About the EPS Pipes and Drums

Edmonton Police Service Pipes and Drums K Days 1999

Band Members

The EPS Pipes and Drums have thirty members currently in the band plus several learning the pipes or drums. Only active and retired police officers are afforded the privilege to be a member of this band. They are all serving or retired police officers with the Edmonton Police Service, plus one member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and three members of the Canadian Armed Forces. The majority of members have learned their musical skills within the ranks of the Edmonton Police Service.

Honorary Drum Major	Mr. Harry Hole	Honorary Pipe Major	Mr. William Connelly (Deceased)
Band Officer	Inspector Terry Rocchio	Band Manager	D/Chief Mike Bradshaw (Retired)
Pipe Major	Cst. James McKee	Piper	Cpl. Ted Soltys (RCMP)
Drum Major/Bass Drummer	Det. Marv Lange (Retired)	Piper	Sgt. Jeff Wilks (Retired)
Pipe Sergeant	S/Sgt. Dean Hilton	Piper	Cst. Steve Levesque
Pipe Sergeant	Sgt. Nick Perry	Piper	Cst. Tracy Gulinosky
Drum Sergeant	Sgt. James McLeod	Piper	Cst. Dale McDonald
Pipe Corporal	Det. Scott McMorran (Retired)	Piper	Major Jon MacKey (DND)
Piper	Inspector Terry Rocchio	Piper	S/Sgt. Langford Bawn
Piper	Det. Geoff Burkett (Retired)	Tenor Drummer	Cst. Cliff Milley (Retired)
Piper	Sgt. Blake MacEachern (Retired)	Side Drummer	Sgt. Andre Francois
Piper	Cst. Morgan Page	Side Drummer	Cst. Joe Lewis
Piper	Cst. Derek McIntyre	Tenor Drummer	Cst. Sylvie Boy
Piper	S/Sgt. Kevin Quail (Retired)	Tenor/Bass Drummer	Cst. Scott Anthony
Piper	Sgt. Terry McMechan (Retired)	Tenor/Side Drummer	MWO Dale Coble (DND - Retired)
Piper	Cst. Jay Reinelt	Side Drummer	Cst. Darryl McDonald
Piper	Sgt. Rob Brekke	Side Drummer	Sgt. Lonnie Croal (Retired)
Piper	Lt. Chris Eldridge (DND)

Our Uniform

The EPS Pipes and Drums wears the traditional highland dress uniforms of the British Army Highland Regiments. The tartan worn is the Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan. There are several orders of dress besides the Full Dress which is worn on formal occasions such as Capital Ex Parade or Remembrance Day Parades.


Piper Full Dress This uniform is referred to as full dress and is worn on formal occasions when the full band is playing. You will see it at Klondike Days Parade, Remembrance Day, or other military or official ceremonies.	Drummer Full Dress The Drummers full Dress is the same as the pipers with the exception of the Plaid. The drummer's plaid is much smaller and doesn't hang down in front of the left arm as the piper's does.	#1 Order of Dress This is the same as Full Dress but the Glengarry is worn instead of the feather bonnet. The Edmonton Police Service badge is worn on the left side of the Glengarry.	#2 Order of Dress This is the most common uniform worn by the band and is used by solo pipers, mini bands and full bands at most events.	#3 and 4 Order of Dress #3 dress and #4 are very similar except that #3 is worn with a tartan tie and #4 is has open collar as shown above.	#5 Order of Dress This order of dress was added when the band went to Europe in 2003. It was used for practice sessions and the occasional pub performance.

The Uniform Pieces - Full Dress

	Feather Bonnet	Ostrich feathers dyed black with four tails on the right side
	Feather Hackle	Red and blue (grouse tail feather), now artificial
	Plaid	Prince Charles Edward Stewart tartan, pipers and drummers are cut differently
	Brooch	Silver, thistle engraved, cairngorm stone
	Belts	Leather waist belt with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Badge. Leather cross belt, thistle engraved buckles with Canadian Airborne badge and Edmonton Police Service Badge
	Doublet	Military style woolen doublet with shelled epaulets, white piping, thistle motif buttons
	Kilt	16 oz military pleated Prince Charles Edward Stewart tartan
	Sporran	White horse hair sporran, double tasseled thistle engraved mount. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry badge is worn on top of sporran
	Hose Tops	Woolen diamond patterned half hose tops with red flashes
	Sgian Dubh (Dagger)	Worn in right hose top (Pronounced "Skeen Doo")
	Spats	White canvas spats
	Shoes	Black leather brogues or military style boots
	Kilt Pin	"EPS Pipes and Drums" with initials "PJB" (in remembrance of Drum Major Paddy J. Bawn) around the EPS Crest

Tradition – Past, Present and Future

One of these traditions, worn in full dress only, is the wearing of animal pelts by the bass drummer and tenor drummer(s). Read more...

Our Repertoire

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