Steve Ramsden Pipe Major (2017- )

Position:	Pipe Major (2017- )
Year joined:	1983
Previous Bands:	White Spot Jr Pipe Band (1968 – 1974); Triumph Street Pipe Band (1974 – 1982); Delta Police Pipe Band (1983 to present)
Career:	Retired Staff/Sgt Delta Police (28 years) Currently: Manager, Fatal and Serious Injury Investigations at Worksafe B.C.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	1977 performing at the CNE stadium for what was considered perhaps the most prestigious pipe band contest in the world - the Intercontinental Pipe Band Championships. This contest is considered by many to be the true World Championship because of the excellent representation from both Scotland and North America. On this particular occasion the Grade I competition included 24 pipe bands, the top 15 bands from the British Isles and the best North American Pipe Bands. Triumph Street placed 4th in the world, first in North America and Triumph Street received the Cutty Sark award as the best Canadian Pipe Band. 1994 performing in Scotland with the Delta Police Pipe Band. Special moment marching out onto the esplanade for the first time at the Edinburgh Castle playing alongside the Scots Guards

 

Colin Abel Pipe Sergeant, Past PM (2001-2011)

Position:	Pipe Sergeant, Past PM (2001-2011)
Year joined:	1991
Previous Bands:	Highland Laddies (1960-62), Vancouver Kiwanis (1962-70), Anavets (1970-71), Triumph Street (1971-74), Kelowna Legion (1974-75), Chilliwack Legion (1975-1978), Vancouver Police (1981-82), "E" Division RCMP Pipes and Drums (original), (1997-1999). Delta Police (1991-present)
Career:	Retired RCMP Staff/Sgt. Presently employed by the Organized Crime Agency of B.C.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	1. Winning the juvenile championship at the Cowal Highland Games in 1970 2. Marching onto the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in 2001 with the Canadian Massed Pipes and Drums

 

 

Colin Barrett Pipe Sergeant

Position:	Pipe Sergeant
Year joined:	1991
Previous Bands:	1971 to 1976 St. Thomas More High School Pipe Band 1977 to 1979 Mount Benson Pipe Band Nanaimo. 1980 to 1985 Langley Legion Pipe Band. 1991 to present The Delta Police Pipe Band.
Career:	Journeyman Carpenter Canadian Registered Building Offical (22 years)
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	I thought that the only way I would be able to play at events I have, would have being in the Canadian Armed Forces. 1994 Edinburgh Tattoo. I played in 26 performances. From the first show to the 26th, every time the massed band were announced and we crossed the drawbridge, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. It was a great experience. January 1995, I was asked to play the pipes in an episode of Hawkeye staring Linda Carter and Lee Horsely. Lee was nothing to look at, but Linda's eyes were just as blue as they showed on TV. Playing before the Royal Family at the Windsor Tattoo. Playing on stage next to Sir Paul McCartney. And lately, Playing solo in a duet with Crystel Benton at the Rotterdam Tattoo. This is one great band to be a part of.

 

 

Bill Bennett Pipe Corporal

Position:	Pipe Corporal
Year joined:	2008
Previous Bands:	Irish Fusilliers, Langley Legion Pipes and Drums
Career:	Taught school within the Surrey School District (#36) for 30 years and am now retired
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Attending the 50th. anniversary of the Edinburgh Tattoo in 2000 Deciding to take up the challenge of learning to play the bagpipes Getting the opportunity to be a member of the Delta Police Pipe Band

 

 

Gary Brookes Piper, President

Position:	Piper, President
Year joined:	2004
Previous Bands:	JP Fell Pipe Band,( 6th Field Engineers ) North Vancouver
Career:	VP, Managing Director, Senior Investment Advisor, with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc .
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Playing for Queen Elizabeth II at the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo. Performing at our Robbie Burns sold out dinners and summertime parades.

