Name: Neil Nicholson (Pipe Sergeant)
Occupation: Production Manager
Year you started playing pipes: 1978
Taught by: Harry Ellis
Ian Duncan
Previous bands: MacKenzie Caledonian Juveniles
Tayforth UOTC
Scotrail Vale of Atholl
City of Solford
Favourite tunes: Lament for the Viscount of Dundee, Jimmy Young
Favourite bands: FMM, Vale of Atholl
Favourite booze: Burgundy, or Turnip juice
Achievements/History of piping career: Neil became Pipe Sergeant of the band in 2002, after a brief stint as Pipe Major. He started out at the MacKenzie, then moved on to playing in Grade 1 with Scotrail Vale of Atholl. He then joined the City of Solford Pipe Band, before returning to the MacKenzie. Neil also won the Scottish UOTC Piobaireachd prize in 1984.