Proper Pipe Band Decorum

[Ordway]

Purely out of interest, OCR. Does a Drum/Pipe Major of an American civilian pipe band give an American style salute or a British army style salute? Or, is up to the individual?

Jock: As an aside to your question of OCR, in Canada the salute has evolved to something which is neither British or American and is used by most pipe/drum majors, both civilian and military. The one notable exception is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who use the "longest way up shortest way down" British method on all occasions.