Bagpipe News

The bagpipes is an instrument that takes years to master, but 12-year-old Justin Steele is far ahead of the learning curve.

After taking up the bagpipes just over a year ago, the Chatham boy is already a member of the local Branch 28 Legion Pipe Band and the London Fire Fighters Pipe Band.

He also won first place at a Grade 5 bagpipe competition in Georgetown last weekend.

Justin’s interest in the bagpipes was born during a trip to Scotland, the birthplace of the instrument.

“I just thought it would be a cool thing to do,” he said

He joined the Br. 28 Legion Pipe Band where he learned to play the instrument and then began taking lessons twice a week in London with well known instructor John Cairns.

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Loch Rannoch Pipes & Drums is currently recruiting pipers.  As the demand for the band continues to grow the need for additional pipers as grown.  Pipers of all skill levels are welcome.  For beginners or those interested in learning to play the pipes we have an active lesson program available.  We are based in Doylestown, PA and practice every Wednesday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

If interested, please visit our website at www.lochrannochpipesdrums.com at go to the contact us page.

DOWN District Council is hoping to entice the Pipe Band Championships back to Newcastle next summer.
The local authority plans to make a bid for one of next year’s piping competitions, after the town lost out to Bangor for the 2008 event.
Organisers of the annual event, which was a highlight of the town’s tourism calendar, have contacted Down District Council inviting them to make a bid to host the All Ireland or the Ulster Pipe Band championships in July or August 2009.
At a meeting of the local authority’s cultural and economic development committee last week, committee director, Ms Sharon O’Connor, outlined to politicians that the council had been contacted by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association about the events.

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The Niagara Regional Police Pipe Band will host an evening of Scottish music and dance at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 479 on Spring Street in Niagara Falls on April 12.

The show will run from 8 p.m. until midnight and will include two pipe band performances along with Scottish and Irish dancers. Food and refreshments will be on sale.

A deejay will round out the night’s entertainment with a performance.

Tickets are $20 a couple and are available at the legion or by calling Peter MacKenzie at 905-353-8771.T

The City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band returned from Auckland after winning two categories at the New Zealand Pipe Band Championships on Saturday. Read the entire article at “The Neslon Mail”

A woman who embezzled £2417 from Stranraer and District Pipe Band has been repaying the cash steadily, Stranraer Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday. Amanda McKay (35) of Holmpark Crescent, Minnigaff admitted stealing the money between May 24th 2004 and June 19th 2006 at a previous hearing and sentence was deferred for her to repay it.  Her lawyer said she had been repaying £230 per month and has so far paid back around £900. Sheriff Tom Millar agreed to defer sentence further to allow McKay to continue repaying the full amount.   From the Galloway Gazette

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The National Piping Centre’s annual junior competition was held on Saturday 9th February. The day was a great success with many great performances being heard by the judges.The Overall winners were:

• Junior Champion - Jonathan Graham
• Novice Champion - Andrew McPhee
• Chanter Champion - Donnie McKerral 

The Winners of the Pipe Major Angus MacDonald Scholarship were: Andrew McPhee and Laura McMillan National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland scholarships were awarded to: Stephanie Brodie, David Anderson and Alexander Scougall We would like to thank all the competitors for taking part, the parents and tutors who make the day possible, as well as all the judges and stewards for their hard work. We look forward to seeing you all again next year! For full results go to www.thepipingcentre.co.uk and see the news article listed on the homepage.

The Flint Scottish Pipe Band will host it’s 92nd annual Ceilidh Feb. 16, 2008.   As in years past guests will be entertained by the music and dance so identified with our Highland Heritage Entertainment will be provided by the Lakes Area School of Highland Dance, Hienzman School of Irish Dance,the Celtic band Equinox, the Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band as well as The Flint Scottish Pipe Band.  The Ceilidh is held at the Knights Of Columbus Hall in Davison MI.  All of your favorite Scottish foods and drinks will be available for purchase.  
Join us in celebrating our wonderful traditions! Ticket information is available on our website  www.flintscottishpipeband.orgor by emailing  Lfisch3134@comcast.net 

Visit PPBSO.org and read the interview that Jim Scott had with Drew Duthart, the lead drummer with the Scottish Lion 78^thFraser Highlanders drum corps after the drum corps first place win at the 2007 World Pipe Band Championship held in Glasgow in August.  

Saturday, March 1st, 2008 at Cliffbreaker’s - Grand Ballroom. 

The evening will include: a Silent Auction, Dinner and Dancing with a special performance by the City of Rockford Pipe Band and its Highland Dancers.  For more information please visit  www.cityofrockfordpipeband.com

The City of Chicago Pipe Band would like to invite the MWPBA to a Tartan Day concert April 5th, 2008.

The event will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois and begins at 7:30 p.m. The City of Chicago Pipe Band is committed to teaching Chicagoland youth for Free and will be showcasing its talented young members at the concert. This will also mark the debut performance of the new City of Chicago Grade IV band.

