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 …
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I found this video on YouTube. It’s from a performance earlier this month at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The young bagpiper’s name is Lewis, but I’m not sure what his last name is. It’s a safe bet it’s likely MacDonald, MacPherson, Cameron or some other fine Scottish clan name. It’s …
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(The following is a news release from Vancouver’s Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band) The Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band (GCPB), www.greighlancrossing.com from Vancouver BC, has been invited by the Government of Beijing Municipality and the China National Tourism Administration to perform at the 12th Beijing International Cultural Tourism Festival. The Band will be leaving on September 15 …
“Mad” D-Day bagpiper Bill Millin dies at 88.
Bagpipers, dancing drummers and a drum sergeant who can’t stay still. See what a pipe band can do with a famous South African song.
Another inevitability. At the 64th Annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering (the Seattle Games, as most pipers call it), the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band was awarded a first place by one of the piping judges in the medley competition. Their competition – none other than the reigning world champions, the Simon …
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My favorite band, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, is currently on the run-up to the World’s in Scotland, but one of their first big competitions this year was the annual Coquitlam, BCÂ Highland Games at the end of June. Here’s a YouTube video taken by an audience member of their DTSPB medley. SFU won …
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I think it was inevitable. I have now officially become the bagpiper for the Atlantic Trap and Gill, on Beatty Street in Vancouver, BC. I think I can handle the responsibilities. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting the manager of the T&G, Ginger Tchidas. She runs one of Vancouver’s great spots for lively entertainment …
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