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 Jim Kilpatrick, MBE
At the age of 15, Jim joined the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band and won the World Drum Corps Championship — the first of Jim's eighteen World Drum Corps titles, including a record-breaking eleven wins in a row. In 2005, Jim's Shotts & Dykehead corps won Best Drum Corps, and the pipe band the World Championship.
Jim won the 2005 World Solo Drumming Championship, breaking his own record with sixteen crowns. He is regarded as the world's greatest exponent of Scottish-style snare drumming.
Craig “Hoss” Colquhoun
Craig "Hoss" Colquhoun’s eclectic musical interests led him at age 10 to the Kincardine (Ontario) Scottish Pipe Band. From there, Craig went on to play with Bruce County Pipe Band, MacNish Distillery, ScotsAire, Toronto Transit, and finally the 78th Fraser Highlanders.
While his education was in jazz performance and mechanical engineering, he spent the past 30 years playing in Pipe Bands. During this time he earned numerous Championships for Bass Drumming including three times Canadian, three times United States, five times North American, and an unprecedented three times World Champion.
All of these awards were accomplished using an instrument crafted by Craig himself. In a remarkably short period of time, the legendary Hosbilt drums, now produced by Premier Percussion, have forever changed the sound of the modern day Pipe Band.
Today, Craig is much sought after worldwide for instruction of Bass Drumming for Pipe Band workshops.
 John Fisher
A former North American Drumming Champion, John was a member of the World Champion Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band drum corps under the leadership of Alex Duthart. John was most recently Lead Drummer of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, and performed for many years as a session drummer in Los Angeles and Canada. With over 25 years experience as a performer and educator, John has gained an international reputation as a master of technique.
 Tyler Fry
Tyler Fry is considered by many to be the fastest and most musical stick flourisher in the world. Awarded every major professional solo championship title in North America by the age of 14, Tyler was a member of three World Champion mid-sections with the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, most recently in 2003. As a member of House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band, he helped win the 2005 World Pipe Band Championship and Best Drum Corps titles. He instructs the mid-section of the St. Thomas' Episcopal School Pipe Band, the 2006 Juvenile World Champions.
A member of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario Music Board, Tyler travels extensively throughout Europe and the Americas performing master classes. His company TyFry produces a popular tenor drumstick and an instructional CD-ROM. TyFry sponsors the Gold Medal Tenor Drumming Championship of the same name.
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