Williams Lake Pipe Band receives tuition support from Credit Union
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The Williams Lake and District Credit Union presented the Williams Lake Pipe Band with a donation for $1,000 last week, to help with tuition fees at the annual Piping Hot Summer Drummer workshop with the Simon Fraser Pipe Band.
(Pipe band members Craig Smith, Doug White, John Visentin, Alex Moulton and Tyler Witte are pictured here with Lindsey Carter from the Credit Union.)
The band is currently raising tuition funds for 10 members to attend Piping Hot Summer Drummer, an annual weeklong workshop at Silver Star near Vernon, BC, put on by the Simon Fraser Pipe Band (SFPB). There are top-knotch dancing, drumming and piping instructors from around the world, including Pipe Sergeant Jack Lee and Pipe Major Terry Lee from the SFPB.
Inspiration and instruction is available by world-renowned musicians like SFPB lead drummer J. Reid Maxwell, one of today’s most decorated drummers. With Simon Fraser’s capture of the 2008 and 2009 World Pipe Band Championship and World Drum Corps Championship, Reid obtained his 16th World Championship, an amazing feat by any standard. In 2000, Reid placed second in the World Solo Drumming Championship.
“My first time at the camp was five years ago and it was a true turning point for me,” said band member John Visentin. “When I showed up I wasn’t even able to make a sound out of my pipes and I left able to play my first tune.”
He said that the experience injects a large dose of inspiration. “The instructors are so positive, supportive and encouraging—you can’t help leaving after five days feeling enthusiastic about improving yourself,” he continued.
“Everyone I’ve ever been able to convince to attend the camp has had the same experience. They are blown away by the quality of the instruction and by the approachability of the instructors, who go out of their way to offer assistance and give you tips on how you can improve.”
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