The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band perform their Grade 1 March, Strathspey & Reel at the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green.
Formed in 1982 and based in Ontario, Canada, the 78th Frasers have long been regarded as one of North America’s leading pipe bands. In 1987 they made history by becoming the first non-Scottish band to win the Grade 1 World Pipe Band Championship, and they have remained a major force in international piping ever since. The band are led by Pipe Major Michael Grey, with Ian K. MacDonald as Pipe Sergeant and Kyle Wardell heading the drum corps.
The 2026 season saw the Frasers crowned North American Grade 1 Champions at the Glengarry Highland Games, winning both the Medley and MSR events before travelling to Scotland for the Worlds.
At Glasgow Green, the band finished 10th overall in a highly competitive 13-band Grade 1 field.
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