User:Piping Bear/Atholl Highlanders (USA) Pipes & Drums of Stone Mountain

A pipe band out of the town of Stone Mountain,Georgia. The band is the pipe band of Clan Murray and wears the distinctive Murray of Atholl tartan.

History
The band was first formed in 1981 as the James Reid Pipes & Drums. In 1983, Lord George Iain Murray, the 10th Duke of Atholl, granted the band permission to wear the Murray of Atholl tartan, to bear the name “Atholl Highlanders” and to be his representative in America. The band has no official connection beyond this to the Atholl Highlanders in Scotland. Lord Murray also granted similar rights to The Murray Pipes & Drums of Gothenburg, Sweden.

In January 2000, the Atholl Highlanders were the first pipe band to appear at a Super Bowl game, performing the National Anthem with singer Faith Hill at Super Bowl XXXIV (34) in Atlanta. The band participated in the Millennium Piping Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in August of that year, joining with over 8,500 pipers and drummers parading through the city to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The band was in the 2002 Tunes of Glory parade in New York City, with just under 7,000 marching up the Avenue of the Americas. The band has also performed in the Atlanta Braves 9-11 Remembrance pre-game ceremonies. The band returned to Edinburgh for the Pipe Fest 2005 parade, marching with more than 9,800 pipers and drummers from around the world. The band plans to participate in the 2010 Global Challenge, a project by Pipe Fest to connect as many pipe bands around the world in different towns and cities around the world for the first around the world massed pipe band performance.

List of Officers
Pipe Section

Pipe Major
 * Evan L. Kohler-Camp(1999-Present)
 * Berkeley Strobel (1989-1999)
 * Chuck Calmbacher (1983)-(1988)
 * Dave Brown - Founder - (1981)-(1983)

Pipe Sergeant
 * Ben Summers(2007-present)
 * Lisa Wight(2007-present)

Pipe Corporal
 * Dennis Duncan(2007-present)
 * John Murray(2007-present)

Drum Section

Drum Major
 * Don Bogue (1996-present)
 * Rob Volz (2006)-(present)
 * John Rodgers ?-(?)
 * Bob Harlan (?-?)
 * Paul Braman (1981)-(1984)

Drum Sergeant
 * Konrad Klemens(?-present)