Whilst we’ve all been observing lockdown, some of our band members decided to have some fun ! Trying to get JP’s Blue Bonnet from our lead pipers home in Rogart Sutherland to JP’s home in France. We hope you enjoy seeing some familiar faces  The post Lobbing the Bunnet appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

SAPD/ NHS Scotland Limited Edition New Products now Available We’re excited to launch a series of new limited edition products to support our suburb NHS Scotland frontline workers ALL Profits from this range will go to NHS Scotland Frontline workers – NO PROFITS will remain with  SAPD  All the new products are limited editions so […]The post Supporting our NHS Scotland...

Statement from Saor Alba Pipes and Drums Chairman John McGregor “As Chair of SAPD I am delighted to say that our suggestion to create a ‘virtual’ Arbroath 2020 celebration has been a resounding success. It has engaged with pipers and Scots worldwide to celebrate this special moment. I’d like to say a special thanks to […]The post Arbroath 2020 The Gathering appeared first on...

Calling All Pipers, wherever you are in the world  Join up to our new Facebook Group to find out how you can take part in our Virtual Celebration facebook.com/...595841041/  The post Arbroath 2020 – Virtual Celebration appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

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We are planning a virtual celebration for the 700th aniversary of Arbroath Declaration of Scottish Independence Whilst we cant be together in Arbroath on 6th April 2020, we believe that music can bring us all together. We are calling all pipers in Scotland and internationally to be part of this historic virtual event. PIPER INSTRUCTIONS […]The post Calling All Pipers appeared first on Saor...

We are all reeling from the devastating news that one of our Band Assistants, Ronald McIsaac has passed away. Ronald was from Corstorphine, Edinburgh and would have been celebrating his 60th Birthday in May.   Ronald was well known in the Indy Family.He was a member of the Freedom Convoy and the Society of William Wallace. […]The post Ronald McIsaac – Rest in Peace appeared...

A spectacular day in the Highland Capital What can you say about a wonderful day out in beautiful sunshine, strolling through the heart of the Highlands with several thousand fellow yessers?  It was breathtaking. It was a buzz. It was incredible. It was full of joy and laughter and children and music. And it sent […]The post Thank You Inverness ! appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes &...

We are all very aware that the fight for Scottish Independence has been going on for a very long time. Many loyal campaigners and supporters have very sadly not lived long enough to see our beautiful country regain her freedom. We know they march with us in spirit, we know most of us have somebody […]The post Remembering Friends and Loved Ones appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

Happy 2020 – bring on Indyref2020 Hope Santa was good to you all and you’ve started 2020 with renewed vigour to march with us on the road to independence. Our online shop is now fully back up and running and the first orders of the year have been posted ! On Saturday we will join […]The post A Big Year Ahead appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

Our shop staff are now on holiday Our last orders have been boxed up and posted, and now our shop volunteers are taking a break to spend Christmas with their loved ones. The online shop will remain open, so you can still browse and place orders, but nothing will now be dispatched till after the […]The post Merry Christmas from SAPD appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

SNP St Andrews Night Awards Dinner Double Tree by Hilton, Glasgow The cat is finally out of the bag and we can all stop creeping about. The band were honoured to be invited to be the surprise guests at the SNP Independence  Magazine Awards dinner. A flash mob in a big ballroom, without anybody knowing […]The post The Best Kept Secret appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

George Square Glasgow 2nd November 2019       The band were delighted to be asked to open the National Rally where our First Minister was addressing the Yes family for the first time.     The short notice made it difficult to impossible for some of the band to attend , work, travel problems […]The post The National Rally appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes &...

AUOB March Edinburgh – 5th October 2019 Well that was a day that will go down in the history books!  Over 200,000 people took to the streets of our capital city to show that there is indeed an appetite for Scottish Independence. Old folk, youngsters, less mobile folk , kids, dogs, families  – you name […]The post The Big One appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

Our new improved on-line shop is now open. The perfect place for you to buy your Indy merchandise and do all your Christmas Shopping ! Earlier  in the year we dipped our toe in the water with a small test version of an online shop. We learned all the lessons we needed to set up […]The post Our On Line shop is now Open appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

Meet our fabulous Mascot If you’ve ever been on an Independence march, attended a rally, watched a live stream or looked at the pictures of any Indy event on line the chances are you recognise Sheldon!     This big beautiful proud Indydug was born in Edinburgh on 5th June 2015 – with a Scottish […]The post Introducing Sheldon appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes &...

Its been a very busy summer for the band. They have been very visual leading the marches in Stornaway, Glasgow, Galasheilds, Oban, Ayr, Aberdeen, Dunfermline, and Perth with Edinburgh still to come,  but behind the scenes even more has been going on. Its been a summer of additions for us. We’ve added some fabulous new […]The post Marching from strength to strength appeared first on...

Want to earn your own Blue Bonnet ? We currently have a few spaces for pipers, snare drummers and tenor drummers to join the band. What was once a group of strangers with a shared dream is now a family. Friends have been made for life. But we can still grow and are ready to […]The post Want to earn your own Blue Bonnet ? appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.

The first ever March for Independence in the Borders was a great day out for the band. We would like to thank the people of Gala and surrounding area for making us feel so welcome as we went for a wee wander with a few thousand friends round their town on June 1st. Although we […]The post A day out in the Borders appeared first on Saor Alba Pipes & Drums.