Fountain Trust, a Grade 4 pipe band based in Indianapolis, IN.
The Fountain Trust Pipe Band is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Fountain Trust Company, a community bank, sponsors the band. We are first and foremost a competition pipe band. Without the support of the Fountain Trust Company Bank we would not be able to enjoy the awesome experience that is FTPB!
History
The Fountain Trust Pipe band was started in December 1999 with five pipers. The goal of the founding members was to create a stable long-term competition pipe band and to become a center for quality piping in Indiana.
The band first competed in grade 5 in 2002. The beginnings were rough. The first drum score the band ever received said “drummers not playing together at any time.” Fortunately the band improved and started moving up each year in the results. Five years later, in 2007, the band won Champion Supreme for grade 5 in the Midwest Pipe Band Association.
The band moved to grade 4 starting in the 2008 season and again started to work its way up through the ranks. The band first saw real competitive success in 2013 with 1st place at the Central Illinois Highland Games in Springfield. The next year, in 2014, the band won Champion Supreme for grade 4 in the Midwest Pipe Band Association.
The band upgraded to Grade 3 for the 2016 and 2017 seasons - one of the only bands in Indiana to have made this step.
In 2018, the band travelled to Scotland for the World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 4a, and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019.
The COVID era resulted, as with many bands, in a shake up in membership and leadership - but we emerged through the other side in a strong position to continue doing what we love!
Our Sponsor - The Fountain Trust Company
ABOUT THE BANK
The Fountain Trust Company is a locally-owned community bank based in Covington, Indiana. The bank was started in 1903 and has eleven branches throughout Fountain, Parke, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe Counties in Indiana. The Fountain Trust Company provides full banking services. The bank can be visited online at www.fountaintrust.com. Also visit the bank at any one of its extraordinary physical locations. The picture above is the bank’s fountain at its Covington location.
The Fountain Trust Company sponsors numerous activities and groups throughout West-Central Indiana, including various sports teams, the Lafayette Latino Festival, pancake breakfasts, and the annual Covington bicycle ride. The bank also sponsors its own pipe band!
Schedule
Weekly Practice:
Weeknight practices in 2023/24 are every Thursday at our Indianapolis location from 6.30PM to 8.30PM unless otherwise noted.
Sunday Practice:
Sunday Practices occur about once per month in preparation for competitions and events. These practices are held at our Columbus, IN, location, on the last Sunday of the month from 1.30 - 5.00 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS
Latvian Community Center
1008 W 64th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260
COLUMBUS
Faith Lutheran Church 6000 IN-46, Columbus, IN 47201
- Indiana