Dolly Foster recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a family party at the Mary Spitzmiller home on Lorimier Street in Cape Girardeau. Foster has been a resident of Chateau Girardeau for eight years…

Bagpipe player George Gerules provided musical entertainment and honored Foster’s Scots-Irish heritage. Read entire article at SE Missourian Newspaper

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There’s a new noise in Rockaway - and it’s coming from a basement workshop.

Nate Banton - New York City’s only bagpipe maker - opened his business in a Neponsit bungalow four months ago. The 30-year-old craftsman specializes in two types of bagpipes: border pipes and small pipes.

“I’m interested in making hand-crafted pipes with an attention to detail,” said Banton, who grew up in Maine. “It’s a good business to be in. I make a product that people can make art with.”

Banton, who apprenticed for three years under noted pipe maker Seth Gallagher in upstate Cold Spring, N.Y., said he had a hard time breaking into the industry.

Read the entire article on the NY Daily News Website

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As a full-time bagpiper, you’ll find my schedule flexible and my rates affordable. I travel all over New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and am available for the following:My 10+ years of piping experience has allowed me to play for the Chieftains, governors, politicians, and at major venues, including Giants Stadium, the Meadowlands Arena and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. I’ve also played countless weddings, funerals, private parties and corporate events across the tri-state area. I’ve recently completed playing on the cd “Music from the Essex Shillelagh Pipes and Drums”.Should you require a bagpiper for any occasion, feel free to call or email for quick, prompt attention. Thanks for the visit!

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Piping at Weddings

Most frequently, the wedding party requests a piper to play outside the church before and after the wedding ceremony. Sometimes they also request tunes to be played during the ceremony inside the church, for example, during the processional, recessional, or candle lighting. On some occasions, piping is done at a wedding where the ceremony and reception are held in the same building. At one such wedding, the pipes were played on the balcony as guests arrived, played for the processional and recessional, and then played again for a short time as guests filed out to the cocktail hour.During outdoor weddings, the piping is usually incorporated into the ceremony. Another option is to have the pipes played at a cocktail hour or at a certain point during the reception. The cocktail hour option is especially popular where there is an outdoor garden or patio for the cocktail hour.