The Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band has, in its long history, risen from a junior band in the tiny village of Dundonald, Fife to achieve rapid and constant success on the 1970s, winning championships in grades III and II and culminating in two winning performances at the World Pipe Band Championships in 1977 and 1978 in Grade I. Founded in 1929, the band has gone through many ups and down as well as name and leadership changes. Its success is often attributed to the band's policy of training its own pipers from a young age.
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