The City of Inverness Youth Pipe Band showed off their new drum kit during a charity performance at the weekend.
The group played at a charity event at Tesco Ness-side, attended by guest of honour Provost Helen Carmichael.
During the event, the provost inspected a new set of drums bought by the group thanks to an £4,500 award from the Inverness Common Good Fund.
Rhona Nicholson, co-chairwoman of the band’s parent committee, thanked Highland Council’s Inverness area committee for allocating the cash to the group, and said it would enable them to encourage their young members to develop their skills.
She added: “The funding has enabled us to provide our young drummers with six new side drums, two new tenor drums and one new bass drum.
“Apart from sounding amazing, the new drums are lighter in weight, of modern technology and purchased in blue to match the band’s kilt uniform, giving a great incentive to the drum corps to develop. While the new drum kit will be used on parade and in performances, the old drums will be used to develop the up-and-coming learners aspiring to play in the band in the future.”
Provost Carmichael said: “Inverness members are delighted to support the City of Inverness Youth Pipe Band. The young musicians are a credit to their parents, tutors and themselves and are great ambassadors for the City of Inverness.
“We are always delighted to see the young players turn out looking and sounding extremely professional and we hope that the new drums will help to ensure that the band goes on from strength to strength.”
The City of Inverness Youth Pipe Band meets on Monday evenings during school terms at Millburn Academy, Inverness.