Family, friends gather to remember on one year anniversary of shooting Oct 17, 2008
After a closing prayer, Drew Stamper played Amazing Grace on his bagpipes while friends, family and classmates threw their letters into the fire. A memorial to feature a gazebo and gardens where people can come and reflect is planned to be erected at the site sometime in the spring of next year. (Forest Republican, WI)
Fiery Balkan hotpot has flavours to suit most palates Oct 16, 2008
The brilliant soloists included Bokan Stankovic on bagpipes, braying trumpet and sprightly wooden flute, and Stojan Dimov creating almost miraculous inventions on clarinet and alto saxophone. This wonderful night was opened by the Martenitsa Choir, local champions of Bulgarian women's singing for 18 years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pipes and funk. What's wrong with this country? Oct 14, 2008
CBC is re-vamping its image, incrementally, and clearly phasing out such old-timers as Cherry, colour commentator Harry Neale and play-by-play announcer Bob Cole, to create an aesthetic arena where the voice of Foster Hewitt will be a mere cherished memory of old-time fanatics who take their game without bagpipes. But losing the song and its shift to CTV is not lateral is almost as terrible as watching the Leafs. (Globe and Mail)
A sunny salute to Italian-Americans at Columbus Day Parade Oct 12, 2008
The fourth annual parade began near the Five Points intersection and proceeded along Nottingham Way to the sound of bagpipes, a brass band and Italian music. Residents lined up at curbs for front-row seats to the parade. (NJ.com -- Times)
With tunes from Scotland's past, Julie Fowlis finds a resonance with the present Sep 24, 2008
"The melodies are very distinctive, very influenced by the scales of the bagpipes. The Hebridean people had a really hard life, and the songs helped pass the time when they were working. But there's also brilliant humor and opportunities for passing on news, for telling tales, and keeping traditions alive within communities and islands.". The title of Fowlis's latest album, "Cuilidh," translates as "treasury" or "sanctuary," and it features a vivid bouquet of sumptuous ballads. (Boston Globe)
Library hosts eclectic Celtic trio Sep 23, 2008
Brody emphasized The Muses is not a Celtic rock band that often uses fiddles, bagpipes and whistles but rather "a traditional band that adds flair to traditional Celtic music.". The trio packs a variety of antiquated instruments in its arsenal, including a concertina, psaltery, mandolin, pennywhistle, harp and bodhran, an Irish drum. (Daily Collegian, PA)
A romantic, nostalgic performance from two jazz virtuosos Sep 20, 2008
In the midst of his performance, he even played his guitar in such a way that it sounded like Irish bagpipes. "Bear with me," he told the audience, signaling that the showmanship did not end there. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Religion listings Sep 13, 2008
Band rehearsals: Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. Players of any instrument (except bagpipes) welcome; 6th grade and up. Bell choir: Mondays at 7:30 p.m.; all are welcome from 7th grade and up. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Blind Dogs happy to pay this piper Sep 11, 2008
The Perthshire native has been playing bagpipes since he was 7 and studied under famed Scottish piper Gordon Duncan. Hutton also plays the bouzouki and guitar and has performed with a host of notable names, including Dougie MacLean and the modern award-winning ensemble Back of the Moon. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Irish and Scottish traditions celebrated at Celtic festival Aug 31, 2008
After the parade he asked the bagpipe major if he could join the players and within two years he was playing the bagpipes and marching along as a member of the group. Thirty-five years later he still plays. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Festival celebrates Celtic heritage Aug 31, 2008
An inflatable Loch Ness monster lurked the waters of Memorial pond as Celtic enthusiasts donned tartan accessories amidst a backdrop of lilting bagpipes Saturday at the Black Hills Dakota Gathering of the Clans. (232). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Foreign shores a sure-fire way to shore us up Aug 29, 2008
During his first Test, according to Cocks, "Lars showed his maturity by turning to his captain and informing him that he had just found two cents." Then shortly after he was "replaced on our three-Test tour of Europe by a Scotsman, who played the bagpipes in one of the selectors' favourite pubs in Sydney. No one else had ever heard of him." Wonder who that is. Away with the fairiesThe "what's doing" quote of the week goes to the Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, and his pathetic explanation... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Led Zeppelin classic 'too racy' for games... Aug 24, 2008
