Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums

About Me

In the early part 2004 two emergency service workers united with a common goal. Tom McGovern, a police officer, and Paul DeLeo, a professional firefighter, conspired to found the very first Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipe Band. Their intention was to provide honor and remembrance for fallen brothers in service. As well, the band would participate in fundraisers for brothers in need and contribute to charitable causes. After some initial meetings and promotion of the need for membership, the band quickly grew and began to organize. Thankfully, member interest was received from all over Middlesex County. Thus, the band benefited by incorporating the input and advises of some of the areas best minds in the pipe band business. With this knowledge we march onward. Our uniforms include the traditional kilts and Glengarry bonnets. We renamed the particular plaid used for our kilts in honor of Eddie Strauss, a civilian employee of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. The patch used on the uniforms is also dedicated to Strauss, Richard Rodrigues of Perth Amboy, a Port Authority Police Officer who died that day, and to New Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief James D'Heron, who was killed September 3, 2004 when he ran into a burning building to rescue the occupants. The patch design includes a police officers shield and the Maltese cross. Our spats have black buttons as a showing of mourning for our deceased brothers and sisters.

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Member Since: 2/21/2006
Band Website: mcpfpd.com
Band Members: 4/07 - 4/08 Officers BAND MANAGER - RICH VANDEURSEN/PIPE MAJOR - MIKE "SOUP" CAMPBELL/DRUM MAJOR - ROBERT VERNEY/DRUM SGT - DOUG BURRELL/TREASURER - TOM KAMINSKI/SECRETARY - JEFF BURRELL/QUARTERMASTER - BOB VERNEY/PIPES INSTRUCTOR- Brian O Kane/DRUM INSTRUCTOR - BILL BIRCH/ WEB MASTER - SCOTT AITKEN/""PIPERS""JAMES "SOUP" CAMPBELL/RICH CULTON/JOE DIEHM/BRYAN GROSSMAN/TOM KAMINSKI/DAVE O’DONNELL/BILL O’LEARY/VINNY TOTKA/JEFF BURRELL/DAVE SHAFER/SHAWN KEHOE/SCOTT AITKEN/FRANK CAPRON/GLENN SKARZYNSKI/FRANK BAL/ALLAN MCDERMOTT/RICH STROMBERG/STU PFEIFFER/DAVID LYNCH/SHARON FARRELL/ALEX BLESCH/ALAN STRADER/RYAN TRABALKA/KEVIN KENNY/FRED FENNING/BILL LEMIRE/"""DRUMMERS"""DANNY JACKO/BOB VERNEY/DOUG BURRELL/KEN DROST/DAVE MARTELLA/DONNA BURRELL/DOUG REIGHARD/RICH VANDEURSEN/BRIAN DZIOMBA/ED MULLER/
Influences: MISSION STATEMENT To honor fallen law enforcement and fire fighters who have given their lives in service. We desire to strengthen relations between the protective services and the public. To preserve cultural heritage and enrich our community by providing traditional Bagpipe and Drum music.
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