Guelph Pipe Band creates new program for youth [Video]

The Guelph Pipe Band has a new learning program aimed at encouraging more young people to pick up a drum or bagpipes.

The not-for-profit organization started a beginner and intermediate learning program on Monday nights. The beginner program is for kids under 18-years-old interested in learning to play the snare drum, bass drum, tenor drum or bagpipes. The intermediate program is for people of all ages with a little more experience, who may be asked to join the Guelph Pipe Band at the end of the program.

“We seem to have lots of pipers to go around for all the pipe bands in Ontario, but there’s been a shortage of drummers as of late,” Zack Miller, a drum instructor with the Guelph Pipe Band Teaching Program, said.

The programs are free for the first four classes and $10 a week after that.

“We want to make sure that it’s accessible …