Dave Glad - Heathen Bagpiper - Utah
I’ve been playing the highland bagpipes for most of my life. I was taught as a young boy by Dennis McMaster, former pipe major of the Salt Lake Scots Bagpipe Band. I played as a competitive bagpiper for many years and won several solo and pipe band competitions in the Western United States Pipe Band Association. In 1994 I traveled with the band to Glasgow Scotland to compete in the Bagpipe Band World Championships. What a great experience! I left the Salt Lake Scots Bagpipe Band in 1999 and went on to pursue other opportunities.
During the summer of 2005 Michael Gibbs, an old bagpiping buddy contacted me about forming an association of professional bagpipers. That October the Heathen Highlanders were born and we are still going strong. It’s in this group that I coined the catch name “Bagpipe Heathen.”
I have performed at just about every kind of event imaginable and had a lifetime of great experiences as a musician and performer. I’ve shared the joy at weddings and parties with my clients, and I’ve mourned with them at funerals of their loved ones. I’ve been honored to provide bagpiping services for the memorials of veterans, fire fighters and law enforcement officers. All true American heroes.
This is my legacy as a bagpiper… One that I will continue.
If you would like the Great Highland Bagpipes at your event please contact me @ 801-661-4168
I would like to thank all of those who taught and mentored me as a piper and a special thanks to my parents, siblings, wife and children for the years of support and encouragement they have given me as a musician.
Poll worker hopes voters follow call of bagpipes- NJ.com
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UCR’s unique bagpipes and drum degree program beckons with top-notch directors
The bagpipe, that Rodney Dangerfield of the woodwinds, is finally getting some respect.
Since UC Riverside inaugurated its degree programs in bagpipes and Scottish drums last fall, the spindly, awkward, noisy instrument and its Highland cousin have been elevated to the highest academic status possible alongside the piano, cello and clarinet within its music department.
Three pipers and one drummer have enrolled in what may be the only program of its kind in the world where students can major in pipes or drums.
That’s a long way to come for an instrument that few appreciate and even fewer can play well.
Ian Whitelaw, arguably the best piper in the Western Hemisphere, wants to change that.
Whitelaw, the new pipe director at UCR, brings a lifelong love of piping and a passion for its history and culture to the position. Ditto drumming director Ed Best, who has been playing Scottish drums since he was 8.
Walter Clark, music department chairman, is convinced that once word is out that UCR has Whitelaw teaching bagpipes and Best teaching Scottish drums, people will flock to the fledgling program…
Reach Elaine Regus at 951-368-9478 or eregus@PE.com
Sovereign’s piper for a day
KILSYTH soldier Corporal Alastair Tripney (26) had the honour of playing in front of Her Majesty The Queen.
Pipers from the five regular battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) played at the State Banquet during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Windsor Castle. It is the first time that the Royal Regiment of Scotland has been given the honour to be the Sovereign’s Pipers at a state banquet.
The pipers had been rehearsing at the headquarters of the Army’s School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming at Redford Infantry Barracks in Edinburgh where they marched in and around the headquarters to try and recreate the Windsor Castle setting prior to playing at the state banquet before Her Majesty The Queen and the French President.
The Lady Piper
Serving San Francisco, the Bay Area and surrounding counties (will also travel). Weddings, parties, funerals, graduation ceremonies, fundraisers… Full Highland Dress. Reliable and punctual. Please call (415) 317-3081 or email TheLadyPiper [at] yahoo.com and I'll be happy to help you plan how to use the pipes best on your special day
All denominations served, traditional and non-traditional Always punctual and dependable, reasonable prices. Full Highland Dress Serving the San Francisco Bay Area, California & The World! (will travel)
City’s lone bagpipe-maker is an industry of one
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
Featured Bagpiper - Mike Hannigan
MIKE HANNIGAN
New Jersey Bagpiper
http://www.nj.bagpiper.com
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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!
Michael Hannigan
(732) 706-3313
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.
Featured Piper: Bill McEvoy
Bill McEvoy has been playing the Great Highland Bagpipe since 1986, when he began taking lessons with the Essex Shillelagh Pipes & Drums in West Orange, NJ. By 1992, he was Pipe Major of the band.
In 1998, Bill was a founding member of the South Park & District Pipe Band. Bill began competing solo in 2000, & quickly rose to the level of grade III on the competition circuit. Bill was hired as instructor for the Passaic County Emerald Society Pipe Band in 2002, and is still instructing there. He has played countless piping gigs, taught numerous students, and is currently enjoying his position as Pipe Major of South Park & District. Bill has performed at many weddings, parties, funerals, etc, and is available for any event – either solo, or with additional pipers and drummers.
For booking inquiries, please click on the link to e-mail Bill: bill@billmcevoy.com
Or call:
732-775-7636 (home)
732-904-3820 (cell)
Featured Piper: Jerry Cashion
Jerry Cashion is a former pipe sergeant of the original Air Force Bagpipe Band, as well as Whitehouse bagpiper for J.F. Kennedy. Jerry was also the pipe major for the Adirondack Pipes & Drums and the Galloway Gaelic Pipe Band, and has played for numerous weddings, funerals and ceromonies.
Jerry has been playing the pipes over forty years. In 1960 he joined the United States Air Force Pipe Band in Washington, D.C. and toured the world, representing the United States. In 1961 he was chosen to be a Whitehouse piper for John F. Kennedy, and in 1963 I played with the Air Force Pipe Band at the President’s graveside. Upon leaving the military, Jerry returned to Glens Falls, NY, where he taught English for thirty years. During this time, Jerry was the Pipe Major of the Adirondack Pipes & Drums of Glens Falls, as well as the Galloway Pipe Band.
Eastern NY and Vermont
Currently Jerry perform at weddings, funerals, gatherings and ceremonies throughout Eastern NY and Vermont. Jerry have several uniforms, including a French & Indian War reproduction of the famed 42nd Black Watch.
In addition Jerry give talks on the role of the highlanders during the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars.
CONTACT JERRY CASHION
http://www.easternnewyorkbagpiper.com
http://www.vermontbagpiper.com
Email Jerry
Telphone: 518-792-7954