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Remembrance Week Bagpipes Salute Veterans & Canada
TweetA beautiful tune, played by PM Matt MacIsaac, with PM Katie Buckland and a Canadian Forces pipe band from a concert in November, 2012. A perfect way to commemorate a week of remembrance for our veterans and for our country.
A #Vancouver Bagpiper in the November Rain
TweetIt may appear meditative, or a bit reflective, but a bagpiper playing under the grey, overcast skies of November in Vancouver is likely thinking about the weather. The warm days of spring, summer and early fall are behind us. Now it’s time … Continue reading
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BC Pipers on the Great Wall of China
TweetIt was an amazing trip full of music, dancing, friendships, an engagement, a loss and a lot of memories. From September 26 to October 3, 2016, almost 30 RCMP pipers, drummers, dancers and their spouses from BC, Edmonton and Regina … Continue reading
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Bagpiping at weddings in Vancouver and beyond
TweetHave you thought about walking down the aisle to the skirl of the great highland bagpipes? If so, you are not alone. In the past year, there has been a resurgence of brides and couples inquiring about adding cultural and musical … Continue reading
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Bagpipes, bagpipers & pipe bands in Vancouver
TweetThere’s nothing like a room full of bagpiper and drummers to get your heart – and a season underway. The first competition of the piping season in the Pacific Northwest was successfully launched last weekend in Surrey. The BC Pipers’ … Continue reading
Shamrocks, four leaf clovers and bagpipes: St. Patrick’s Day in Vancouver
TweetThe plaid is a sure sign of spring in British Columbia. Starting this weekend, the French Canadian community in the Lower Mainland is the first to host a festival that has been going strong for 40 years. The Festival du … Continue reading
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Bagpiping in Vancouver, the Indoor and outdoors
TweetAfter more than a month of non-stop rain and grey skies, the sun has returned (temporarily, I’m sure) to the lower south west corner of British Columbia. And that means only one thing – spring is around the corner. Already, … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpiper., bagpiping, celebrations of life, funeral, Rocky Mountaineer, spring, Vancouver, weddings
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