Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Rockville High’s 56-year-old Bagpipe Band Fights To Keep MCPS Sponsorship

Rockville High’s 56-year-old Bagpipe Band Fights To Keep MCPS Sponsorship: Booster club president says school system pulled funding, recognition ...For years, the school system has offered the band free practice space and paid the director’s stipend, he said. The student group has won widespread attention by playing each year for the Marine Corps Marathon, marching in parades and beating adult bands in piping and drumming contests. In the past year alone, the group claimed first place at the Colonial Highland Games in Fair Hill, Southern Maryland Celtic Festival and Central Virginia Celtic Festival...

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