Category: Member Spotlights

I saw an advertisement for free lessons with a local band and decided to take them up on their offer My original goals were to…

I come from a military family so bagpipes have always been the background soundtrack of my life. I decided I wanted to do more than…

My husband gifted me a chanter on my 35th birthday. I have always wanted to learn how to play the pipes but never thought I…

I started my bagpiping journey in November 2020. I wanted to learn to play after hearing a song at church that I thought would sound…

I started in my 40s when sports injuries made me realize I should have kept up with music related activities, which you can do all…

I was always looking forward to seeing the bagpipes in parades above anything else. I really wanted to learn and it just so happened that…

There was something powerful about the bagpipes that drew me in. I've always been attracted to the sound, and whenever I heard it I would…

When I was a little kid, I would completely come unglued when the pipe bands would go by at the parades. Dad bought me a…

Grandpa came from Dingwall, Scotland, and I thought it would be fun to add the bagpipe to my repertoire. He died when I was young…

I saw a documentary in 2011 about pipe bands playing at ANZAC day parades. I wanted to play in a band and march in parades.…