Lower Mainland Constabulary Pipe Band



The Lower Mainland Constabulary Pipe Band is the official police band of the Lower Mainland Constabulary (LMC). While it is primarily a pipe band, in that it uses mostly bagpipes and drums (several snare and tenor and one or two bass), other instruments are also used, especially the trumpet and tuba.

The LMC Pipe Band has a total of 60 active musicians (in addition to its pipe major and musical training assistants), all of whom are serving police officers of the Lower Mainland Constabulary; the band performs with 30 musicians at a time, meaning one group of 30 rotates with the other from one performance to the next. The LMC Pipe Band's primary function is performing musical numbers to accompany official LMC ceremonies and funerals, as well as annual graduations from Kennedy Police Academy and major public events like Remembrance Day and Canada Day.

The LMC Pipe Band's pipe major (director) is currently Assistant Chief Constable Ewan MacMillan, who has served as the band's pipe major since 2005, when he was still a Superintendent. MacMillan led the band during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were held in and around Vancouver.

The Lower Mainland Constabulary Pipe Band has its main rehearsal quarters at Columbia Street Station, the LMC headquarters in New Westminster. It is organisationally attached to the Office of the Chief Constable, but in practice typically reports to the Deputy Chief Constable.