Member Spotlights - Page 12

Toni DeVore: The Calling

After a trip to Scotland, I discovered a friend was a piper and decided to take a couple practice chanter classes with him. I really…

I took up bagpiping as a retirement project after working 35 years as a police officer. My goal was to play at memorials and funerals…

When I was a small child I had wanted to play bagpipes. I graduated high school, college and the law school years later and yet…

I'll never forget walking out of the train station in Edinburgh and hearing a piper near the Scott Monument...and on the last hole I played…

I have always wanted to pipe but 43 years in the military, having kids, grandkids and life in general held me back. At the age…

My father played before I came along. My uncle, Colin Craig, was at the time an open grade solo player. He was my inspiration. I…

When I was a lad, the school I attended had a pipe band. Almost on a whim I decided I wanted to have a go…

I got started in piping when I was organizing a 200 mile Voyageur Canoe Brigade of 15 canoes, 100 paddlers and a stage show telling…

The story goes my mother held me up as a baby in 1952 as the Scots Guards played the Garb of Old Gaul at the…

It's a funny thing but I initially had NO interest in the bagpipes. My friend Tim wanted to learn and knew I played other instruments.…