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Happy Fourth of July! The band marched in the City of Fairfax Independence Day Parade today. This parade is in conjunction with Fairfax’s “Future Firefighters Day” which aims to provide children and families with activities on fire safety and education. 

Check out the band’s Facebook page for more pictures and videos of the parade!

This past weekend the band joined with members of service bands from across the Commonwealth to honor our fallen. The 28th annual Virginia Fallen Firefighters & Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service was held on Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Richmond, VA.

https://www.vafire.com/virginia-fallen-firefighters-ems-memorial-service/

This weekend the band traveled to Chincoteague, Virginia to celebrate the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company’s 100th year of service. We were joined by some Chincoteague ponies while taking a photo!

This weekend the band traveled to the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and passed in the line of duty.

Thank you to the city of Manassas for an excellent St. Patrick’s Day Parade! The band welcomed three new members to the street today:

Angela Taury on snare drum
Tom Donovan on pipes
Eamonn Radburn on pipes

Here’s to many more parades!

The band also joined together with members of the Williamsburg Pipes and Drums and Washington Scottish Pipe Band to play some tunes post-parade, including “Highland Cathedral”, “Wings”, and “The Rowan Tree”.

Thank you to all of the friends, family, and supporters who came to cheer us on at The Ballyshaners 42nd Alexandria St. Patrick’s Day Parade last weekend! The band played some Irish favorites, including “Let Erin Remember”, “20 Men from Dublin Town”, “Sean South of Garryowen”, and “Wrap The Green Flag ‘Round Me Boys”.

This was one of our new member’s, Paul Durning on snare drum, first parade with the band. Welcome to the circle, Paul!

See you all at the Manassas St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 8th!

The Northern Virginia Firefighters’ Emerald Society Pipe Band will be doing a St Patrick’s Day pub crawl ON St Patrick’s Day (March 17). We are going to be using this for a fund raiser so please come out and support us. Below is our schedule of pubs:

3:45 – 4:30ish — PJ Skidoo’s (Fairfax city)
5:00 – 6:15ish — Ned Devine’s (Herndon)
6:30 – 7:00ish – P.J. Mulligans Social House (Herndon)
7:15 – 7:45ish – Bar Louie (Herndon)
8:00 – 8:45ish – Sully’s Pourhouse (Herndon)
9:00 – 9:30ish – Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern (Herndon)
10:00 – 10:30 – Patriots Pub and Grill (Fairfax City)

Hope to see you there!

Steve Boulton has served as the Pipe Major for the Northern Virginia Firefighters’ Emerald Society Pipe Band for the last two years with distinction. Under his tenure, we have acquired an excellent piping instructor and through both their efforts the band is sounding better than it probably ever has. Steve has decided that it is time for someone else to take over the reigns of the band and while he is not leaving the band, he has stepped down as Pipe Major. Thank you Steve for all you’ve done for the band!

Our new Pipe Major will be Jason Allen, who was elected at the Annual Membership Meeting on January 29,2020 and will serve a two year term. Jason was a former Drum Sgt in the band and then took up the pipes and has become an excellent piper. Congratulations to Jason as he takes on his new role!

The band held its Annual Membership Meeting on January 29, 2020 and elected its new Board of Directors for the 2020 year. The new board is:

President – Matt Lopez
Vice President – Bill Bryce
Treasurer – Tom Clappi
Secretary – Jim Kraftchak
Member-at-Large – Jim Ryan

Congratulations to the new board as they start the new year!