invictus 2025
An expression of interest from the Invictus Games Canada has also come our way to support the 2025 games to be held in Vancouver and Whistler, BC. They will take place February 6 to 17, 2025, and our performances will happen during the weekend of February 7 to 9.
We are so pleased to be part of the 300 member pipe band initiative and are working with the Delta Police Pipe Band and the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band on this concert. Standard tunes and new massed band cadences to be played, and we are welcoming international players too. Visit the games page here.
We are working on securing affordable accommodations in downtown Vancouver and all participants will be responsible for paying for their rooms and booking their own flights to Vancouver. We will work on fundraising to help pay for coach and other costs.
You can register your interest in taking part by completing the above form. Participation will be considered by the PM of the Sons of Scotland, Bethany Bisaillion. If you are fundraising and need our help promoting your event, let us know so we can help. Ottawa will have a Celeidh on December 14 to help with travel costs.
We travelled to Europe in September, 2023 to play at the Invictus Games and more. We were able to visit Berlin, Dusseldorf, Ypres and Amsterdam, with lots of interesting and fun performance opportunities throughout. So successful and fun, in fact, that we will be performing at Invictus Canada in 2025. A select group of musicians will be traveling with the band, and PM Bisaillion will compile the list of attendees.
Sponsors for the 2023 journey include:
Princess of Wales Own Regiment (Kingston)
David Howard (Calgary)
The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band
The Ottawa City Piping College
Brenda Beaudette
Don and Sally Scotland
Tara Nevins
Barbara Helms
Donald Read
John Seguin
The Dominion Tavern Ottawa
Rory MacKinnon
Robert Tesselaar
Dan Greer
Annette Campell
Wendy Chaytor and Starbright Curios
Beechwood Cemetery Ottawa
Jennifer Stephenson
Martha Jane Hancock
Mary MacDonald
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