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Rather an unusual post this time – I’m testing a new way to update this page. Assuming that it works, you will be reading about the Enumclaw games last weekend. My band traveled to Washington State (the Tacoma area) last weekend to compete against some big hitters in the piping neighborhood. Although the competition took place in . . . → Read More: I test a new way to update this page Yesterday this fun and compact festival celebrated its 25th anniversary, and my band (the Wasatch and District Pipe Band) was there to help celebrate by winning the Grade 3 Timed Medley. The Payson Games is always a really good day. The games are held in the city’s little park, which is old. This means that . . . → Read More: Payson Scottish Festival The Utah Scottish Association Highland Games took place yesterday and Friday. I was competing solo, but have a year off from band competition as we get our new Grade 4 band established. This was a good thing, because it enabled me to focus on my solo stuff and I think it paid off. . . . → Read More: Salt Lake Highland Games When I read this article it had all the hallmarks of a classic April Fools joke, but no – it turns out that McCallum Bagpipes are supplying the Sultan of Oman’s Royal Guard with flexible blowsticks for their camel-mounted pipers! The Sunday Post – “Bendy bagpipes for the Sultan’s bands” Apparently it’s difficult to ride a camel and . . . → Read More: No, It’s not April 1st! It was Memorial Day in the United States yesterday and my band was busy! We had three cemetery performances and four of our band members played with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their weekly TV show “Music and the Spoken Word”. The other bands along the Wasatch Front were busy too. Here is a nice multimedia presentation . . . → Read More: A Busy Weekend If you like the tune “Too Long in this Condition” (and what’s not to like?) you should check out this week’s edition of Pipeline. The tune is played by Pipe Major Roddy Weir (formerly of the Army School of Piping) but, unlike most performances I have heard recently, Roddy chooses to play the Binneas is Boreraig version. . . . → Read More: Familiar Piobaireachd, less familiar version |
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