- Lets hope there are no more bagpipes, or cute little girls hoisted up on cables, they have been done to death. Julio on August 23, 2008 at 08:48 AM. (The Drudge Report)
VISTA: Bluegrass enthusiasts gather for festival Aug 24, 2008
"I'm also learning the bagpipes," he said. "The kids have a lot of energy and learn so quick," said workshop instructor Janet Beazley, also a member of Chris Stuart ountry, a bluegrass band performing at the festival. (North County Times)
El Corazon Tiene Tres Puertas Aug 23, 2008
Beyond the expected Portuguese guitar and classical guitar are cello, percussion, woodwind, accordion and bagpipes, all superbly used to heighten the intensity of the music even as her stylised dancing, her apparel and the lighting heighten the drama of her performance. These performance elements are revealed on the DVD accompanying this beautifully packaged set of one live and one studio CD, which was released in Europe last year and is now distributed in Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kirkin O' the Tartans is Sunday Aug 23, 2008
This traditional service celebrates the Scottish roots of the Presbyterian denomination with the playing of bagpipes, special music, and the displaying of the tartans ... In 1746, following the defeat of the Scots at the Battle of Culloden, the Scots were forbidden by their conquerors, the English, to wear kilts, bear firearms, or play the bagpipes. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Osceola County Relay For Life kicks off Friday night Aug 21, 2008
5:00 p.m.-Concession stand run by the S-O Athletic Boosters will open and be open throughout the night and early morning hours; team registration and survivor registration tents open; luminarias available; 6-7:00 p.m.-Harold Vander Sloot and Art Bosch will entertain the early arrivals; jumping room and Mr. Twister available; 7:00 p.m.-Opening Ceremony-Raising of the flag by Legion/VFW members and the National Anthem sung by Ashlee Reck; invocation by Rev. Dale Lint of the Ashton Presbyterian... (Ocheyedan Press Melvin News, IA)
SO UNCOOL, IT'S COOL AGAIN Aug 20, 2008
Q. If you drop an accordion and a set of bagpipes off a 20-story building, which one lands first. A. Who cares. (News & Observer)
Robert Burns: a defence Aug 16, 2008
When previous Scottish poets joked that there was no music in hell except for the bagpipes he was the man who brought highland culture in from the cold. He wrote sympathetically about highlanders under the cosh from rapacious landlords. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Cop Shop: Sharon Hill chief is off to a rousing start Aug 14, 2008
o If you listen closely on Sunday nights, you might be able to pick up the sound of bagpipes and drums coming from the Collingdale Fire Co. The melodious sound would be the Collingdale Guard Pipe and Drum Band, which practices Sunday nights at Collingdale Fire Co. No. 1 ... The founding members are: Michael Dolly, Yeadon police; Michael Baker, Kenneth Felker and William Carter, Collingdale police; Robert Cleary, Delaware County Park Police; Joseph Dougherty, Chester police; Joseph Dolan, Paul... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Police farewell Aug 11, 2008
There was also a 21-gun salute, the playing of Taps and the soulful sounds of bagpipes playing in the tradition of a policeman s funeral. Copyright. (New Iberia, LA)
Sentinel Morning Update: Dickinson student produces fire tax film Aug 11, 2008
There will be bagpipes and musicians, including Charlie Zahm, Tad the Fiddler and the ever-popular Martin Family Band. The festival will also feature Tin Kettle, Una Rose, Moch Pryderi and the Lochiel Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Movies' Best Opening Scenes Aug 11, 2008
The film Jaws prepared us for an attack with the two notes on low strings; Bagpipes and traditional Celtic music set the time and place of Braveheart. Characters of American Graffiti were defined by popular tunes of the 1950s. (Suite101.com)
Beijing puts on a grand show Aug 9, 2008
Some questions went unanswered: What were bagpipes doing here. Some things went unsaid, such as the way the US athletes, in outfits designed by Ralph Lauren, looked as if they'd just blown in from a croquet match on Nantucket. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Aug 7, 2008
Last year she taught reading at Frostproof Middle Sr. High School and instructed bagpipes at LWHS.. "Bagpipes is my passion, she says, and it takes up all my spare time." In 1997 during her final internship she was asked to join Rose O'Grady's Highlanders in Orlando ... At the end of his freshman year he added the bagpipes. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Celtic music, bands draw attendees to Irish festival Aug 2, 2008
