Castlemaine Highland Pipe Band, practice and tuition

Band practice and tuition

The band practises every Thursday night from 7-9.00pm and on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. While our band hall is undergoing refurbishment in early 2010 we are relocating to the old Fire Station building in Templeton Street, Castlemaine. By May we should be resuming occupation of the band hall, which is located near the lake in the Botanical Gardens, Downes Road, Castlemaine, alongside the railway line.

The CFA hall

Monthly general meetings are currently held at either the Ray Bradfield rooms in Victory Park or at the old Fire Station in Templeton Street, on the third Sunday of each month from 21 January, followed by a full band practice session. Please feel free to visit us during any band practice - visitors are always welcome.

The band hall.

Practice Times
Thursday night	Weekly	7-10.00pm
Sunday afternoon	1st & 3rd each month Sunday practice is cancelled if there is a playing engagement that weekend	2.00 - 4.00pm

Tuition is provided to prospective band members free of charge for pipes, tenor, side and bass drum. Prospective pipers need to purchase a practice chanter, which range between $20-$125. The band has bagpipes which can be loaned to learners when they are ready to start playing, and eventually most members purchase their own instrument.

Annual membership fees are set at $10 per person, capped to $20 for family groups.

Practice around the table to learn and consolidate tunes.

Good advice imparted
Maldon Easter Parade 2007.