| The South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum |
As Drum Major of the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum,
I would like to welcome you to our website.
The Mission of the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is to provide colorful and fitting Highland music that
pays tribute and honors our:
1.) Active United States Military Personnel;
2.) United States Military Veterans;
3.) Public Safety Employees; and,
4.) Others who reasonably and appropriately require
Traditional, Ceremonial and Military
Highland Piping and Drumming at:
Our goal is to bring honor, dignity, and a unique Highland respect
to those worthwhile and special occasions
that require deference, appreciation and beneficial notice.
Our objectives are also to preserve, teach and propagate those
traditional Highland arts to new generations of American citizens
in a variety of welcoming, enjoyable learning environments that
promote camaraderie, friendship and beneficial social impact.
Our work is integrally dedicated to enhancing the cultural diversity
and musical enrichment that may be experienced in the United States.
Please browse the pages to learn more about us.
Our website contains an informative Question and Answer page;
the historical background of our international piping heritage;
a gallery of photos; and, news of important events.
There are many additional pages in the
restricted and confidential areas of our website
available only to Marching Members.
Keep this in mind:
If you are interested in performing as a Marching Member,
the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
provides an enjoyable social environment
that inspires teamwork and creativity.
If you are interested in appointing the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe and Drum unit
to masterfully enhance the beneficial impact
of your planned, upcoming special event,
every courtesy will be extended to you.
If your are interested in financially supporting our
people-oriented, upbeat and worthwhile
Mission, Goal, Objectives and Work,
the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
Importantly, your contributions, bequests, devises, transfers or gifts
are tax deductible under section 170, 2055, 2106 and 2522
of the Internal Revenue Code.
As you will become wonderfully aware,
your benevolent gestures extended to the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
will be of great assistance,
you will be recognized and noticed; and,
you will make the difference few others can make.
The South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is completely dependent on benevolent charitable contributions;
and, receives no funds from any government agency.
Again, thank you for visiting the web home of the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum.
Best personal regards,
Robert Sorensen, Drum Major
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
605-413-5964
I would like to welcome you to our website.
The Mission of the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is to provide colorful and fitting Highland music that
pays tribute and honors our:
1.) Active United States Military Personnel;
2.) United States Military Veterans;
3.) Public Safety Employees; and,
4.) Others who reasonably and appropriately require
Traditional, Ceremonial and Military
Highland Piping and Drumming at:
- Highly Visible Public Ceremonies,
- Meaningful Private Observances; and,
- Prominent Patriotic Events.
Our goal is to bring honor, dignity, and a unique Highland respect
to those worthwhile and special occasions
that require deference, appreciation and beneficial notice.
Our objectives are also to preserve, teach and propagate those
traditional Highland arts to new generations of American citizens
in a variety of welcoming, enjoyable learning environments that
promote camaraderie, friendship and beneficial social impact.
Our work is integrally dedicated to enhancing the cultural diversity
and musical enrichment that may be experienced in the United States.
Please browse the pages to learn more about us.
Our website contains an informative Question and Answer page;
the historical background of our international piping heritage;
a gallery of photos; and, news of important events.
There are many additional pages in the
restricted and confidential areas of our website
available only to Marching Members.
Keep this in mind:
If you are interested in performing as a Marching Member,
the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
provides an enjoyable social environment
that inspires teamwork and creativity.
If you are interested in appointing the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe and Drum unit
to masterfully enhance the beneficial impact
of your planned, upcoming special event,
every courtesy will be extended to you.
If your are interested in financially supporting our
people-oriented, upbeat and worthwhile
Mission, Goal, Objectives and Work,
the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
Importantly, your contributions, bequests, devises, transfers or gifts
are tax deductible under section 170, 2055, 2106 and 2522
of the Internal Revenue Code.
As you will become wonderfully aware,
your benevolent gestures extended to the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
will be of great assistance,
you will be recognized and noticed; and,
you will make the difference few others can make.
The South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
is completely dependent on benevolent charitable contributions;
and, receives no funds from any government agency.
Again, thank you for visiting the web home of the
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum.
Best personal regards,
Robert Sorensen, Drum Major
South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum
605-413-5964
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Conserving Today Planning for Tomorrow ~~~~~~~~ The South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum is committed to protecting the environment and conserving our planet's natural resources. |
| Click on the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery logo above for a printable Perkins Voucher. With your voucher 10% of your purchase (excluding taxes) will be donated to the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum. Good at both Sioux Falls locations (except on Sundays from 6 AM to 2PM). Do it today . . . This is your moment! |
| Pipe Major Tom Coulson, pictured above as the appointed "Duty Piper" of the New Hampshire Highland Games, is the Hereditary Pipe Major of the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum. Pipe Major Coulson, W.O. II, Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Canadian Diviision, Essex Scottish 4th Brigade, 1st Battalion; was a graduate of the Army School of Bagpipe Music at Edinburgh. Pipe Major Coulson was a highly decorated Combat Veteran Piper of World War II and served actively from 1942 until 1955 Pipe Major Coulson's personally recorded bagpipe instruction and tutoring lessons, along with the bagpipes he played, are still in use by the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum. Find out more about the unique heritage of the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum by viewing the "OUR PIPING HERITAGE" webpage. Should you wish to join the South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum and learn the art of Highland Piping or Highland Drumming, you will be part of a team with a full, rich heritage of honor, service and benefit to society. |
| Above: South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum Marching Members take time to meet and talk to hospitalized US Veterans following the "Salute to Veterans" March, Sunday, October 3rd, 2010. |
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| South Dakota's Elite Pipe and Drum Band that Honors our Heroes |
| Other Pipe & Drum Bands We are Affiliated With in Our United Mission, Goal Objectives and Work. (click the button above) |
| It's the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us our Freedom of the Press. It's the Soldier, not the poet, Who has given us our Freedom of Speech. It's the Soldier, not the politician That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's the Soldier Who salutes our Flag, Who serves beneath our Flag, And whose coffin is draped by our Flag. |
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