Recent updates to our site
10th Aug 04 - Results
page updated.
13th Sep 03 - Contest
dates for 2004 now online.
23nd Aug 03 - Ulster
results now online. UCPB take first place and best Drums.
16th Mar 03 - News
from last nights concert, The Pipe & The Fiddle
26th Feb 03 - News
from Open Night & Band get new Drums
16th Aug 02 - UCPB
Merchandise now available to order online (in conjunction with cafepress.com)
World Championships
Today :
Upper Crossgare Pipe Band
2003 Ulster Champions Grade 2
2003 Ulster Champion Drum Corps
to
the official Upper Crossgare
Pipe Band web site. Take a
moment to browse through the
site and find out a little
more about the history of
the band, its players, the
tunes we play, as well as
some useful links to other
piping and pipe band web
sites. We strive to keep our
results page up to date
after each contest we play
in as well as give you
information about all the major
contests throughout
the year.
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our guestbook
with your comments. Your
comments are valued so we
can make our site as useful
and as enjoyable to visit as
we can. Thank you for visiting our
site. Come back often to keep
in touch with the piping
world in Northern Ireland
and further a field.
The Upper Crossgare Website has received the 2002-2003 Golden Web Award from the International Association of Webmasters and Designers
The
band received its name from the town land in which it is situated, Upper
Crossgare, just outside the village of Dromara, Co. Down. For many years
music has been an attraction in the neighbourhood of Upper Crossgare, of
course not just pipes and drums but also flutes and drums. Upper Crossgare
wear the McLean of Duart tartan as pictured above and wear the clan crest
on their cap badge and kilt pin. The band has moved on significantly since
its formation in 1936 and are currently, under the instruction of Pipe
Major Trevor Connor (pictured above), one of the top Grade 2 bands in the 
