Affiliates

The Palm Springs Air Museum Pipe Band is a very unique hybrid entity. We owe our existence to the myriad of Snowbirds who flock to the Coachella Valley to escape the winters of the "Great White North". Our core element of 6-8 bandsmen gets augmented to 25- 45 bandsmen in any given year. Unlike conventional bands we stand down in the summer months but seriously "Skirl Away" during the winter months. As well there is a compliment of Gaelic Musicians who join our ranks or we theirs from time to time. This page's intent is to recognize the Hometown Band of those Pipers & Drummers and other musicians who grace us with their musical abilities every year.

The Rose Bowl Massed Pipes & Drums

Nicholso Pipes & Drum

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Delta Police Pipe Band

Mik Fitak

Kalamalka Highlanders Pipe Band

Shuswap Pipes and Drums

Kelowna Pipe Band Society

Edmonton & District Pipe Band

Grand Forks Pipes & Drums

Calgary and District Pipes and Drums

Scottish Fiddler's of Los Angeles

Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl
Massed Pipes & Drums

The 2023 Rose Parade included the Pipes on Parade: The Massed Pipes & Drums composite pipe band, performed on December 30, 2023, at the 43rd Annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses Bandfest. The band is made up of 10 Southern California bands, including the Palm Springs Air Museum Pipe Band, Pasadena Scots, Los Angeles Scots, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Pipes & Drums, and the University of California Riverside Pipes & Drums. It also includes a band of individuals who aren't currently members of an active band.

The parade included Joel Daniels, Maureen (Mo) Soichuk and Graham Bailey of the PSAMPB, who marched with 54 other bagpipers as part of the Pipes on Parade entry. The entry also featured Celtic dancers and drummers from across the United States.

Maureen (Mo) Soichuk

Pipe Major

Kalamalka Highlanders

Graham Bailey

Piper

Kelowna Pipe Band Society

Joel Daniels

Pipe Major,

The Rose Bowl Massed Pipes & Drums

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Pipes on Parade: The Massed Pipes and Drums Facebook

Nicholso P&D

Nicholson Pipes and Drums

PSAMPB, NPB

29 Palms Marines Corps Band

"Scotland the Brave"

Malcolm Willis

Drum Sergeant/ Lead Tip

Side/Snare Drummer

Fabian Hurtado

Side/Snare Drummer

Christi Bennett

Tenor Drummer

Marty Sackstetter

Side/Snare Drummer

LaVon Short

Tenor Drummer

"Kat" Sacksetter

Highland Dancer

Elizabeth "Beth" Yamamoto

Friend of the Band Extraordinaire

The Nicholson's July 2021, supporting the Music Man in celebration of and at the City of Westminster's Rose Theater for their 15th Anniversary which coincided with the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Nicholson Pipes and Drums. Of note it was also the birthday of its fearless leader Malcolm Willis.

The Nicholson Pipes and Drums band was founded in 1981 by Pipe Major Kathleen Nicholson Graham. The band was named in honor of her father, Pipe Major Malcolm Nicholson, by her bagpipe students who wanted to carry on his legacy. PSAMPB regrets the recent loss of the founder of the Nicholson Pipes and Drums, Pipe Major Kathleen Nicholson Graham who passed away on August 30, 2012. Pipe Major Robert Hackney and her son, Drum Sergeant Malcolm Willis carry on the band's positive winning legacy.