Category: Member Spotlights

I started piping as a teenager. I had played many instruments but I really felt a connection with the bagpipes. My first inspiration was and…

I have always loved the sound of the bagpipes. When I did some genealogical research for my family, I found that we have a huge…

I don’t remember when I first heard the bagpipes but I’m sure it made the peach fuzz stand up on my spine. Years later in…

I always wanted to play the pipes since I was a kid. Never got around to it until later in life. It finally got to…

I started bagpipes in the aftermath of 9-11, having seen numerous pipers and pipe bands on TV playing ceremonies in New York. I joined a…

I became interested in bagpiping as a child but did not pursue learning until after I enlisted in the United States Air Force. I was…

I would have a blast blowing into paper towel rolls like they were trumpets, and that obsession turned into a further love of blowing into…

I inherited my grandfather's pipes, and at the age of 55, I finally got up the courage to learn how to play. I haven't looked…

I kinda started learning to play in 1984 in Santa Rosa, CA, but was transferred (Coast Guard). After many starts and stops, in 1996 decided…