Founded in 1994, the Dunlap Highland Band is Maine's longest-running community pipe band. The band was originally named the Dunlap Fraternal Highlanders after its founding location: a masonic lodge in Biddeford, Maine. 

Before switching to the band's current tartan, the uniform was patterned off the Black Watch’s No. 1 dress uniform. With pipers wearing the Royal Stewart tartan and drummers wearing the Black Watch tartan patterns to distinguish between the two band corps. 

In the late 1990s, under the leadership of Pipe Major George Pulkkinen, the Dunlap Highland Band incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and opened membership to the general public. In the year 2000, the band adopted  the Maine Dirigo tartan just shortly after the tartan was developed by the St. Andrews Society of Maine.

Today, the Dunlap Highland Band is an active parade band, performing at events throughout northern New England.

The Dunlap Highland Band is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of Scottish music and tradition. The primary purpose of the Band is to encourage those members of the general public who are interested, especially the youth of the community, to pursue a Scottish musical education without creating financial burden. 

A secondary purpose is to provide instruments and/or help with uniforms for those members of the Band who would otherwise find participation impossible. We are able to accomplish these goals with the money we earn at performance events, fundraising and through the generous donations we receive from various individuals, businesses and organizations such as the St. Andrew's Society of Maine.