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Archive for July, 2008
The Firefighters Memorial Tartan and the Law Enforcement Officers Both were created to honor thosewho lost their lives in the line of duty and give a special “nod” to our heros on 9/11. 15% of every sale will be donated to a charity associated with the tartan (The Leary Foundation for the firefighters and Concerns of Police Survivors for the Law Enforcement tartan). Firefighters Memorial: Law Enforcement Officers Memorial:
Jul
28
2008
 
The Only US Youth Pipe Band at 2008 World ChampionshipsPosted by: Todd Schiele in Bagpipes, Competition, News, Pipeband, tags: juvenile, NWJPB, pipe band, usa, world championships, world pipe band championshipsNorthwest Junior Pipe Band from Shoreline, WA (near Seattle) is the only novice-juvenile or juvenile pipe band from the United States making the trip to Scotland in 2008. 33 bands in both grades are competing this year, but just NWJPB from the US, competing novice-juvenile. The band is the first youth band from Washington State to ever compete in the World Pipe Band Championships, and only the 2nd youth band from the state to travel to Scotland. The last band was the Seattle Scottish Boys Pipe Band in 1969. They went to the Scottish Championships and won, beating the Juvenile World Champions.
Jul
27
2008
New Bagpipe Music WebsitePosted by: Pipe Major in Music, News, Sound, Video, tags: websiteWe are a launching a brand new bagpipe music and video website. This site will a social networking site for pipers, drummers, pipe bands and Celtic musicians.
Jul
22
2008
Brand New Website! Piping LivePosted by: Pipe Major in Competition, Concert, Contest, News Piping Live! has a brand new website for 2008. It is now fully operational with all sorts of fun gizmos and gadgets added in! Check it out! CLASP, Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers will run the annual ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Championships’ on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of August in the RSAMD (5min walk from National Piping Centre). Thursday will have light Music and Piobaireachd events for Grade 3 and Grade 2. Grade 1 will be held on Friday. The overall winner of the Grade 1 competition on the 15th August will win an all expenses paid trip to New York to compete at the Metro Cup. This trip is kindly sponsored by Eric and Maureen Stein. This competition is for over 18’s only. For overseas players there is an option of a one day membership for £20. This covers all entry fees. To sign up for this option please email mhoulihan@thepipingcentre.co.uk
 One of the biggest obstacles for many learner pipers is making the transition from practice chanter to pipes. This is because of the many new techniques that need to mastered, such as blowing technique, getting used to the bag and drones, building stamina, tuning, learning how to maintain and care for the instrument, and reed manipulation.
This book follows the step-by-step approach of The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 1 and each skill is taught in a logical, progressive manner using tried and tested methods gleaned from the combined experience of the teaching staff at The National Piping Centre.
In the Key of A, asking $750 Morpeth Herald - Morpeth Chantry leaps up tourism charts “But 21 years ago this week Castle Morpeth Council turned it into an arts and crafts venue and now it also houses a Bagpipe Museum and Tourist Information Centre.”
“Dressed in white shirts, tartan kilts, spats and horsehair sporons, the bagpipe and drum players of the Washington, D.C., Fire Department Emerald Pipes and Drums Society performed for Danville, a treat made possible by a $5,000 grant obtained by state Rep. Robert Belfanti.” This video was a joke but Nintendo, as per a Game Spot Article, is releasing “Wii Music” That will feature a bagpipe instrument but pressing 1 and 2 buttons while holding the remote upright.
Jul
21
2008
Blackwatch soldier brings his bagpipes to local areas in Scotland after spell in warzonePosted by: Pipe Major in NewsIT was just after dawn on the Jurf al-Sukhr Bridge in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, when Pipe Major Scott Taylor played a tribute for his fallen BlackWatch comrades. Three days earlier, three soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter had been killed by a car bomb just north of Baghdad. One of them was 19-year-old bandmate Paul Lowe.
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Bagpipe Solutions by John Cairns, in conjunction with the Scottish Lion, are extremely pleased to announce the release of an exciting and creative new musical CD by John Cairns entitled: “All Through The Ages” This CD includes nine innovative arrangements, each telling a musical story, including The Battle of Culloden, Scottish settlers coming to the new world, building Canada’s National Railway, A Love Song for Deborah Anne, and more. You can order your copy of this wonderful CD through your local retailer, or by contacting: 
07/18/08 - “The Daily Item” - 
The Balmoral Classic| June 15-20, 2008 SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Rohnert Park, CA
George BalderoseDrumming: Liza McAdam |
| June 22-27, 2008 North Central College, Naperville, IL (near Chicago, IL)
and another piping instructor TBADrumming: Graham Brown |
| Week 1: July 13-18 - Week 2: July 20-25, 2008 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY, East Stroudsburg, PA |
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The bagpipes, like tartan, the thistle and the Loch Ness Monster, are a symbol of Scotland - but it seems they are becoming the must-have item for city internet surfers.
Figures show that city-based Ebay shoppers spent £2,661 on bagpipes in the past year, even more than Scots north of the border, but then the statistics are not that surprising given that Norwich has its own pipe band.
The City of Norwich Pipe Band has been bringing the sound of Scotland to East Anglia since 1974, when it was formed, and will be in action during the Lord Mayor’s procession on Saturday.
John Welton, club secretary of the band, who has been playing the bagpipes for 39 years after learning as a 16-year-old in the RAF, said the pipes offered something different to people in Norwich.
He said: “We do get a very good reception, particularly at the Lord Mayor’s procession. We’re always pretty popular when we take part and get people coming up and chatting.
He stands ramrod straight, his cheek bulging out as if part of the bagpipe he plays. But in his mind, Evan Stewart is going places as he busks on Ste. Catherine and Peel Sts.
For starters, there’s a trip he hopes to take to Glasgow, Scotland, next month to compete in the World Pipe Band Championships. The coins drop often as he fills the epicentre of multi-ethnic and French Montreal with that most Celtic of sounds, so it may just happen.
“People know (the bagpipe is) hard to play and a lot of people seem impressed,” says the 21-year-old recent graduate of McGill University’s kinesiology program.
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