The 96th Highlanders Pipes and Drums youth band is a non-profit organization that has preserved and promoted Highland piping and drumming in Saskatoon for over 60 years. Formed in the early 1960s, as the Saskatoon Boys Pipe Band, the band changed its name to the 96th Highlanders in 1989. The 96th take its name from the 96th Canadian Infantry Battalion that was formed in Saskatoon in 1915. The battalion consisted of 768 soldiers and fought in World War I. Their pipe band consisted of twelve pipers and six drummers. Veterans of the battalion formally presented their cap badge to the band in 1966.
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