Ramsay Pipeband History

The Ramsay Pipeband plays regularly around Kansai (Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto) including at popular international festivals like the Nishinomiya International Exchange Day, and the annual International Beer and Wine Summit held at the Sky Tower Building in Osaka. The band is often invited to British parties and events, music festivals and opening ceremony. History 1989 Lindsay Cameron Kawai (Nomiyama) founded the band with six other women, all playing bagpipes. Her mother Maud sponsored her. The band's first performance was at a wedding. 1990 The first male member joined the band. 1992 The band played at the wedding ceremony of Mr. Ichikawa who had instructed them since its foundation. It was the band's first time to play except practices. 1993 Snare, tenor and bass drummers joined the band for the first time 2001 The band was featured on the TV programme Tatenaito Suku-pu. 2002 Visited Kirkwall City in Orkney, Scotland and established a good relationship between Kirkwall City Pipeband. 2003 Invited Kirkwall City Pipeband to the Kansai Highland Games. Accompanied them to Performances in Hiroshima and Mie. 2005 Participated in World Pipefest 2005 held in Edinburgh. 2006 Participated in Pipefest 2006 held in Shanghai. 2007 Guest band at the 2nd Annual Highland games held at USMC Camp Fuji 　 page top >> 　　<<　Return　to　home