Alan McCormick - Piper

Year of Birth: 1973

Place of Birth: Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Occupation: Company Director

Year Began Playing: 1980

Year Joining Ballycoan PB: 1987

Previous Pipe Bands: Dromara, Anahilt

Individual Instructors: Ricky Newell, Joe McAdam, Brian Rea

Make of Pipes: Hendersons (African Blackwood circa 1935), Hendersons (Ebony circa 1895)

Favourite Pipe Bands: Simon Frazer University

Favourite Soloists: Gordon Walker, Fred Morrison

Favourite Composers: Fred Morrison, Don Bradford, Terry Tully

MSR of Choice: The Links of Forth, Susan MacLeod, The Sheepwife

Favourite Pipe Tunes: Mason's Apron, Kelsey's Wee Reel, Hamilton's Nutsack, Clumsy Lover

Individual Awards: A few prizes a long time ago, nothing to get excited about!

Favourite Memory with the Band: Far too many to single out just one (last 21 years have been great)

What You Would Like to Achieve with the Band: Short Term: A Top Six Finish at any Major. Long Term: Consistent prizes at Majors and a youth development band producing players for the future to keep it there.

Favourite Non-Pipe Band Music: Clannad, Hot House Flowers, Gun's & Roses, ZZ Top, Hendrix, James Brown, depending on what sort of mood I'm in at the time.

Favourite Food/Drink: Duck, Seafood, Guinness

Hobbies/Interests Outside of the Band: Rugby

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