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halifax , nova scotia , canada 1 alex gandy mackenzie 1st place , north american pipe band jeremy keddy 300px 78th highlanders -lrb- halifax citadel -rrb- pipe band
 78th highlanders -lrb- halifax citadel -rrb- pipe band 1983
78th highlanders -lrb- halifax citadel -rrb- pipe band

the 78th highlanders -lrb- halifax citadel -rrb- pipe band is a grade one pipe band formed in 1983 in halifax , nova scotia , canada .
they work in conjunction with a re-enactor troop for the 78th -lrb- highlanders -rrb- regiment of foot , the regiment that spent almost three years stationed at citadel hill -lrb- fort george -rrb- -lrb- 1869-1871 -rrb- .
when the 78th highlanders were in halifax they had 21 drummers and 6 pipers .
today there are approximately 60 pipers and drummers .
pipe major of the original regiment alexander mckellar wrote many compositions named after numerous battles of the 78th regiment .
some of these including the 78th 's farewell to belgaum , burning of the piper 's hut , highland brigade 's march to lucknow and the barren rocks of aden .
there was some dispute about the authorship of the barren rocks of aden , to which mckellar responded , `` the air is mine .
the name is mine .
who has a better right to give a name to a child but the father . ''
the band played the song `` mull of kintyre '' live with sir paul mccartney on july 11 , 2009 in halifax .
the band 's pipe major is alex gandy and the lead drummer is jeremy keddy .
