Hiking Half Dome is no walk in the park so to speak. It’s 8.5 miles one way, with 4,8000 ft. of elevation gain. There’s also the heat which easily reaches 90 degrees in the summer. And the final walk up the cables makes for an all together strenuous climb. Last thing you want to do at the top is play the bagpipes. But, never underestimate the love a Scottish man feels for his bagpipes. Here’s a video of David Quinn playing ‘Scotland the Brave’ and ‘Highland Cathedral’ at the top of Half Dome. John Muir, the most famous Scot I know after William Wallace and Sean Connery, would be proud. Via Annieander.
Archive for June, 2007The AGM of the CPA will be held at 4pm at The Glasgow West Brewery, private function suite, just off Glasgow Green. See their website for directions Field Marshall Montgomery wins Banbridge in terrible weather - won both the MSR and Medley events against three other Grade 1 bands in very testing weather . . Click here for Story Super new virtual tours of Museum of Piping launched The museum houses the most important collection of piping memorabilia in the world. True to the the College’s charitable status admission is free and each year we welcome hundreds of visitors from around the world. Enthusiasts are encouraged to spend time looking at the unrivalled collection of instruments on show and also to delve into the extensive archive of written material on pipers and piping with curator Jeannie Campbell and other volunteers always willing to help find the information needed. - Click Here to View the Site
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Veterns Memorial Highland Games - June 16th, 2007 Massed BandsPosted by: Pipe Major in NewsVeterns Memorial Highland Games (Spencerville) - Results - (32kb PDF File) The school is bigger than ever this year, and there are still some registrations We have confirmed staff members for the 2007 edition of SOUND ADVICE, which takes place July 15-20 this year. We have Stuart Liddell from Inveraray, Scotland, James MacHattie [formerly of Saskatoon] of the Toronto Police, Andrew Smith of Alberta Caledonia, Paul Warren, PM of the Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band and Director of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, and the drumming faculty is Doug Stronach [LD of Toronto Police, former Vale of Athol and noted teacher] , Tyler Fry of Shotts and Dykehead and the current World Solo Drumming Champion Steven McWhirter of Northern Ireland, who currently plays with Simon Fraser University. We are also very pleased to have Dani Millar of the SFU Pipe Band, a former Saskatchewan player who has four World Championship titles with SFU! Instructor List Click Here ! Summer 2007 Workshop with Christoph Kresse and Mark Elliot - Saturday, June 30, 2007 at Ma’at International dance Arts and Altona Records studio at the Solteria Studios at Poe Mill, downtown Greenville, SC. The workshop will cost $20.00 in pre-registration, $35.00 at the door. Participants will have to organize The workshop will offer the following topics:
The workshop will start at 09:30am, with a lunch break at 12.00pm, and continues until 05:00pm. A teacher and student recital will be held at 07:30pm in the gallery space of the Solteria Studios. If you would like to perform, please contact me by June 15th. An unofficial “pub crawl” in Greenville will end the workshop. As student class size for the workshop will be limited to only 16 pipers I need to have your reservation by June 15th, 2007. Pre-registration, $20.00, at the door, $35.00 Milwaukee Highland Game Results on June 2, 2007 - Complete and Official Results Click Here Greg Wilson was the overall winner of the open competition in Dunedin over Queens Birthday weekend. This represents a good start to his build-up to the Northern Hemisphere season. Stuart Easton won the Open Piobaireachd. Richard Hawke and Jamie Hawke also featured in the open prize list. Wynton Moore won the B grade Piobaireachd and Peter Smallfield won the C grade Piobaireachd. Click here for the detailed results.
