Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
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| Location | Lisburn, Northern Ireland
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| Grade | 1
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| Pipe Major | Richard Parkes MBE
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| D. Sergeant | Keith Orr
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| Notable Honours | Winner, World Pipe Band Championships:
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| Website | www.fmmpb.com |
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band (Sponsored by St Kilda) is a grade one pipe band based in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland and named in honor of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. The band was formed shortly after the end of World War II by young Northern Irish war veterans. Field Marshal Montgomery have won grade one World Pipe Band Championships in the years 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004 and 2006. The present Pipe Major is Richard Parkes MBE and the Leading Drummer is Keith Orr. The membership of the band is drawn from all over Ireland and the UK, as well as from the United States and Canada.
The band are regular winners of the World Pipe Band Championships and considered to be one of the so-called "big three", the three bands considered to be the best in the world who between them have taken the top three places at the Worlds for a number of years.
[edit] Discography
- Debut
- Live In Concert (1997)
- Unplugged (2002)
[edit] External link
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