Pipe Major Alfie Rea

Year of Birth: 1968

Place of Birth: Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Occupation: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Year Began Playing: 1981

Year Joining Ballycoan PB: 1979

Previous Pipe Bands: Field Marshal Montgomery

Individual Instructors: Brian Rea

Make of Pipes: Hendersons (circa 1953)

Favourite Pipe Bands: Simon Frazer University, Field Marshal Montgomery

Favourite Soloists: Gordon Walker

Favourite Composers: Phillip Greer

MSR of Choice: Links of Forth, Blair Drummond, Pretty Marion

Favourite Pipe Tunes: Walking the Plank

Individual Awards:

Favourite Non-Pipe Band Music: U2, Annie Lennox, Beautiful South

Favourite Food/Drink: Fish, Black Bush Whiskey

Hobbies/Interests Outside of the Band: Football

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