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Electronic Uilleann Pipes make Top 10 Digital Musical InstrumentsPosted by: Pipe Major in NewsWho knew there are such things as electronic bagpipes? The vPipes-Uilleann is based on “continuous sensor technology for the finger holes, bag pressure and popping, giving unique levels of realism currently unattainable with other electronic instruments.” It can be controlled using the keypad and backlit LCD display, which is built into the chanter. (Read: The “chanter” is a part of the bagpipe that creates the melody.) In addition, it features an integrated synthesizer, serial MIDI in and out, reverb and chorus effects, and a four-band parametric equalizer. It operates either by Li-Ion batteries or 4 AA batteries. The company explains that the vPipes is made on a “strict by order only” process and sells for 980 Euros ($1,333 USD). Piobaireachd March Strathspey and Reel Hornpipe & Jig Junior Piobaireachd Junior March, Strathspey and Reel Intermediate March, Strathspey and Reel The annual Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario Adjudicators’ Seminar in Campbellville, Ontario, on April 21 covered a range of topics and focused particularly on the ensemble side of judging and brought accredited people out, despite it being held on the . . . Read More at the Piper and Drummer
April - Branch Newsletter now online Under the Newsletters section to download it in PDF format. If you’d like to be included on the branch newsletter mailing list, please contact Graeme Ogilvie. An Evening with the Quigley Highlanders The St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg Pipe Bands will be hosting a “Bud, Spud, and Steak” fundraiser on Friday, May 4th. The event will take place from 5:00pm to 8:30pm at the Windsor Park Inn. Contact Dave Bihun for more details. The Lord Selkirk Boy Scout Pipe Band is planning a Spring Concert on Sunday, April 22nd at the Deaf Centre - 285 Pembina Hwy - in the Forrest Nickerson Theatre starting at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Proceeds from the concert go towards the band’s trip to Scotland in 2008. For tickets, please contact JJ at thePauls@MTS.net. ON Saturday, April 28 up at the revitalized Irish American Community Center (at least in the traditional music vein) outside of New Haven, Connecti-cut, there is a fascinating threesome scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Uilleann piper Jerry O’Sullivan, concertinist Tim Collins and fiddler Willie Kelly are banding together to present a night of traditional music from the Clare and Sliabh Luachra areas which reflects the musical genres from which they draw their strength. Uniting the three of them beyond the fact that they are three exceptionally gifted and talented musicians is their commitment to passing on what they have learned from their predecessors through vigorous teaching efforts, and each is considered among the best in that capacity as well. Due to unforeseen circumstances the Pipe factor competition which was scheduled for the 27th April 2007 has been cancelled to be rescheduled at a later date. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. The National Piping Centre
SHOPPERS are being urged to boycott stores blasting bagpipe music out on to the Royal Mile after neighbours complained about the “constant whine”. A series of anonymous notes have appeared on the Canongate asking people not to spend their money in the offending shops. Neighbours say they can’t open their windows to enjoy the sunny weather due to the endless stream of loud music. The Alberta Society of Pipers and Drummers 2007 Annual General Meeting has been Rescheduledto Sunday June 3, 2007. College of Piping Summer School in California check out new website Offers intensive instruction by five Scottish professional pipers and one or two talented American pipers in the playing and maintenance of the Great Highland Bagpipe. The school is open to all ages and to pipers of all levels of skill from raw beginners to competition players. Each student is placed in a class of 8 to 10 students within their level of experience and skill. Emphasis is placed on marches, strathspeys, airs, reels, jigs and hornpipes. P/M Donald MacLeod memorial competition, Friday 13th April, Caber BC Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering Results April 6-7, 2007 Solo Competitors: 185 The most outrageous event in the piping calendar is scheduled to make its return to the National Piping Centre on the 27th April. Come along for an evening of piping shenanigans! The judges will include Iain MacDonald and Annie Grace PLUS one still to be announced. Although the panel will give thier informed opinion it is you the audience who get to decide the final result!We are still looking for acts for this evening. Acts can have up to 6 people, any instruments can be used as long as 1 is Pipes/Uillean Pipes/Small Pipes.So if you think you have what it takes please get in touch with Simon McKerrell or Margaret Dunn at the National Piping Centre on 0141 353 0220 or email smckerrell@thepipingcentre.co.uk OR mhoulihan@thepipingcentre.co.uk However, if you want to come and watch this spectacle of piping ability, please come along to watch! The tickets are £8 adults and £6 concessions and it promises to be an unforgettable evening! The historic MacDougall bagpipe played by the great John Wilson during his glory years in the 1920s and 1930s is up for sale. The sale is being managed by Jim McGillivray of Aurora, Ontario. He will turn all of the proceeds over to John Wilson’s widow Margaret, who has kept the pipes in the family for 28 years since Wilson’s death in 1979. More than just an excuse to wear a kilt Post a comment print this article Post a comment The News PICTOU – Tartan Day is more than just an excuse to wear a kilt. On April 6, 1320, a day that eventually came to be celebrated as Tartan Day in Nova Scotia and around the world, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed. On that historic day, a letter from Scottish barons and nobles addressed to Pope John XXII asked him to recognized Scotland’s independence from England. “That day was recognized as an important day, marking the Scottish declaration of independence,” said Andrew Lindsay, a Pictou town councillor and a member of St. Andrew’s Society. And then in 1986, Jean Watson and the Federation of Nova Scotia Clans of Antigonish petitioned to have April 6 designated as a day to recognize and celebrate Scottish history. Her efforts paid off one year later when a resolution passed in Province House. Tartan Day is a day that is particularly meaningful to Lindsay. After all, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed by one of his own clansmen. And so Lindsay proudly celebrates the day the Scots established their independence. …
Three pipers getting a bit of practice in. (WJZ)BALTIMORE - Morning Edition co-anchor Don Scott took part in a national “Wear a Kilt to Work Day.” It was sponsored by Glenlivet Scotch on Thursday. The company is donating $1,000 to the Direct Relief International organization in the name of any Scottish American broadcaster who dons his or her family tartan, a plaid material specifically woven for that particular clan. DRI is providing support to the people of South Asia affected by the tsunami and those hit by hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. |
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