Bruce Smith, a Scot from Colo, has played the bagpipes for the past 50 years. He performed in the fest's opening parade and stuck around to watch the evening's musical lineup. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Lantern festival calls forth loved ones from afar Jul 29, 2008
With lantern lights flickering and Japanese bagpipes encouraging the world of the spirits to reawaken, 4,000 people gathered in the Parkway with hopes to bridge an ancient ritual of connection between the living and the dead ... This Boston University graduate student explained the symbolization of the white paper on the lanterns as death, and mentioned the bagpipes and traditional Kana language as authentic elements to the ceremony. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
A soldier's 'Climb to glory' Jul 28, 2008
LAWRENCE - When the mournful sound of bagpipes playing "America the Beautiful" subsided, only sobs and cries could be heard as the body of Army Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez was carried into a church in Lawrence. One woman's wail echoed above the rest: "Mi ni o! Mi ni o!" My son. (Boston Globe)
Great American Irish Festival: Annual event always a good time Jul 26, 2008
Bagpipes droned and tents shook from stomping, clapping festival-goers Friday during the first day of the Great American Irish Festival at Herkimer County Fairgrounds. Director Matt Sullivan was excited with the cooperative weather, peaking at about 81 degrees in late afternoon, as well as the turnout on the first day of the fifth annual event. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Marines Invade The Hamptons Jul 25, 2008
Entertainment is by a steel band from Anguilla, where he operates another joint in winter, and an Emerald Society bagpipes band. There will be songs by his son and daughter and an odd book signing. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Musical notes Jul 19, 2008
The Celtic band combines bagpipes, whistle, fiddle and song. Their arrangements modernize traditional Celtic jigs and reels. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Editor's notes: What a wonderful world Jul 18, 2008
Food, folk music, performers, merchants selling their wares, sidewalk shoppers browsing racks, artist displays at Village Landing, taste-testing Mayflower brews at the BBC, Officer Paul Boyle playing his bagpipes. He ll appear in the video I m putting together of the weekend downtown experience. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Rap, grime and the hurdy-gurdy Jul 16, 2008
English bagpipes jostle with hurdy-gurdy and melodeon; but the track that may yet take Moray into the mainstream is All You Pretty Girls. "I was YouTube surfing and I found [XTC's] video for it, and it lodged in my brain," he says. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Timbaland On Producing Jay-Z's Next LP: 'It'll Be A Monster' Jul 16, 2008
I'mma have songs with bagpipes. The music is gonna be so worldwide, he'll be able to tour the rest of his life, maybe, off just this one album. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Follow that stilt-walker! Jul 14, 2008
Day and night, there are hundreds of people in the streets, and you are never more than three feet away from someone playing the bagpipes. It's OK, though, because you can escape into the relative peace and quiet of the venues. (Guardian Unlimited)
Overheard, out and about, Mrs. Grundy sees all, tells all Jul 13, 2008
"Confederate flags were being raised and lowered, one after the other, over the grave of Davis, to be sold as souvenirs of the day. I bought one and later presented it to our Andalusia camp, the Covington Rifles of the S.C.V.."The program began with a procession of bagpipes, drums, and colors, followed by a call to order by James H. Cochrane, Jr., the master of ceremonies representing the Jefferson Davis Memorial Committee of the Virginia S.C.V.. "W. Curtis Butterworth, Virginia S.C.V. chaplain,... (Andalusia Star News, AL)
Oregon Coast Music Festival schedule Jul 13, 2008
Molly s Revenge is an acoustic Celtic band that combines bagpipes, whistle, fiddle and song, set against a backdrop of guitar, bouzouki, and mandola accompaniment. Their arrangements modernize traditional Celtic jigs and reels. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
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Rota Temporis blends bagpipes, Celtic traditions and rock music ... I don t know if I ve ever seen a band combine bagpipes and electric guitar. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Stampede kick-off was no dream Jul 8, 2008
This year's Grandstand Show featured some old favourites from years gone by, including comic Johnnie Bagpipes, Kiss tribute band Destroyer, the Extreme Dream Team and Acrobazia. This year is the 40th anniversary of the Young Canadians, who, among their many musical numbers, performed a kind of 40 years of grandstand greatest hits, which featured, among others, O Canada, Born To Be Wild, Let the Sunshine In, the theme from Shaft, YMCA, Material Girl and La Vida Loca. (Calgary Herald)
