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====Bands====
[[File:GRC 3029+.jpg|thumb|An RCMP pipe and drum band in 2013.]]
There are eight regional RCMP pipe bands across Canada that act as "garrison bands" for the provincial division, and attend parades, police ceremonies, and public events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pipes, Drums and Dancers: Nova Scotia |url=https://www.rcmppipeband.ca/ |access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> The first of these bands were established in 1992 in [[Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=RCMP Community Bands of Pipes and Drums |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pd-ct/index-eng.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827022204/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pd-ct/index-eng.htm |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2019 |publisher=RCMP}}</ref> The following are the locations of the regional volunteer pipe bands:

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*[[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*[[Moncton]]
*[[Montreal]] (part of [[The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Quebec|"C" Division]])
*[[Ottawa]]
*[[Winnipeg]]
*[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] (part of "F" Division)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rcmpregina.tripod.com/id12.html |title=Band Information: A Community Partnership |publisher=RCMP Regina Pipes and Drums|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Edmonton]]
*[[Vancouver]] (part of [[RCMP "E" Division|"E" Division]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcmppipeband.com/history_bc.htm |title=History – "E" Division |publisher=RCMP "E" Division Pipe Band (British Columbia)|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
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Before 1994, the RCMP also operated the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band ({{Langx|fr|La Musique de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada}}) was the RCMP's central musical ensemble. It was considered one of the best professional bands assembled in Canada.<ref name="RCMP-Band">{{cite web |date=26 April 2014 |title=History |url=https://rcmpband.ca/history/ |website=RCMP Band}}</ref><ref name="Altissimo">{{cite web |title=The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band |url=https://militarymusic.com/blogs/military-music/13516489-the-royal-canadian-mounted-police-band |website=Altissimo!}}</ref> Although it was an official regimental band, the members worked in the band as a secondary job. It is generally considered to have begun in 1938, though various police bands in the RCMP flourished at the time, leading the [[Canadian government]] approving the creation of a full-time central band in December 1958, with its headquarters in the capital of [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luscombe |first1=Stephen |title=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/canadiancavalry/rcmpbands.htm |website=www.britishempire.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Altissimo" /> Appearances made by the band included [[Expo 86]] and the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings|Commonwealth Conference]] in [[Vancouver]], the [[Calgary Winter Olympics]] in 1988, as well as the visits of [[Soviet President]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1990.<ref name="Altissimo" /><ref name="RCMP-Band"/>

It was dissolved in 1994 due to government budget cuts. In its 55-year existence, it operated as a voluntary regimental band, with its members working with it as a secondary job apart from their other duties in the RCMP. Members of the band wore the RCMP's [[Red Serge]] as part of their [[full dress uniform]] and adopted drill seen in [[Canadian military bands]] and bands in the [[British Army]]. Its longest-serving director was Superintendent Edwin Joseph Lydall, who served from 1948 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ontario – Ottawa – Miscellaneous Obituaries |url=http://canadianobits.com/ontario/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/427 |website=canadianobits.com}}</ref>