Sons of Scotland Highland Games Solo Competitors: 107 June 7-An album of 17 photos from the Bellingham Games can be found on the Photo Albums page. Full Competition Results of the Games can be found Here
CelticPipes has been designed from the outset to be easy to use. It is also very ‘open’, allowing a variety of commonly used file formats to be imported and exported. For example, import formats are: ABC, BMW, BWW and PIO (PiobMaster, for the Highland Bagpipe - currently Windows only ) With the use of the Transposition tool to change keys, even suitable Fiddle tunes in ABC may be imported and transposed for other instruments! A lasting commemoration to one of the world’s most beloved pipers will be officially launched on June 5 with the start of the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust. The new Trust will raise funds “for the promotion of piping and other forms of traditional music in Scotland, with a particular emphasis on young musicians,” according to a statement from the organization, which is chaired by Ian G. Duncan, brother of the late piper.
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The 28th Annual William Livingstone Sr. Memorial Invitational ContestPosted by: Pipe Major in News(hosted by the Niagara Hamilton Branch, PPBSO) The William Livingstone Sr. contest was held this weekend on Saturday, May 10, 2007 in the Officer’s Mess of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, James Street Armouries, Hamilton, Ontario. This annual event has been organized and presented by the Niagara-Hamilton Branch of the PPBSO for more than a quarter century. The esteemed panel of adjudicators; Andrew Berthoff, John Cairns and John MacKenzie evaluated the performances of 8 players, with the piobaireachd in the afternoon and the MSR, Hornpipe and Jig in the evening. Turnout was exceptionally good for both events, a credit to the promotion of Julie Stewart and her committee. The competitors hailed from as far away as British Columbia and as close as Dundas, Ontario. The list included Michael Grey (ON), Will Nichols (BC), Sean McKeown (ON), Andrew Smith (AB), James MacHattie (ON), Ian K. MacDonald (ON), Lionel Tupman (ON), and Jacob Dicker (ON). MC for the day was The Captain, Ken Eller. Piobaireachd MSRHJ Overall
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College of Piping School at the College at Carbisdale - March 2008Posted by: Pipe Major in NewsThe College at Carbisdale, a week long residential school set in the picturesque The College of Piping, in association with The Ross and Cromarty Pipes and Drums School is running a week-long residential school over Easter, 2008. The School will take place next March 23 to March 29, 2008 at the magnificent Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland. The School will be open to all ages and to pipers and drummers of all levels of skill from beginners to competition players, from solo players to band members. Each student will be placed in a class of 8 to 10 students within their level of experience and skill. The well known pipe bags and piping accessories business D&M Gannaway Ltd. of Christchurch, New Zealand, has been sold to new proprietors, Mike and Sue Shannon of Temuka, New Zealand. The new company will be called “Gannaway NZ.” Open Piobaireachd 1 Gordon MacReady CPA Piobaireachd 1 Craig Sked Open MSR Open Hornpipe and Jig
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O’Flynn happy to take uillean pipes out of their comfort zonePosted by: Pipe Major in News
Two ‘giants’ of the Irish music scene will feature in what could prove to be the Éigse Carlow Arts Festival’s most exciting musical programme yet. One of those gargantuan figures is the irrepressible Dublin singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey and the other is a man who has cemented his place in the pantheon of traditional Irish musicians over four hugely successful decades in the business. Renowned uillean piper Liam O’Flynn has peddled his wares on the national and international scene since the 60s and the host of international names he has played and collaborated with pay testament to his legacy.
Peterson, a 39-year-old toolmaker, volunteer firefighter and secretary of a bagpipe band, wanted to use his 30-minute lunch hour to check e-mails for his bagpipe group… Read the Entire Story
Instead of barbeques and parades, he goes to Arlington National Cemetery in full Celtic garb and salutes his father, Stephen Duncan-Peters, with his ceremonial playing of the bagpipes. Duncan-Peters, a Potomac resident, has been playing the bagpipes for over a decade now and is a member of Alexandria Pipes & Drums, the official band of the City of Alexandria… |
CelticPipes is an easy-to-use music notation software application that allows you to create musical scores for the following traditional ‘Celtic’ musical (and percussion) instruments:
A Michigan man has been fined $400 and given 40 hours of community service for accessing an open wireless Internet connection outside a coffee shop.
Greg Duncan-Peters has a Memorial Day tradition unlike most other people.
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