Scottish Drum Major Resources
Contents
Copyrights remain with the producers of the materials below.
- Manuals
- Books
- Competition Rules
- Training Videos
- Exhibition Videos
- Mace Manufacturers
- Mace Cases
- DM Uniform Suppliers
- Associations
Manuals
- With the kind permission of the RDMA, the Dress, Drill and Mace manuals are available here in PDF format. (Note: the Halt Drill in the Drill manual needs revision.)
- RSPBA Drum Major Manual
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Dress Regulations Part Two (this is for pipes and drums)
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Dress Regulations (this is for non-band members)
- Glen Erin Pipe Band (Lansing MI) Drill Manual (2004)
- Drum Major Joe MacDonald Pipe Band Drum Major Basic Guide v2.1 (This is at the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps web site)
- Australian Pipe Band College Drill and Dress Training Manual (1995) and other useful presentations
- Pipe Bands Association of South Africa Drum Major's Manual (2015)
- Chicago Highlanders -- Jack Taylor's DM Manual
Books
- Drum Major's Handbook by Sgt. E. Burgess
- On Parade by DM Edgar MacIntyre; basically out of print but copies appear at used book stores such as Half Price Books
Competition Rules
- RDMA Contest Regulations v2.0
- RSPBA Standing Orders and Rules (See Section 6)
- EUSPBA Competition Rules (updated 1/2022; see Section E)
- WUSPBA Drum Major Rules
Training Videos
- Jason Paguio -- Six Easy Flourishes
- DM Billy Jordan has a 4-disc set of DM Videos available on DVD from Highland Drum Major LTD
- Artemus Macayan (Arty Mac) Two dozen Basic to Advanced tutorials
- US Army Adjutant General Drum Major Training 18 videos for bands (not necessarily pipe bands but there is overlap in drill)
Exhibition Videos
All of the following are on YouTube:- 2022 World Champion Kara Gilmour at Kids with Cancer Concert 2023 (she flourishes with TWO maces)
- 2022 Juvenile World Champion Louis Anderson at Kids with Cancer Concert 2023
- 2022 Junior World Champion Jorja Turkington at Kids with Cancer Concert 2023
- Emma Barr, Lauren Hanna, James Kennedy, Jason Price and Louise Smiton at Kids with Cancer Charity Night 2019
- Jason Paguio Regimental Mace Company video
- Jason Pagiuo with Las Vegas Pipe Band (2018)
- Jason Paguio with Simon Fraser Univ. Pipe Band (2nd tune) (2015)
- Jason Paguio Winter Storm 2011
- Jason Paguio Pacific Tattoo (2012)
- Brian Wilson Pipe Fest Japan 2008
- Brian Wilson at KR&AC (2008)
- Jason Paguio and Paula Braiden Piping Live 2013
- Paula Braiden and six other DMs Sankt Galler Tattoo 2016
- Paula Braiden Monaghan and the PB DMs Vow Accordion Mini Tattoo 2018
- Billy Jordan, Iona Burns and Cameron Finch Messe Erfurt 2011
- Billy Jordan and the DM Drill Team Deutschland Military Tattoo 2013
- International Drum Majors -- Big Rab Show Beer Tent 2021 DMs flourish at their practice fields
- Drum Major Challenge Fulda Military Tattoo 2009
Mace Manufacturers
- The Moffett Mace (Antrim, Northern Ireland) (custom made by Leslie Moffett)
- Regimental Mace Company (now a part of Dalman and Narborough)
- Revolution Mace (Sold by Highland Drum Major, LTD)
- Paul Roberts Maces (custom made in the Netherlands)
- Premier Ceremonial Mace
- Available in the US from
- The Piper's Hut Premier mace
- Henderson's Pipe, Drum and Uniform Supply
- The Piper's Hut Premier mace
- Amazing Mace from Smith and Walbridge; fiberglass shaft but designed for big impacts
Mace Cases
DM Uniform Suppliers
- J. Higgins
- My Kiltmaker for Regimental-style DMs
- Highland Drum Major Ltd
- USA Kilts
Associations
- • Regimental Drum Major Association (RDMA)Facebook page
- Association of Scottish drum majors with photos and manuals
- • World Drum Major Association Facebook
page
- mostly marching band drum majors
last posting in 2019; as of June 2020, the organization web site at www.worlddrummajor.org is not in operation - • Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA)
- organization that coordinates rules and activities of PBAs in the U.S. and Canada
- • Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA)
- granddaddy of all PBAs
- • Eastern U.S. Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA)
- includes bands along the East and Gulf coasts inland to Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona
- • MidWest Pipe Band Association (MWPBA)
- bands from 14 states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma
- • Western U.S. Pipe Band Association (WUSPBA)
- bands from Oregon, California, southern Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
- • British Columbia Pipers Association (BCPA)
- bands from British Columbia, Washington and Oregon
- • Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO)
- bands from Oregon, California, southern Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
Drum Majors
Regimental DMs
Dress Faults
DM Tips
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updated: Jan 2023