 

 

Jim Campbell Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2014
Previous Bands:	Penticton & District Legion 83 Triumph Street Chilliwack and District SFU Alumni Band Greighlan Crossing
Career:	Teacher Vancouver SD #39
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Made the prize list ...6th in the World Chamnpionships @ Glasgow 2001

 

 

Moe Coll Drum Major, VP

Position:	Drum Major, VP
Year joined:	2002
Previous Bands:	Past member of Vancouver Police Pipe Band, JP Fell Pipe Band, and Seattle Police Pipes and Drums. Play Bass/Tenor and Pipes, served as Drum Major for 6 years in DPPB
Career:	Vancouver Police Officer (Retired) Currently self employed
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Paul McCartney, Canadian War Memorial band visit to Holten, Netherlands, Edinburgh and Basel Tattoos, and a tour of my home Country Ireland with the Seattle Police Pipes and Drums

 

 

Cliff Fournier Pipe Sergeant, Past PM (2015-2017)

Position:	Pipe Sergeant, Past PM (2015-2017)
Year joined:	2001
Previous Bands:	1968–77 White Spot Jr. Pipe Band, 1978–81 Branch 83 Legion Pipe Band, 1981–83 British Ex-Servicemen's Pipe Band, 1987-89 Campbell River Legion Pipe Band
Career:	Occupational Safety Officer, WorkSafeBC
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Playing a parade and having the crowds cheer us on!

 

 

Hugh Jack Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2014
Previous Bands:	Glascow: -262 Boys Brigade Ontario: -Lindsay P&D -Outboard Marine P&D -Hasting & Prince Edward Regiment P&D -R C A F 8Wing P&D -Picton Legion P&D Florida: -Panama City P&D BC: -Mission P&D -Harrison Highlanders P&D Florida:
Career:	Construction, mostly commercial Owner/President.- Hugh Jack Drywall, Ontario Ltd - Scotia Homes Ontario Ltd. - Scotia Construction Ontario Ltd
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Winning Canadian championship, grade 4 with 8Wing, RCAF Competing at the Worlds with 8wing, in front of my relatives. Winning Jacksonville, N W Florida highland games with Panama City P&D Playing with the Chieftains.

 

 

Grant Laporte Pipe Corporal

Position:	Pipe Corporal
Year joined:	1982
Previous Bands:	Vancouver Police Pipe Band (1978 - 1982)
Career:	Retired. 16 year policing career. 28 years in the Prevention Dept of WorksafeBC (Workers' Compensation Board), as Regional Prevention Manager.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	The thrill of marching across the drawbridge onto the Esplanade at the Edinburgh Tattoo in 1980 (as a standard bearer) and 1994 (as a piper). A personal accomplishment of learning to play the bagpipes as an adult and competing in the BC Piper's mini-gatherings and winning the aggregate trophy in 2004. There are many more but those come to mind first

 

 

Paul Laporte Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2001
Previous Bands:
Career:
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Ian MacDonald Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	1998
Previous Bands:	Started with the bagpipes in 1997 and am continuing as a work in progress. Joined the band in 1998 as a beginning piper; served in various administrative capacities in the band
Career:	Spent 33 years in the public education system with 21 years in administration (Secondary). Retired in 1996 and set out with new goals in mind
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Marching onto the square at the castle in Edinburgh with the Canadian massed pipes and drums; playing at the MacCrimmon memorial in Skye; being part of several Military Tattoos while with the DPPB

 

 

Tiffany Macneil Daniel Piper, Regimental Dancer

Position:	Piper, Regimental Dancer
Year joined:	2012
Previous Bands:
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Don Macpherson Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2002
Previous Bands:	ANAF 1968, BNAC 1973, VPMDT 1979, JPFELL 1998
Career:	History/Phys Ed Instructor (short time), Distributor of good and bad news with the Sanitation Section of the VPD (very long time)
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Playing at relatives and friends special occasions. Being picked up by the DPPB in 2001 on the last bus leaving a place in Scotland, 4 hours from our residence while on tour

 

 

Jerome Malysh Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	1994
Previous Bands:	Kelowna Legion, Shuswap Pipes & Drums, Canadian Forces Europe Pipes & Drums, Nelson Kootenay Kilties, RCMP "E" Division Pipes & Drums
Career:	Retired RCMP member after 25 years of service, now running a management consulting and forensic accounting firm
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	That sweet sound when the whole band is in tune and every note on all the chanters sounds like one. When the whole bar goes nuts as the band plays in...

