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History of The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Regimental Band was founded on the Citadel campus in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1909, with Marine Corps General Harry K. Pickett in command. The Regimental Band makes up one of the twenty-one companies of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Regimental Band and Pipes functions as a single cadet company at The Citadel, it actually has two parts – the Regimental Band<\/a> and the Pipe Band<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Regimental Pipes was formed and joined the college\u2019s band in 1955. The Pipes Band is composed of a drum major, pipers and drummers and is highly competitive at Grades IV and V at Highland Games all over the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members have marched during inaugural parades and national functions and played for the President of the United States on numerous occasions including marching in the Presidential Inauguration Parades of 1953 and 1961. In 1985, the Regimental Band and Pipes traveled to Washington for the Presidential Inauguration, but extreme cold weather cancelled the parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1991, the band participated in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland, becoming the first military college selected for the honor. They returned in 2010 as the only unit from the United States to appear at the Silver Jubilee of the Tattoo and appeared again in 2015 and 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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