It was a lovely wedding in West Vancouver. A beautiful crisp, fall day followed by a star-filled night beside the Eagle Harbour Yacht Club. And as wedding guests climbed the stairs to the main foyer of the club, they were greeted by the sound of the bagpipes ringing out across the harbour and up the …
Pity the poor Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey or Richmond bagpiper who must venture out into the November rain and cold for a wedding, funeral or other Vancouver area bagpiping event. A shock awaits your fingers and your reeds. Best have your Inverness rain cape and some “hot shots†handy. Remembrance Day 2010 has passed, and …
Recently I published a post about an evening I spent with fellow bagpiper and former Triumph Street Pipe Band member Donald MacMillan. We were involved with a pub crawl in downtown Vancouver celebrating the birthday of the great Nova Scotia brewmaster Alexander Keith. Donald was a member of the TSPB during its heyday as a …
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Pub crawling in Vancouver an ordeal. But meeting a former Triumph Street bagpiper easily compensates.
A Cape Breton square set for all the Vancouver folks.
With fall days soon to be upon us, the joy of escaping out into our city parks to play bagpipes in Vancouver, Coquitlam, Burnaby, West Vancouver and Burnaby will soon be over. Ah well, it’s been a great summer. Despite SFU’s third place finish (I think they should have been first), our other Grade one …
For all you aficionado’s of the fine instrument that many of us play, there are a number of great online locations to listen to the latest albums, releases, solo projects, etc. One of the best is now back on the air. Lorne MacDougall is the host of PlanetPipe – which, in his words “covers all …
It’s going to be big – and hot. Piping hot! April 14-17, 2011 in the Nevada desert. Far away from the cold April drizzle and clouds of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver, British Columbia. An opportunity to play the bagpipes in the comfort of heat and dry weather – outside. The International Celtic Festival will …
Read more “Bagpiping in Vancouver or bagpiping in Las Vegas, baby!”