 

 

Marshall McCallum Pipe Corporal - Tuner

Position:	Pipe Corporal - Tuner
Year joined:	2010
Previous Bands:	Langley Legion, Greighlan Crossing
Career:	Chiropractor in North Delta
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Anytime I play for Veterans or children

 

 

Ron McLaren Pipe Sergeant

Position:	Pipe Sergeant
Year joined:	1984
Previous Bands:	I took violin lessons as a kid, but I knew my father wanted me to take up the pipes at the Seaforth Armouries. I never had the chance to do that, but years later, when my career brought me back to Vancouver, I settled down in Ladner and met a neighbour who was a member of the DPPB. He introduced me to the band members and I started taking lessons and made it into the Band in 1985. The DPPB is the only band I have been a member of
Career:	I worked all over Canada and the Arctic in weather related fields, including weather observing, International Ice Patrol and the deployment of the Canadian network of offshore weather buoys. I retired from Environment Canada, Marine Atmospheric Data Acquisition Division in 2005.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	In 1994, a few years after my father passed away, the DPPB performed at the Edinburgh Tattoo. I obtained tickets for my aunt and uncle, who lived close to Edinburgh, but had never seen the famous Tattoo. After the performance, my uncle came up to me with tears in his eyes, grasped my hand right with both of his and said in a thick Scottish brogue, “Your father would have been so proud”.

 

 

Jack Mellis Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	1988
Previous Bands:	Burnaby Legion (Branch 83)(1975-1982); Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Association (1980-1988); “E” Division R.C.M.P. Pipes and Drums (original) (1997-1999); Delta Police (1988–present)
Career:	Service in Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (militia); Served 38 ½ years Royal Canadian Mounted Police -Retired RCMP Staff/Sgt. primarily forensic identification services and as a blood stain pattern analyst and crime scene examiner. Presently consulting with “Mellis & Associates Forensic Consulting Service”.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	1. 1988, while on time off from playing at the Edinburgh Tattoo, played a lament at the graveside of my uncle in Chambrecy, France -killed in WW1 with the 6th Battalion Black Watch. 2. 1994, organizing and playing at the Edinburgh Tattoo. The rush of marching and playing through the castle gates onto the Esplanade.

 

 

Dave Murray Piper

Position:	Piper, Recording Secretary
Year joined:	2013
Previous Bands:	NewWestminster Pipe Band. 78th Fraser Highlanders (Vancouver)
Career:	Project Manager, Langara IT. Instructor, Applied Management Centre. 10 years service with the Seaforths
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Striking-up for the first time in front of an audience (SFU MBA class of 2000); First parade (Tartan day from St Andrews to the Seaforth Barracks); First military Tattoo (Vernon); First timeplaying on stage with Sir Paul McCartney; and all other 'firsts' :-)

 

 

David Orr Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2008
Previous Bands:	Langley Legion Pipe Band
Career:
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	In amongst the fog and as the doors swing open to the awaiting crowd, coming out of "The Castle" for the first time in the Basel Tattoo, 2009.

 

 

Ray Tessier Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2012
Previous Bands:	JP Fell Pipe Band, North Vancouver Langley Legion Pipe Band Vancouver Police Pipe Band
Career:	Aerospace engineer employed by BCIT.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Playing at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Holland in 2015.

 

 

Jamie Thomson Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	1984
Previous Bands:	In 1984, noticing a decline in the popularity of glockenspiel soloists, Jamie "JT" Thomson, changed musical paths and joined the Delta Police Pipe Band. Although the glockenspiel was his first love, JT quickly fell under the spell of the sonorous bagpipes. His children were frightened, the neighbours threatened to sue, but JT laboured on, practicing on his chanter until the wee hours, squinting to read his battered copy of Scots Guards - Standard Settings of Pipe Music by candlelight in the cold, dark garage. For the past 24 years, in between helping band members move, JT has seen many changes in the Delta Police Pipe Band, but his passion for the music, and the camraderie of the roster has kept him dedicated, and proud to be a part of it all.
Career:	has had many remarkable opportunities in his work life, and his resume reads like a best-selling novel: Foreman at the ACME plastic spatula plant, Head Noodle Creator at the Noodle Creation Institute, PNE petting zoo Duck Herder, and Inuvik's first (and only) refrigerator salesman. JT currently works as a log scaler (one of few), and on Thursday evenings can be found calling out Bingo numbers at the local community centre. JT holds a PhD in absolutely nothing, but can carry on an intelliegent and informed conversation about any topic, anywhere, with anyone
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	JT has always been a hard-working member of the Pipe Band, and in 1998 was crowned Band Member of The Year. That honour that netted him not only a place in Delta Police Pipe Band history, but a lovely tiara and golden sash that he can often be found wearing about the house on lazy Sunday afternoons

 

 

Keith Thomson Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2009
Previous Bands:
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David Trotter Piper

Position:	Piper
Year joined:	2005
Previous Bands:
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Nicolas Walser Piper, Regimental Dancer

