{{Short description|American pipe band}} {{Infobox pipe band | name = Manchester Pipe Band | image = | established = 1914 | location = Manchester, Connecticut | grade = 3 | major = Daniel Pislowski | tartan = Ancient Hunting Sinclair | honours = 2nd place, overall EUSPBA Grade 2 standings, 2007; 1st place, overall 2009 EUSPBA Grade 2 standings | website = [http://www.manchesterpb.org/main.php?pageName=results.php www.manchesterpb.org] |}}
The '''Manchester Pipe Band''' is a grade two pipe band from Manchester, Connecticut. It was founded in 1914 and is the second oldest pipe band in continuous existence in the United States, after the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band which inspired its founding.<ref>[http://www.manchesterpb.org/main.php?pageName=history.php Manchester Pipe Band<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester Pipe Band First Stepped Out In The World War I Era|last=Jensen|first=Cindi|work=Hartford Courant|date=May 16, 1996|url=https://www.courant.com/1996/05/16/manchester-pipe-band-first-stepped-out-in-the-world-war-i-era/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203125841/http://articles.courant.com/1996-05-16/news/9605150086_1_manchester-pipe-band-bagpipes-band-in-continuous-existence|archive-date=December 3, 2015|url-status=live|quote=The Manchester Pipe Band is the second-oldest pipe band in continuous existence in the United States -- and one of four in Manchester. As the story goes, it began 'with 20 students and a dream in those dark days prior to World War I.' When Pipe Major Alex Scot and the Holyoke Pipe Band paid a visit to Manchester in 1913, their traditional bagpipe music set the imaginations of this area's Celtic population on fire.}}</ref> Currently, the band competes in grade 3 of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. The band has previously been in Grade 2, in which it took second place in 2007 and first place in 2009.<ref>[http://results.euspba.org/reportgen/Reports/Season_Standings_2007-10.html TriadIndividualReport<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030045940/http://results.euspba.org/reportgen/Reports/Season_Standings_2007-10.html |date=2008-10-30 }}</ref>
==See also== *Pipe Band
==References== <references/>
==External links== * http://www.manchesterpb.org/
Category:Pipe bands Category:Grade 2 pipe bands