Category: Member Spotlights

It all started with listening to Kenneth McKellar, First Tenor of Scotland in the 1960s and attending a Black Watch concert. Another Black Watch concert…

I grew up in a Scottish household and pipe music was a part of that. I had a Great Uncle who was a PM in…

As a child we watched the Edinburgh Tattoo on TV every year. I always liked the sound of the bagpipes. When I got married, we…

When we were young, my Dad made kilts for the girls in my family. I have Scottish roots on my mother’s side. I took highland…

My whole family is very good at music except me, so I wanted to learn something so we could all have a common interest. Bagpipes…

Quite by accident, I happened upon a pipe band practicing and was hooked. After that, I became somewhat of a groupie. I remember how overcome…

I started piping as a senior in high school. I was a musician in the high school band program, and was fortunate to have a…

My Dad's friend asked if any of his sons wanted to learn the pipes, and I volunteered at the age of eight. He took me…

Throughout a 24 year military career I always loved the pipes. Not to be morbid, but I have heard pipes played at way too many…

Being first generation Canadian to parents from Glasgow, I have been around Scottish culture and people my entire life. Back in the mid-90s, I was…