Free summer entertainment offered Jul 8, 2008
The Highland Rovers blend popular rock with bagpipes, percussion, and vocal harmonies and have played at arenas as large as Shea Stadium, Moran said. Popular acts like the Highland Rovers frequently attract as many as a thousand people to Riverwalk Park, said Parks and Recreation Director Ronald Herrick, Jr. For their fireworks show, Herrick said 16,000 is the least that can be expected. (Valley News, CT)
Mamma Mia! island's star turn Jul 6, 2008
Still, you have to admire a man who can keep a straight face while singing Abba songs and delivering lines such as: "I see you've still got my bagpipes." It is more heroic than anything he ever did as James Bond. And Skopelos is an island fit for heroes, even ones in flip-flops. (Telegraph.co.uk)
An All-American Fourth Jul 5, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008 11:47 PM PDT The sound of sirens, bagpipes, F-15s, dogs barking, children laughing and fireworks echoed through the Klamath Basin during Friday s Fourth of July celebrations. At least one dog along the Klamath Avenue parade route backed up because he was frightened of the sirens from Klamath County Sheriff s Office vehicles and the guns from the Klamath Cowboy Action Shooting Club. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Adam Smith makes a grim-faced return Jul 5, 2008
A skirl of the bagpipes, a billowing of canvas, and with the words Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Adam Smith , Professor Vernon Lomax Smith, pulled the chord to reveal a new and daunting statue of Scotland's most eminent economist, staring down Edinburgh's Royal Mile and out to the North Sea and the world. The bronze artwork, the first of Smith to be erected in Scotland, was created by Sandy Stoddart and is sited close to the Mercat Cross. (Times Online)
Fire on the Fourth: celtic rock, acoustic rock Jul 4, 2008
Bagpipes aren't quite the same tradition as baseball and barbecue when it comes to the Fourth of July, but the Scottish aerophones are rapidly establishing themselves as one in Juneau ... If one is looking for a historical tie-in, consider that bagpipes have long been a tradition in parades worldwide, said Mike Barnhill, also known as Lazlo, the guitarist for Fire On McGinnis ... "For those of us that can't get enough of bagpipes it's great," he said. (Juneau Empire)
Red, White and Boom offers fun for everyone Jul 3, 2008
The McKinney Fire Department s Drum and Bagpipe Band, which includes Scottish Highland bagpipes and drums, will perform from 6:45 to 7 p.m. on July 4. Charlie Robison will perform from 7:05 to 8 p.m. on July 4 and Josh Gracin will perform from 8:15 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
What the Heck? Piping in summer, Irish style Jun 30, 2008
McCarthy plays the bagpipes with Tralee County Kerry Band. She played several numbers, pausing in between to refresh herself with vodka and lemonade. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Allies from start to finish Jun 30, 2008
The boulevard rededication began under partly cloudy skies with the skirl of bagpipes from the Pittsburgh Firefighters Memorial Pipe Band. Members of the War Dogs, a local motorcycle club composed primarily of veterans, then joined with Art Institute students and volunteers from PNC Financial Services to unfurl a 30-by-60-foot American flag before a stage set up on the boulevard at Grant Street. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Highlands at home Jun 30, 2008
For two days, the park's rolling hills are transformed into a mini-Scotland complete with sheep grazing on the grass, colorful kilts, Scotch, Highland dancing and the sound of bagpipes. Oh, so many bagpipes ... I'm not Scottish but the bagpipes just get to me, said Luis Guerra of Escondido. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall serves as poignant reminder Jun 27, 2008
Hundreds of people gathered for patriotic songs, brief remarks, a flyover by two C-130 transport planes, the posting of 50 American flags and 50 state flags and the laying of wreaths accompanied by the playing of Amazing Grace on bagpipes. Their names are listed in the order their lives were taken, said master of ceremonies Red Pitcher, a former Marine who served in Vietnam. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Relay raises $146,000 to fight cancer Jun 24, 2008
Lt. Brian O Leary of the Weymouth Police, himself a survivor of prostate cancer, played Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. The silence was broken only by the music of the pipes, the sound of weeping and the soft murmurs of comfort offered by friends of the bereaved. (Weymouth News, MA)
Lunarium's Cinnead Loreweaver Jun 22, 2008
We ve contemplated having someone in the band learn the bagpipes. Lately I ve been studying how to incorporate fiddle runs into my guitar playing. (Suite101.com)
