Member Spotlight: Tammy

An interview with bagpiper, Tammy Micelli: 1.) When did you get into bagpiping? I started learning bagpiping about 15 years ago. 2.) What made you start? I was with my daughter at her piano lessons. Somebody else was learning the…

Success at 2022 Milwaukee Games!

At the Milwaukee Highland Games on June 4, the The Alliance Pipe Band (Dundee Scottish + Chicago Highlanders Pipes and Drums) took 2nd place and got Best Bass and Midsection and Best Drum Corps. Great day with an awesome bunch!…

Member Spotlight: Grayson

Meet Grayson. Grayson started with Dundee Scottish in 2015 at the age of 13. “I have been playing drums ever since I could walk but started with Highland music when I was 8 years old at the Chicago Academy of…

3rd Place in Online Comp

Together with our partners in the Chicago Highlanders Pipes and Drums, playing our best on camera was a great exercise and earned us a 3rd place for band ensemble in the BagpipeLessons.com Fall 2021 World Online Piping & Drumming Championships!…

Updates on Waukesha 2021

UPDATE (AUGUST 25th): A substitute Pipes and Drums Contest has been arranged on September 4th by our Pipe Band Association! We will be competing as The Alliance Band. It will be at St. John Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield WI. …