Based in Uddingston, South Lanarkhire, Scotland, the Pipe Band was formed on the 4th June 1972 by Wilson Shaw. The band successfully progressed to Grade3 and competed at Grade2 level, but nowadays the band compete in Grade4. In  1995 Wilson Shaw retired as PM and Brian Donnachie became his successor, leading the band to some Major wins through until 2008 where he stepped down as PM to pursue his career in Piping with other Pipe Bands. In 2008 Fraser Preston stepped up from Pipe Sergeant to become PM and led the band for the following year until retiring from the band due to other commitments. Simon Donnachie stepped up to become the most recent and present Pipe Major of the band. The band is striving forward with many youngsters coming through and being taught.

Band Uniform

The band's tartan has always been Princess Margaret Rose but have changed their appearance over the years. The band has went from black argyll jackets and glengarries to a cherry coloured argyle jacket, waistcoat and balmorals to the most recent bottle green Argyle jackets and waistcoats with Tam 0' Shanters.Now we have went back to our original Black Argyll Jackets, waistcoats and Glengarries with black coloured ties. The Pipe Band also have Number 1 dress which includes Feather Bonnet and Hairy Sporrans but of which is now normally only worn at International Football Matches, Corporate Engaegments and special occasions.The band has now recently changed its tartan to Fraser Red Muted, but continues to wear Princess Margaret Rose tartan when wearing Number 1 uniform.

Travel

The band has won many championships and competitions early on, and have also competed and performed all over the world. Such places have been Canada, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Jersey (Battle of the Flowers) and Dax, Quimper, Lorient and Chatellerault in France. The band have even performed on Opportunity Knocks and came second. Previous years Itinerary included a trip to the village of Sehestedt in Germany near Kiel. Together with the Village we have put on the 3 Highland Games for the Community, included in this was the usual heavy events such as Tossing the Caber, Putting the Stone and Tug-o-War. This was a huge success where more than 1000 people turned up to watch the spectacle, which in this area is a huge number. To see more about the Village and more about the Highland Games click on the link below. http://www.sehestedt.de

For details on this or any other issue regarding the Band email us at mail@uddingstonpipeband.org or visit the diary page to view our engagements