Leicestershire and Rutland County Royal British Legion Pipe Band

QUORNDON PIPE BAND (ROYAL BRITISH LEGION) BAGPIPE BAND FETE WEDDING LEICESTERSHIRE MIDLANDS ENGLAND CHURCH PARADE

The Quorn Royal British Legion pipe band was formed in January 2002 and in February 2005 was re-named the Leicestershire and Rutland County Royal british legion Pipe Band.
The band wears the ancient Hunting Macrae tartan as you can see from the 'wallpaper' on this web site.

2 of the pipers have been Pipe Majors in their own right and the vast majority of the members have previously played with (grade 4) competition pipe bands.
There are several 'learner' members in the band (mainly on drums) but there are still places available for both pipers and drummers.

The band meets on Monday evenings at the Quorn village hall.

The band is presently performing locally at parades, fetes, concerts etc. and is preparing to enter competitions in the 2005 season.
Future Engagements
19.02.05 Caledonian Society , Leicester 09.07.05 Beaumanor Hall open air concert, Woodhouse 10.07.05 Parade at Leicester Cathedral
For full details of future engagements, to book the band for your function or any other enquiries you may have, please send us an e-mail by clicking the mailbox icon. We look forward to hearing from you !

The band has a new website which contains more up to date information on future engagements. Please click the link at the bottom of this website.

See other website for full details
Past Engagements

14.11.04 The band led the Remembrance Sunday parade in Quorn. Fortunately, it was relatively mild and sunny.

13.11.04. The band performed prior to kick off and again at half time at the Walker's stadium of the Leiceter City Football Club.

24.10.04. A mini band played at a private wedding in Leicester.

23.10.04 The band gave two displays during the Leicester Caledonian Society President's evening, held at Glenfield.

18.09.04/19.09.04 Weston Park, Shropshire Midlands Game Fair The band played at various times in the main arena during the weekend.

12.09.04 Wilnecote Church Parade A mini-band led a Royal British Legion Battle of Britain parade to the church at Wilnecote (near Tamworth).

11.09.04 Anstey Carnival The band led the parade of floats and dancers round the streets of Anstey and into the recreation ground.

04.09.04 Syston Carnival At 1.30pm, the band led the floats up the High Street and along Melton Road to Goodes Lane.The band also performed in the arena in Central Park after the floats had been judged.

07.08.04 Evington Gala The band marched in to the park to mark the formal opening of the gala, followed by a display in the arena. This was followed by another display during the afternoon. Most spectators kept a safe distance from the band (in the shade) in view of the sunny weather and 29 degrees centigrade temperatures !

01.08.04 Aylestone Fete The band played at the gala day to help raise funds (GBP 800.00 in fact) for the Leicester Royal Infirmary neo natal unit. A young boy, Ryan (now 8) proudly marched with the band in full Highland dress who was born weighing only 1 pound 10 oz. Sadly, his twin brother died after 24hours.

11.07.04 Private Wedding Function

10.07.04 Beaumanor Hall Open-air Concert Despite the slight drizzle, the band opened the open-air concert playing to an enthusiastic audience.

27.06.04 Standard Bearers Rededication Mountsorrel

26.06.04 Sinfin Lane, Derby

20.06.04 Dunkirk Veterans parade, Bournville

19.06.04 Hathern

12.06.04 / 13.06.04 Parham Park, West Sussex The band played at various times during the day on both days, entertaining the visitors to the game fair.

06.06.04 Dunkirk Veterans Parade - Leicester Cathedral

05.06.04 Ibstock Carnival/Fete The band opened the small fete and also performed in the centre of the park during the afternoon.

01.05.04 May Day, Quorn

11.04.04/12.04.04 Easter Sunday and Monday were spent entertaining the crowds at the Gamekeeper and Countryman Game and Country Sports Fair at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. The band opened and closed the event on both days and played at various times during the day in the main arena.
29.11.03 The Band held its first ever Band Dance at the Braunstone Civic Centre. It was well attended and a good time was had by all. The band played twice during the evening and 'Double Vision' provided the dance music.
9.11.03 The band led the annual Remembrance Parade at Quorn.

2.11.03 Walkers Stadium Leicester City Football Club. The branch of the Leicestershire and Rutland Poppy Appeal in association with the Leicester Mercury, The Royal British Legion and Leicester City Football Club organised this event. The band led out forty war veterans from the Second World War and from conflicts to the present day. The band paraded from the player's tunnel to a terrific ovation from the audience of around 30,500, which is by far, the largest number of spectators the band has played for. The band played a number of well known pipe tunes at the same time as the veterans paraded round the stadium. Before the match started, poppy appeal collectors were collecting from around the stadium and raised a remarkable total of GBP 5,432.52 for the Poppy Appeal.

18.10.03 Caledonian Society, Glenfield The band performed during the evening of Scottish dancing for the Caledonian Society's Presidents Night. 21.9.03 RAF Association Church parade, Birstall Birstall was awoken early on Sunday morning to the sound of the pipes and drums as the band led the RAF Association members and cadets to the church for their annual parade.

30.8.03 Syston Carnival The band performed twice during the afternoon and despite missing the Pipe Major and the leading tip, performed very well in front of an enthusiastic audience.

16.8.03 Evington Fete/Gala It was a lovely sunny day and the band opened the gala and also played during the afternoon and we were well received by crowds of spectators.

13.7.03 Uttoxeter Carnival In temperatures of 29 degrees, the band played to an enthusiastic crowd of on-lookers.

12.7.03 Beaumanor Concert 28.6.03 Ibstock Carnival
On 8.6.03 the band Dunkirk Vereterans Parade and we managed to avoid the showers.
3.5.03. Quorn May Day.
On Saturday 15.03.03 , the band played for a Coffee Morning at the Church Rooms Quorn (which turned out to be one of the sunniest weekends of 2003 !)

The band played for the Leicester Caledonian Society on 15th February 2003.
On Sunday 10.11.02 the band led the parade for Remembrance Sunday in Quorn.
On Sunday morning 15.9.02. , the band played led a church parade for the RAF Association in Birstall.
On Saturday evening 14.9.02. , the band played at a Leciester Caledonian Society function in Glenfield
On Saturday afternoon 14.9.02. , the band led the parade for the the Anstey Carnival.

The band playing at the start of a concert at Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse Eaves on Saturday 13.7.02.

On Sunday 30.06.02. , the band led a church parade for the Dunkirk veterans at Bournville, Birmingham.
The Band at Stafford Orchard, Quorn for the Golden Jubilee celebrations on Monday 3.6.02.

On Sunday 2.6.02. , the band played at a parade in Humberstone.

The band played at a coffee morning on Saturday 25th May 2002 at the Church rooms, Church Lane, Quorn. Despite threatening heavy showers, the coffee morning was a resounding success. By 10 am , the opening time, there was a sizeable queue of visitors waiting at the door. The band performed a varied selection of standard pipe marches including its own special arrangement of Highland Cathedral which commenced with the solo pipes of Brad Yates (our pipe major) before being joined by the rest of the band. Rod Masters (drum sergeant) played his own specially devised snare drum beating to complement the delightful melody.

The Band playing at the Quorn May Day fete on Monday 6th May 2002.

A close up photograph of the Macrae war memorial by Morvich near Shiel Bridge looking over Loch Duich.

Links

Quorn RBL Pipe Band Main Website
Leics. & Rutland RBL Pipe band website