About CCPD
** Tickets NOW ON SALE for our annual Highland Ball **
Come and join us for a night of music and dancing.
Saturday 04 September 1900 - 0030 at the Hellenic Club Woden
For reservations please call Amelia on 0407 935 738 or email admin@ccpd.org.au
A flyer about the Ball is also available here. if you would like to advertise it in your workplace. Look forward to seeing you there.
** Basel Tattoo 2010 Update now available from left hand menu**
Who we are
Canberra City Pipes and Drums was formed and registered as an incorporated body in the ACT in November 1991. It was formed with two purposes:
- To provide an outlet for pipers and drummers who no longer wished to compete but wished to continue playing their instruments in a band setting, and
- To become the premier ceremonial band in the region.
In 1993 the band was appointed as the honorary band to the Australian Federal Police. In 2005 the status of the AFP affiliation was upgraded when Canberra City Pipes and Drums was asked to be the official AFP Band and now is known as the AFP Pipes and Drums as well as the retaining the Canberra City Pipes and Drums name for non-AFP performances.
In 2006 the band was invited to participate in the International Police Tattoo in Adelaide and subsequently performed in the 2008 Adelaide International Police Tattoo. In September 2007 the Band participated in the inaugural Kremlin Zoria which took place in Moscow's Red Square.
After appearances with other local pipe and drum bands at the Andre Rieu shows in Sydney and Melbourne in late 2008, the Band has recently returned from its first appearance at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August 2009 and a follow-on appearance at the Edinburgh Tattoo in Sydney in February 2010. The Band is currently appearing at the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland.