Major Two Dads - Reel
Composed by Master Corporal Doug K. Hamilton
This tune was written in June 1990,
after six members of the Regimental Pipes and Drums spent a
month in the United Kingdom. The Scottish Division performed
three nights running on Horse Guards Parade in London, with
representatives from the Pipes and Drums and Military Bands of
not only every regiment in the Division, but also musicians from
affiliate regiments throughout Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
Malaya and Nepal. Several hundred performers took part in this
Beating Retreat ceremony (the final performance of which was
attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Royal Highness
Prince Phillip, Her Royal Highness Elizabeth the Queen Mother,
and other members of the Royal Family) and the several dozen
guests were assembled into a "Commonwealth Contingent" commanded
during the weeks of rehearsals by a Major Rutherford-Young of
the London Scottish Regiment. Many of the Canadians found the
use of hyphenated names a bit puzzling, and jocularly referred
to their new commander by several names, including the monicker
used as the name of this pipe tune.
At right - Major
Rutherford-Young, The London Scottish, as he appeared for the
Beating Retreat on Horse Guards, London, England, June 1990. |
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Kim Kathleen Pullen - 6/8 Slow
March
Composed by Private Josh L. Pullen
Written in honour of his mother in May 1990.
Fiona's Waltz - 6/8 Waltz
Composed by Master Corporal Doug K. Hamilton
Written by Pipe Sergeant Doug Hamilton in
May 1990, this tune commemorated the birth of his first child,
daughter Fiona.
Pipe Major R.W. Henderson, CD -
2/4 Hornpipe
Composed by Master Corporal Doug K. Hamilton
Written in July 1990,
this tune commemorates the service of Pipe Major Robert W. Henderson,
whose contributions to the band may be evidenced by the prominence of
his name among the list of original compositions listed here.
1989
Sergeant Major Helen Kozicky - 4/4
Quick March
Composed by Pipe Major Robert W. Henderson
This march was written in
January 1989 in honour of one of the first female soldiers to serve as
a Calgary Highlander rather than as a member of the Canadian Women's
Army Corps or other organization and retired from the military as a
Warrant Officer.
Basil B. Pierce - 6/8 Jig
Composed by Pipe Major Robert W. Henderson
Written in February 1989 as a tribute to a beloved pet of
Honourary Lieutenant Colonel Jack Pierce.
Ian Still's Dirk - 6/8 Jig
Composed by Corporal Michael A. Dorosh
Ian Still had been an
engineer from Scotland who had played for the RCEME Regiment Pipe Band
in Lethbridge, Alberta. When the Regiment was reduced, Captain Still
transferred to Calgary and hid his commission when he joined the Pipes
and Drums of the Calgary Highlanders. He retired as a Master Corporal
in 1983, suffered a massive stroke soon after, and passed away in
1988. His widow made it known to Pipe Major Henderson that she wished
to sell his dirk, and Corporal Dorosh purchased the item from her, as
dress regulations permitted it to be worn in Full Dress as well as
shirt sleeve order in the summer. The tune was written in August
1989.
1988
Lieutenant Colonel ME Dennis Farewell
To The Calgary Highlanders - 6/8 Quick March
Composed by Pipe Major Robert W. Henderson
This march was played at the official
Change of Command Parade that year and was composed in June.
D.B. Buchanan - Reel
Composed by Corporal Doug K. Hamilton
This reel was composed in
August 1988 and named in memory of a fellow musician who served with
Corporal Hamilton on public duties at Parliament Hill as part of the
Ceremonial Guard. "D.B." is also, it may be noted, the abbreviation
for Detention Barracks, a military prison.
Auld Mewata - 6/8 Quick March
Composed by Cadet Corporal Jody Marchuk (2137 Calgary
Highlanders Cadet Corps)
This tune was composed in
tribute to Mewata Armouries. The building was part of a widespread
move across Canada in the early part of the 20th Century to construct
permanent facilities for local Militia units. Mewata Armouries was
completed in 1917, and has been the home of the Calgary Highlanders
since the inception of the Regiment in 1921.
1987
The Sloedam - 6/8 Slow March
Composed by Pipe Major Robert W. Henderson
This slow march was
written during a trip to The Netherlands where a memorial to the
fighting at Walcheren Causeway, of which The Calgary Highlanders
played a large part - was dedicated. Pipe Major Henderson's
inspiration was "Bonnie Dundee", the company march of "D" Company who
were the first soldiers to reach the far end of the Causeway,
eliminating German opposition at the western end and creating a firm
bridgehead on Walcheren Island.
This tune has since become the
semi-official Slow March of the Regiment.
1984
City of Airdrie - 6/8 Quick March
Composed by Pipe Major William Grieve
This tune marked the
official incorporation of Airdrie as a City of the province of
Alberta, taking effect on 1 January 1985. Airdrie was granted status
as a village in 1909 and as a town in 1974. Located just north of
Calgary on the Number two highway, this thriving community has been
home to a Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps affiliated with The Calgary
Highlanders.
1983
Lieutenant Colonel PF Hughes, CD,
Soldier of the Queen - March
Composed by Pipe Major William Grieve
Written in honour of Colonel PF Hughes,
who as a Lieutenant Colonel commanded the Calgary Highlanders from
1979 to 1982.
1982
Mannix Stag - Jig
Composed by Pipe Major William Grieve
Written on the occasion
of the wedding of Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Fred Mannix in December
1982. First played at the stag dinner held at the Ranchman's Club in
Calgary prior to his wedding to Li-Anne Smith.
1976
Lieutenant Colonel GD Stewart
Composed by Piper Doug Raffan
Written to honour Lieutenant Colonel GD
Stewart, CD, Commanding Officer of The Calgary Highlanders from
1973-1976.
1942
Lieutenant Colonel J. Fred Scott
Farewell To the Calgary Highlanders - March
Composed by Pipe Major Neil Sutherland
Written in honour of the
Commanding Officer of the First Battalion in March 1942. J. Fred
Scott had served in the First World War and in 1939 commanded the 15th
Alberta Light Horse. He was chosen upon mobilization in September to
command the First Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders, and helped
form and mold the unit. Very well liked by his men, Lieutenant
Colonel Scott also was a driving force behind the adoption of Battle
Drill training not just in the regiment but throughout the Canadian
Army. In 1942 he left the Regiment to take command of a Battle Drill
school in Canada. J. Fred Scott (known affectionately in the Calgary
Highlanders as "J. Fred God") retired from the Army as a Colonel and
today has an elementary school named after him. |