Position:	Piper, Regimental Dancer
Year joined:	2014
Previous Bands:	White Spot Pipe Band
Career:	Co-Owner/Operator of Green Feast Farm and Sustainable Agriculture student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Competing at The Worlds with White Spot in 2008

 

 

Jim Wishlove Deputy Drum Major, Piper, i/c Regimental Dancers

Position:	Deputy Drum Major, Piper, i/c Regimental Dancers
Year joined:	2006
Previous Bands:	Played with the Richmond Fire-Rescue Pipe Band prior to joining DPPB
Career:	Currently work as the Deputy Fire Chief for the City of New Westminster
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Dancing for our home crowd at every Burns supper. Playing lone piper at the Menin Gate Ceremony in Ypres, Belgium. Playing Amazing Grace with my good friend Moe Coll on the Vimy Ridge Memorial

 

 

Zhongxi (Jonesy) Wu Piper, Director

Position:	Piper, Director
Year joined:	2010
Previous Bands:	JP Fell Pipe Band
Career:	Part time Music Teacher Floor Installer and Musician
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	play music and beer :)

 

 

Moe Coll Drum Major, VP

Position:	Drum Major, VP
Year joined:	2002
Previous Bands:	Past member of Vancouver Police Pipe Band, JP Fell Pipe Band, and Seattle Police Pipes and Drums. Play Bass/Tenor and Pipes, served as Drum Major for 6 years in DPPB
Career:	Vancouver Police Officer (Retired) Currently self employed
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Paul McCartney, Canadian War Memorial band visit to Holten, Netherlands, Edinburgh and Basel Tattoos, and a tour of my home Country Ireland with the Seattle Police Pipes and Drums

 

Sean Buxton Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	2006
Previous Bands:
Career:	Electrical Technologist for the University of BC Department of Mechanical Engineering
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Playing at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek, Netherlands

 

 

Iver Cameron Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	2000
Previous Bands:	Started with a band in Scotland in 1957, Colinton & Currie.Came to Canada in 1962 to instruct the MacGillvary band in Port Arthur Ontario (now The Lakehead). Also was involved with the Lake Superior Scottish. Moved to B.C. in 1964 and joined the City of Penticton Band. Was also involved with the B.C. Dragoons and was instrumental in forming their Cadet band. After a 30 year hiatus from pipe bands, joined the Delta Police in 2000
Career:
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Most memorable time was winning the Grade 3 Corps Drumming at the Cowal Games and marching down from the mountain and through the town with the trophy

 

 

Jeff Cruickshank Tenor Drummer

Position:	Tenor Drummer
Year joined:	2000
Previous Bands:	DPPB first band ever Previous executive member DPPB Interim DPPB Social Director Director, Kirkland House Society (Ladner)
Career:	1969 - 1994 - Inspector (retired), Ports Canada Police 1995-2010 - Regional Manager (retired) BC Welfare Fraud Investigation 2010 - ? Un-retired husband, father & grampa
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	2001 - Marching with DPPB & massed bands onto Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 2006 - Virginia International Tattoo, Norfolk, Virginia 2007 - Rotterdam Military Tattoo & playing at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery 2010 - Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo; Every Ladner May Days Parad

 

 

John Paul DaSilva Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	2012
Previous Bands:	Clansman Pipe Band (Powell River) 1993-96; Triumph Street Pipe Band (Vancouver) 1997-2000; Maple Ridge Pipe Band (Coquitlam) 2000-05; RCMP Div. E Pipe Band (Vancouver) 2007; Former Officer (Canadian Forces Reserves - Army), and drumming instructor with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets (Richmond) 1996-2009, including a posting as OIC Pipes and Drums (Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre - 1998); Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band (2015 - present)
Career:	Registered Massage Therapist
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	The many beer tent performances (and shenanigans) after competing at a variety Highland Games

 

 

Beverley Evans Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	2013
Previous Bands:
Career:
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Steve Fudge Bass Drummer

Position:	Bass Drummer
Year joined:	2005
Previous Bands:	STMHS Irish Fusilier Army Cadet Band (1964-1966); Vancouver Police Pipe Band (1992-2005)
Career:	Retired Police Officer after 32 years service with Vancouver Police Department. Post retirement service with the RCMP as a TCE (Temporary Civilian Employee) serving in the Homicide, Drug Enforcement, Border Integrity and Olympic Security Units . Presently I am a partner in Centurion Group VIP Transportation Services Inc.
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	In 1998 participating in the 50th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Tattoo

 

 

Allan Gauld Side Drummer, Director

Position:	Side Drummer, Director
Year joined:	2017
Previous Bands:
Career:
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Gregor Hall Drum Sergeant, Bass

Position:	Drum Sergeant, Bass
Year joined:	1973
Previous Bands:
Career:	Retired in 2004 after almost 39 years in policing: London Met, Delta PD and Matsqui/Abbotsford PD
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Crossing the drawbridge on the 1st night of the 1994 Edinburgh Tattoo. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!

