)

All fields in the form below except name and email are optional.  So you can indicate if you want shoes, socks or both.

Note:

  • Sizes are to be based on the British shoe size system
  • Please indicate mens, ladies or kids sizes as they differ
  • Please add 0.5 to 1 size to your normal shoe size to allow for the thick socks we wear
  • For kids consider 1 to 1.5 sizes to allow room to grow!

Shoes available for sale now.

There are two second hand pairs available in men’s sizes 7 and 8 with a band member now so if this suits anyone please let Peter or Ian know.

Thanks,
Peter.

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Maroondah City Council Smarty Grant

Ringwood Highland Pipe Band Snare Drummers are thrilled with the recently arrived Flint Snare Lightweight Drums and are now using them in all parade activities. Sincere thanks to Maroondah City Council for the $3.000 grant which substantially contributed their purchase. See how good they look! All marching bands should use these in the safety OHS interest of their organisation.

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2017 Warrandyte Festival

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The Warrandyte Festival is an annual celebration of community, participation and friendship that is held on the banks of the Yarra in March. The Festival is an opportunity for local people, families, schools, community groups and services to come together over a weekend of fun activities. The 2017 Festival will be held from 24 – 26 March 2016. A major part of the festival is the street parade held on Saturday morning where performers and members of the community travel along Yarra Street from central Warrandyte down to Stiggant’s Reserve. The Ringwood Highland Pipe Band is pleased to be a regular participant in the Warrandyte festival and we will again be participating in 2017.

Band Members; its a good idea to work together to have some cars up the top of the walk (where we start) and some parked down at Stiggant’s reserve so we can then ferry people to their cars prior to and at the end of the march as it is a bit of a walk otherwise 🙂

Date: 25 March 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Band Arrival Time 10:00am Band Transport Own
Venue 207 Yarra Street
Warrandyte, Victoria 3113 Australia
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 Website: www.warrandytefestival.org

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2017 Ferntree Gully CFA Torchlight Parade

The Ringwood Highland Pipe Band is pleased to announce we will be participating in the 2017 Ferntree Gully CFA torchlight parade on the evening of Saturday 4th March.

This year we will be marching approximately 30 minutes later than we have in the past.  We will be stepping off at 9:00 pm for a 9:30 arrival at the Wally Tew reserve oval.  Here we will form up on stage with other pipe bands and them march down onto the grass in front.

Dinner will be available at the CFA station prior to the march, with dessert and refreshments available back the CFA station later on our return after the march.

Details

Date:  4 March 2017 (Sat)
Arrival Time:  7:30 PM (earlier if you want dinner).
Form Up:  8:30 PM on Wyuna St
Step Off:  9:00 PM
Estimated Finish:  10:15 PM
Venue:  Ferntree Gully CFA Fire Station
Meeting Point:  Car Park  off “The Avenue”
Parking: Car Park  off “The Avenue”
Transport: Own or car pooling
Status: Confirmed
Website: link

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Route Map

 

 

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