Jim McGillivray, Ontario, Canada

 When: Friday, 23 October 2009 (Labour Weekend)

Where:  St Andrews College,  Senior Lounge, Cnr Papanui and Normans Road, Christchurch

(Entrance off Papanui Road)

 Time:  7.30 pm

Cost $10.00

The recitial will include traditional bagpipes as  well as small pipes!   The prestigious Piper & Drummer magazine claims that Jim McGillivray is one of the best all round pipers EVER!

Solo piping prizes include the Gold Medals at Oban and Inverness, the Clasp at Inverness, the March/Strathspey & Reel at the Glenfiddich Championship as well as the North American Championships.

For 10 years in the 1970’s, he played a prominent role in the Guelph Pipe Band’s rise to the top rank of premier bands, leading the band in 1981 to it’s second North American Championship.  From 1988-1982, he was a member of the groundbreaking 78th Fraser Highlanders, winning three more North American titles.

Jim is an active international piping judge. He has adjudicated at the Clasp at Inverness, the Gold Medal and Senior Piobaireachd at Oban, The Bratach Gorm at the London Piping Sociey Contest, the March/Strathspey and Reel at the Glenfiddich Piping Championship as well as numerous competitions across North America.