The future of the Grade 2 Polkemmet Pipe Band of Whitburn, Scotland, is reportedly in doubt after a mass-exit of players following the departure of the band’s Pipe-Major, David Barnes, in September when he left to take over the Grade 1 Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band.
Polkemmet, one of the world’s longest-running civilian bands dating back almost 100 years, will hold it annual general meeting on November 19 to assess the situation.
With Barnes also went “the majority of the pipe corps,” according to a source close to the band. There are reportedly only three stalwarts left in the pipe section.
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