FUTURE EVENTS

The Lone Pipers band will play in Normandy in 2024.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE COMBINED PERFORMANCES EVENTS WITH THE BAGPIPERS OF THE WORLD UNITED (BOWU) SEE THE PAGE BOWU

HERE YOU WILL FIND EXAMPLES OF HOW TO PLAY THE TUNES AND SHEETMUSIC

Our Normandy 2024 program:

 

For now, it looks like this will be our program in June. (Please be aware that some things might change!)

V = Voluntary

 

Monday June 3rd

Afternoon : arrival Normandy (we can enter the lodgings after 15.00 hour)

Evening : (V) Band dinner at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville

: band rehearsal at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville

 

Tuesday June 4th

Morning : Ceremony Pegasus Bridge Memorial (Ranville) and veteran tribute 6th Div Airborne with

BOWU

Afternoon : (V) visit museum: Bayeux Memorial 1944 and Bayeux War Cemetery

Evening : Fundraiser with Steven Oldrid, details of the whole set-up will follow later

 

Wednesday  June 5th

Morning  : (V) Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery

Afternoon : International Parade pipe- & drum bands with BOWU                    

Evening : Parade Camping Canadian Scottish Gray-sur-mer, dinner included 

 

Thursday June 6th

Early morning : (6am) Opening Commandos March Sword Beach/ with BOWU Parade end of march

with Marines and Lann Bihoué

Afternoon : Parade over Pegasus Bridge and playing in front and inside the museum Pegasus

Memorial

Evening : Joined dinner at the camping

: (V) D-Day Normandy Cup & Trophy Bill Millin Benouville/ Concert Celtica Rock &

Mass Pipe Band                

 

Friday June 7th

Morning : (V) Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados) parade military vehicles, starting at Overlord

Museum at 8 am, going to Omaha Beach back to Overlord Museum.

Afternoon : ( V) Cimetière Militaire Allemand de La Cambe 

: (V) Sainte-Mère-Église, 50480 or Point du Hoc or US cemetery

Evening : Farewell dinner with the band at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville

 

Saturday June 8th

Morning : Time to say goodbye