Inveraray & District Pipe Band
Inveraray and District Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in Inveraray, Scotland. Founded in 2005, the band is one of the most successful in recent history, having won all five RSPBA Grade 2 championships in 2009 and attained top grade status in only four years.
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