Band welcomes new Pipe Major – 27th March 2013
The band has installed a new Pipe Major this year, with Ben McLaughlin returning from Perth, Western Australia to take on the role. Ben has 10 years of experience at Grade 1 level and had been playing with Manawatu until accepting A&D’s offer to take on the Pipe Major role. He also spent 2 years employed as a piper with the Western Australia Police Pipe Band (WAPOL), with one of those years as Pipe Sergeant, before returning to University to finish his finance degree.