Russert tribute: Family, friends and the Boss Jun 19, 2008
A man wearing a kilt played the bagpipes as the crowd arrived, and delivered a rendition of "Amazing Grace" as Russert's casket was taken from the church. Video. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Relay For Life highlights year-round fight against cancer Jun 18, 2008
Weymouth police lieutenant and cancer survivor Brian Leary will once again play Amazing Grace on the bagpipes during the ceremony prepared by Ed and Cheryl Harrington. Luminaria bags will be available at the track for a $5 donation and can also be obtained from Relay teams or online at http://main. (Weymouth News, MA)
R.A.L.A. SUMMER FESTIVAL RUNS JUNE 28 TO 29 Jun 17, 2008
Entertainment will include a guitarist, a bluegrass band and bagpipes, and the food court will offer chicken, Italian sausage, French fries, sandwiches, Kettle Korn, monk bread and more. Other campus shops are also open to extend the artistic and shopping experiences, as well as demonstrations such as letterpress printing, calligraphy, screen printing, and the repair and spinning of Oriental rugs. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
50 essential cds from around the world Jun 15, 2008
Radio Tarifa imagined a playlist for a mythic radio station at the meeting point of North Africa and Spain - flamenco guitars and ouds, Arabic drums and Gallician bagpipes - then made it happen, brilliantly. 33 Au Cabaret SauvageLo' JoEmma, 2003. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Bicycling's Tour of Pennsylvania is a 450-mile test of endurance Jun 15, 2008
Troops that marched to the skirl of bagpipes and the cadence of drummers assaulted the unbroken forest with axes, mattocks and shovels. Their reaction was similar to what cyclists felt when they negotiated the terrain during a recent reconnaissance run. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Edinburgh's Ban on Bagpipes Jun 13, 2008
Can you imagine Scotland without bagpipes ... Bagpipes, Sean Connery, haggis, and the Loch Ness Monster ... Of course many of these things have been exaggerated to the point where some Scots cannae stand to see, for example, another See You Jimmy Hat, but others, the bagpipes for example, are so deeply connected to the country s history that the culture barely makes sense without them. (Suite101.com)
End of Era in Yale Golf Jun 10, 2008
"Scottish bagpipes immediately take me back to the `auld country' and bring to the surface childhood and family memories, most of them good ones," said Paterson. "Scots are very nationalistic and proud of their heritage. As a young man I played a b-flat coronet in the local town band and we always found ourselves behind the pipe band on any parade. I must admit a tear came to my eye on when I came over the hill on 18.". (Goyalebulldogs.com)
SAHS graduates urged to succeed Jun 8, 2008
It started with bagpipes. Then came clapping, cheering and calling out names as the graduates filed in. (The St. Augustine Record)
Hope you can read it again! Jun 6, 2008
He plays the bagpipes. And he holds honorary doctorates from two Illinois colleges. (Carmi Times, IL)
Keeping score around New England Jun 5, 2008
What will start the tournament is not the blast of an air-horn, but the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and while bagpipes are part of the golf landscape, at the Beethoven Open there will be string quartets. And the ever-popular hole-in-one contest. (Boston Globe)
Managing Your Dog's July 4th Fears Jun 2, 2008
Anything by (Peter Schickele), except maybe for his "Safe" Sextet or Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons. (Okay. (Suite101.com)
America's fallen veterans remembered in word and song at Keokuk National Cemetery May 29, 2008
A 21-gun salute was given by the American Legion, VFW and Sons of the American Legion, with Dan Proctor playing the bagpipes; followed by the playing of the Star Spangled Banner while raising the colors to full staff. Hogan then called for the retiring of the colors as McNamara's Band, directed by Tom Bertucci, played Stars and Stripes Forever. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Fallen officer honored: Hundreds show up for Winona police investigator’s funeral May 29, 2008
After the Mass, Petroff s fellow officers stood at attention, saluting his pine casket as it was loaded onto a hearse to the sound of bagpipes ... Amazing Grace followed on bagpipes. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Private army brings colour to Scottish village May 28, 2008
To the stirring sound of bagpipes and drums, the 150-strong regiment of Atholl Highlanders comes to a halt in front of Blair Castle to await inspection by their owner, John Murray, the 11th Duke of Atholl ... "It was really good. There is something about the bagpipes that makes the hair on my neck stand on end," Mr. Mckinlay said. (Globe and Mail -- International)
