Brady Webb is the 11 year old son of Troy Webb and Patrizia Alecce of Westville, N.S. He attends G.R. Saunders Elementary School in Stellarton. Brady began taking chanter lessons at age 7 and continued on to bagpipes at age 9. He receives piping instructions from Madelyn Evans-Langlois and is a member of the Clan Thompson Pipe Band. Brady demonstrates a keen interest to perform and has often been heard playing his bagpipes at community fundraisers and activities, school assemblies, Remembrance Day services, musical concerts and parades. He also enjoys competing at Highland Games found throughout the Maritime Provinces. Some of Brady’s other interests include swimming, curling, golfing and participating in various school activities such as choir, the band program, drama, regional science fairs and spelling bees.

Frank is 15 years old and is a Grade 11 student at Three Oaks Senior High, Summerside, PEI. Frank has been playing the snare drum for 4 years. In the summer of 2008 Frank started at the College of Piping Summer school to learn snare drumming. He continued with lessons in the fall under direction of Chris Coleman. For the 2009/2010 year, Frank was the drum sergeant for the College of Piping Grade 5 Band. In Fall of 2010 he moved into the Grade 4 Band and went on to come 4th in the North American Championships 2011. 2011/2012 Frank competed with the Grade 3 band, and in August went to Scotland for the World Pipe Band Championships.

The key to my success is excellent instruction, hard work and loads of support.  I’d like to thank my family for supporting me, from taking me to lessons to making sure I have what I need to compete on the day, they have been positive and encouraging.  I’d also like to thank Alex Gandy for being an excellent teacher and motivator.  Alex has high expectations and is a very good teacher.  He pushes me to do my best and set the bar high for myself.

Brittany started on bagpipes in 2009 and has won several major awards including; the ACPBA Piobaireachd Challenge Pewter Medal along with the Scott Williams Piobaireachd Challenge Cup and black wood chanter. She was awarded the Sandy MacLean Memorial Trophy and also completed a week at the Gaelic College in Saint Ann’s in Cape Breton, NS, made possible by a bursary from the ACPBA. In 2012 she won the ACPBA Piobaireachd Challenge copper medal and the Pipe Major William Magennis

Piobaireachd Challenge Cup. Brittany is a member of the Clan Thompson Pipe Band. She is a student of Madelyn Evans-Langlois who is her piping instructor and Pipe Major Scott Williams is her Piobaireachd instructor.

In June 2012, Robert was also given the Citizenship award for his Grade 6 class at A.G. Baillie Elementary School. In addition to playing the chanter and the bagpipes, Robert enjoys swimming, scouts, and outdoor camping. 

  Eileen Beaton is from Pictou, Nova Scotia.  She started playing the pipes in the Heatherbell Girls Pipe Band at the age of 11 where she competed with the band and in solo events in grades 3, 4, and 5.  Since then she has played with the Antigonish Highland Society and Old Scotia Pipe Band.  This past year, she won the overall grade 3 piping aggregate award at the Halifax Mini Gatherings as well as the ‘piper of the day’ award at the Antigonish, New Glasgow and Fredericton Highland Games.

She is currently a graduate student at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro, Nova Scotia in the Environmental Sciences Department where she is specializing in weed science.  Outside of piping, Eileen enjoys hiking and running. 

She would like to thank Thomas Harrington, Bruce Gandy, the Old Scotia Pipe Band, and her family for their support this year.  She is looking forward to many more competitions.