Category: Member Spotlights

I've always wanted to learn to play the pipes. When I retired and moved back to the mainland, the first time I met a pipe…

My first exposure to piping was at Girl Guide and Boy Scout parades in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The annual Scouting parade consisted of youth groups…

I recently had my first live competition experience... and it was a lesson in being prepared! I heeded some wise advice to make sure to…

I always wanted to learn to play, but when I was able to join a police bagpipe band, I finally was able to learn how…

As a child I loved hearing bagpipe tunes with my parents and wanted to share that love of pipe tunes. My biggest problem initially was…

According to one of the DNA sites I am 98% UK & Scottish. I found out my great-grandfather was a 33 degree Scottish Rite Mason…

I had a piper and drummer at my wedding in '98 and just 2 years ago I started my personal piping journey. I wanted to…

I heard the bagpipes in Edinburgh and loved the sound and the music. I was hooked from that day, four years ago. I wanted to…

I went to SFU. It turned out that a friend in math class was a member of (the original) Triumph Street Pipe Band (yes, this…

I have always had a little voice in my head when I heard bagpipes playing that said "I want to learn to play the bagpipes…