Capital City Pipes and Drums: Established 1963

Capital City Pipes & Drums has been around for a LONG time! We’re starting a new page with interesting notes from throughout the band’s history. Stay tuned!

(Get it?  Because pipers are always tuning??  And because the page is under construction??)

Members of CCPD at the Franklin County Courthouse, Veterans' Day, 1978.

Performing at the Upper Arlington 4th of July parade in 1988.

A past drumhead.  Date unknown.

St Andrew’s Banquet circa 1975

Here’s a great article from 2014 about the band’s 50th anniversary. It includes photos and comments from Jay Moffett who is still our quartermaster and bass drummer, and if anything, his beard has only gotten more majestic.

https://columbusunderground.com/capital-city-pipes-drums-celebrates-50-years/

An early shoulder patch

Alma Highland Games 1974

Bobby Peters, the band’s founder, plays for Jack Nicklaus, the Golden Bear, and his wife Barbara.

Canadian National Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, 1972

The band performs at the Dublin St Patrick’s Day parade. Year unknown.

Veteran's Day, 1978.

At the Ohio Village. Date unknown.

Former pipe major, Glenn Harriman, approx 1978. His son Jeff and his grandson John are current pipers in the band.