Tickets are available for $10 and may be guaranteed by e-mailing  cocpipeband@gmail.com and will also be available at the door.  The band is hosting a ceilidh immediately following the concert at Molly Malone’s,  7652 Madison Sreet, Forest Park, Illinois, 1 1/2 miles from Grace Episcopal Church. The $500 raffle winners will be announced at the ceilidh. Raffle tickets are available for $5 or 6 tickets for $25 and can be purchased by e-mailing  cocpipeband@gmail.com.

For any additional information, please phone (773) 875-6812 or visit  www.chicagopipeband.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

April 26th @ 7pm-11pm

St. Odilo Church, 2244 East Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402.

A Wonderful Evening full of Celtic Music, Dancing, Food and Drinks!

For more information please contact Adrian Melvin at(630)841-4073  E-mail: Adrianmelvin@sbcglobal.net  Please visit the Band’s Website at  www.midlothianpipeband.com

Invera’an Pipe Band and Saint Louis Caledonian Pipe Band have voted to merge and keep the name Saint Louis Caledonian Pipe Band.
This is the third name change for Invera’an which began in 1972 as Meeting of the Waters Pipe Band. SLCPB began in June 2007. Pipe Major John Haack and Drum Major Charlie Cablish are the musical leaders of the band. Laurie Hartung is Business Manager. The band’s mission is to make great music, have fun, and offer free instruction in piping and drumming. Expect to see Saint Louis Caledonian Pipe Band competing at the Springfield and Saint Louis games this year. For information on the band, call 314-239-5422 or visit the web site at http://slcaledonian.googlepages.com/

The Flint Scottish Pipe Band will host it’s 92nd annual Ceilidh Feb. 16, 2008.  As in years past guests will be entertained by the music and dance so identified with our Highland Heritage.  Entertainment will be provided by the Lakes Area School of Highland Dance, Hienzman School of Irish Dance,the Celtic band Equinox, the Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band as well as The Flint Scottish Pipe Band.

The Ceilidh is held at the Knights Of Columbus Hall in Davison MI.  All of your favorite Scottish foods and drinks will be available for purchase.  Join us in celebrating our wonderful traditions!

Ticket information is available on our website  www.flintscottishpipeband.org or by emailing  Lfisch3134@comcast.net

The 15th Annual Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo will be held at the Paeroa Domain on Saturday February 9th 2008. The event which started out as a pipebands competition has grown over the years and today it’s a fully-fledged Highland Games complete with an Evening Tattoo.

Between 3000-5000 people attend each year, many coming from throughout the North Island. Twelve Pipe Bands from the Auckland, Taranaki and Central North Island Centres have registered for the Pipe Bands Contest. Highland Dancing and Solo Piping have drawn a large number of entries this year, the Paeroa Solo Piping being the final round of the Hamilton, Tauranga T-Series
competition.

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The pipes and drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards share the stage with Band of the Coldstream Guards to perform a spectacular fare of regimental marches as part of their Kimmel Center debut in Verizon Hall on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 3pm. The Coldstream Guards is one of the oldest regiments in the world with origins based in Oliver Cromwell’s “New Model Army” in 1650, and carries on the rich musical traditions of British cavalry military marches. Forty nine band members will join The Royal Scots Dragoon’s 30+ members in a display of bagpipes, military marches, drum solos and Celtic dancing that has inspired soldiers over the past two centuries- from the battle of Waterloo to the present-day wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards’ performance will also include classic pipe tunes and modern arrangements from their November 2007 release Spirit of the Glen, as well as their chart-topping version of “Amazing Grace” and a tribute to America.This concert is the thirteenth concert in the World & Pop Series scheduled for the Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season. The next concert in the series will be Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3pm in Verizon Hall.Tickets for Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Band of the Coldstream Guards are $33, $52, $62, $72, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.

The Knights of Columbus 126 Pipes and Drums Band is looking for new members to help keep the Band active in the local, national and European community and would be interested in hearing from anyone interested in joining. We are especially interested in experienced players. We do provide instruction for pipers and drummers, from novices on up.

Our Pipe instructor Matthew Welch has studied traditional Highland Bagpipe music with Gold Medalist masters such as Colin MacLellan, Jack Lee, Angus MacLellan and Andrew Wright. Matthew also was a member of the four - time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, having played with the band on their most recent World Championship wins in 1999 and 2001. He has had a successful professional solo piping career within and beyond the traditional setting. Matthew holds two university degrees in Music Composition, a BFA from Simon Fraser University (1999), and an MA form Wesleyan University (2001) and also has premiered a number of new compositions written for bagpipes by contemporary composers, further linking his piping to his broader musical career as a composer and multi-instrumentalist. His unique approach to the bagpipe and its music has made him in demand as an instructor along the East Coast. He is available for private instruction.

We are a Band of mostly adult players, ranging in age from mid-20’s to mid 70’s. Younger players are also welcome. To pay us a visit, drop in at the Knights of Columbus Columbus Counsel #126 located at 3051 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, any non-holiday Monday night around 7:00. Practices normally run from 7:30 until 10:00 p.m.

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