 

 

Ron Henze Tenor Drummer, Regimental Dancer, Treasurer, Cpl.

Position:	Tenor Drummer, Regimental Dancer, Treasurer, Cpl.
Year joined:	2012
Previous Bands:	Vancouver Beefeaters Band 1969-1972 Surrey Firefighters Pipes and Drums 2012-
Career:	Canadian Armed Forces 1975-1979 Surrey Fire Rescue 1980-2011
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	There is nothing like the feeling you get when the band strikes in and plays those beautiful tunes. From the beatings of the bass, tenors, and sides to the sweet music of the pipes. When we all join together to create that wonderful sound, I couldn't be more proud to be a part of it. It's the camaraderie, the music, and sheer fun that makes it a favorite "band moment".

 

 

Barry Mann Tenor Drummer, Quarter Master, Cpl.

Position:	Tenor Drummer, Quarter Master, Cpl.
Year joined:	2015
Previous Bands:	White Spot Band - past president (2005-2006), director Triumph St. Band - catering, and equipment
Career:	Police Detective, Police Pilot, businessman
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Taking the White Spot Band to the Worlds in Glasgow in 2005. Camping at many Highland Games with the Juvenile Bands and lifelong friendships that have flourished.

 

 

Taryn Marcotte Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	2007
Previous Bands:
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Toner Nailen Side Drummer

Position:	Side Drummer
Year joined:	1983
Previous Bands:	Cowdenbeath (Fife,Scotland). Lochore Pipe Band (Fife, Scotland), Clansman PB (Powell River), Langley Legion
Career:	Retired Businessman
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Marching through the draw-bridge gates for the first time at the 1994 Edinburgh Tattoo with the Delta Police Pipe Band with my mum & dad in the audience.It wid hae brocht tears tae a gless ee

 

 

Brian Northam Drum Sergeant, Director

Position:	Drum Sergeant, Director
Year joined:	2012
Previous Bands:	Delta Police Pipe Band (1986-1995, 2012-present) Sir John A. McDonald Pipes and Drums, Port Moody, B.C. (1988) Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (Grade 2 - 1989) Vancouver Police Pipe Band (2010-2011)
Career:	Electrician with Metro Vancouver Utilities Division
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Continuing to collect different types of drums and percussion instruments and being appointed lead tip for the Delta Police Pipe Band in 2016.

 

 

Nathan Patch Tenor Drummer

Position:	Tenor Drummer
Year joined:	2011
Previous Bands:	I played in the White Spot Pipe Band organization when I was young age 7(1997)-17 eventually moving onto the grade 2 Chilliwack And District Pipe Band for 2 years, then played 2 years with the Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band before a very short hiatus and now DPPB
Career:	Civi side I work in law enforcement sales, and am an active member of the Canadian Forces, with aspirations of a career in law enforcement itself
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	I have done so much in my almost 20 years but would say performing with McCartney and for the Queen would be the top 2. I have been so lucky to perform on the Great Wall of China, Holten War Cemetery, Brandenburg Gate and 2 World Championships in Scotland but still marching out to 50,000 fans in our own neck of the woods is something I will never forget. Playing for the Queen in 2011 and almost being run over by her husband is a story I atill laugh about while telling friends. I really enjoy playing local gigs as well and our smaller trips to Victoria and Seattle

 

 

Richard Ryan Tenor Drummer

Position:	Tenor Drummer
Year joined:	2001
Previous Bands:	0
Career:	Owner, Paint Rite By Rich
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Marching through my own community of Ladner in my first parade

 

 

Rayna Watson Side Drummer, Regimental Dancer

Position:	Side Drummer, Regimental Dancer
Year joined:	2013
Previous Bands:	Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band Robert Malcolm Alumni Pipe Band
Career:	Student Support Worker for the Vancouver School Board
Favorite Pipe Band Moment:	Going on my first Tattoo in Victoria with this band!