World Champion Bagpiper Returns to Maui
On March 14, award-winning bagpiper Jack Lee performed at a fundraising event for the Maui Celtic Pipes and Drums. He was joined on stage by his three sons, John, Andrew and Colin, who accompanied Jack and his wife Christine on their return visit to Maui.
JACK LEE and his sons Andrew, Colin and John at the Maui Scottish Piping Workshop in Hawaii.
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Jack Lee has been regarded as one of the world's leading bagpipers for 25 years. His accomplishments as a solo piper, band leader and teacher cause him to be much sought after as a performer, lecturer and teacher throughout the world. He is the Pipe Sergeant and co_founder of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, four- time winner of the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland.
As a solo piper, Jack has won nearly all the top awards available, including the Gold Medal at Inverness and Oban(Scotland), the Gold Clasp at Inverness (the premier award in the piping world, open only to former winners of the Gold Medal), the Senior Piobaireachd at Oban, the Silver Star at Inverness (twice), and the Glenfiddich Piobaireachd (pibroc) at Blair Athol, Scotland (twice). He is also 15-time winner of the BC Pipers Association Annual Gathering. Jack has a solo CD in the World's Greatest Pipers series available.
On a personal level, Jack and his brother Terry, were both awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada in 1999 for outstanding service to the country. Since his last visit to Maui, Jack won the Glenfiddich championships in Scotland which is the unofficial world championships.
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