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I Have a Bagpiper

Not everyone is lucky enough to have their own bagpiper, but be careful for what you wish for because bagpipe bands teach for free. All you have to do is find your local band and show up!
You might think this is a good thing, until your own budding bagpiper brings home a chanter and begins to practice. Never forget, bagpipes are defined as an, "Instrument of War," and were once banned by the Loyalist government during the Highland uprising in the 1700s. The skirling of the pipes call the troops to battle and can be heard up to 10 miles above the sounds of battle, so you might want to aim your piper toward a nice field or loch or rooftop.
"Requests? Can you play far, far away?"
Speaking of rooftops, my bagpiper used to practice his pipes at work, on the roof. He'd chortle silently to himself when people would say, "I could swear I heard bagpipes today but I couldn't find them anywhere!"

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Bagpiping and Highland Games

Eventually, your bagpiper will want to prove himself as Grand Poobah of bagpipers. You bagpiper will compete in Highland Games where there are awards and medals and trophies. Sure, you might have gone to one or two games before, but now you're getting up at the crack of dawn because solo competition starts at 9am--and that's if the games are in your town. Some of them are on the other side of the state. Yes, when you compete with the band, you sign up for ALL the games that year.
Bagpipe Widow shirt
From January to April, in my state, every weekend is spoken for and practice is twice a week. But don't stay home and miss out on the fun. Your bagpiper needs your support and there's a lot to see. There's sheaf tossing, caber tossing, and sheepdogs herding. Not to mention all the bagpipes music you can tolerate in one day.

*A good trick is to have a cd of bagpipe tunes in the car. On the way home, make sure it's barely audible and then see how long before someone says, "Man, I STILL keep hearing pipes!"
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Do You Knit?

Perhaps your bagpiper will come to your forlornly and beg you to knit him some of those fancy kilt hose-with lots of cables and popcorn tops. And if you do it, he'll tell his friends. Pretty soon you'll be needing these kilt hose knitting business cards!
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Have You Heard The Joke About...

You have NO idea how many bagpiper jokes there are. If you go to a ceilidh, you might hear a few. A ceilidh is a party. Everyone gets up and performs a little whether it be a story or a song or a joke and there's plenty of drinking so those stories and songs and jokes get more amusing as the night progresses.
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Quick Piper Pop Quiz

No Googling and you can NOT say, "Amazing Grace!"

Name 1 bagpipe song.

  • Mr_Ham Jul 18, 2011 @ 1:47 am | delete
    Uaimh an Oir
  • Psycho-Gamer Jul 11, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Piobaireachd....

    I love bagpipes so much...i mean so much...i hope one day i will be able to have my own...and of course learn how to play
  • MaxReily Jun 14, 2011 @ 8:24 am | delete
    Highland Cathedral
  • jcubero Jun 2, 2011 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    Bagpipes are awesome!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Apr 5, 2011 @ 5:45 pm | delete
    Interesting
  • JoshK47 Mar 18, 2011 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    I love bagpipes! Wish I had my own personal bagpiper...
  • artyfax Mar 13, 2011 @ 5:17 am | delete
    Scotland the brave, och hi the noo!
  • nightcats Mar 12, 2011 @ 11:10 pm | delete
    Danny Boy?
  • dc64 Mar 4, 2011 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    Is 'Taps' a Bagpipe song? It is sad enough to be. If not, then I know of no other.
  • VickiSims Feb 28, 2011 @ 10:39 pm | delete
    Got me stumped, but I love the bagpipes. I tried to have my own bagpiper too, but couldn't talk my son (who played several other woodwind instruments) into taking up the pipes!
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Bagpiper's Camp

This summer is bagpiper's camp. My bagpiper and my drummer (oh yes, I'm quite deaf now) are both going to the mountains to study and learn from some of the best teachers in the U.S. and Canada.
Mothers--let your children pick up the pipes or the drums. There are college scholarships and then they'll take their very loud instrument off to college with them!

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Remember, all you have to do to be a part of the world of bagpipes is show up at a bagpipe club or encourage a family member to go and learn. Maybe one day, you too can have your own bagpiper!

Off Kilter

If you've been to Epcot, you'll recognize, "Off Kilter." Bagpipes aren't just 100-year-old songs anymore.
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Modern Bagpipes

Bagpipes have moved forward. Disney has my friend, Jamie, who plays in, "Off Kilter," in Canada. He was one of my bagpiper's early teachers, back in the day. Have a listen at the new sounds.
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The New World Celts

If you love Highland Games, bagpipes, kilts, and want to march in the opening ceremony of your next Highland Games, join The New World Celts!

The New World Celts--Chapters
Mission:
To promote Celtic culture in the New World in the areas of Cultural awareness, music, dance, athletics, re-enactments, history and other areas deemed appropriate.

But how can YOU look like an award winning bagpipe player?

It's easy!
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You Know You Want It

This is actually, as haggis goes...edible.
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Table of Contents

  1. Bagpipe Poll
  2. Bagpiping and Highland Games
  3. Do You Knit?
  4. Have You Heard The Joke About...
  5. Piper Poll
  6. Piobaireachd
  7. Quick Piper Pop Quiz
  8. Bagpiper's Camp
  9. Off Kilter
  10. Modern Bagpipes
  11. More
  12. The New World Celts
  13. But how can YOU look like an award winning bagpipe player?
  14. You Know You Want It
  15. House 'O Noise
  16. Enjoy my Photography?
  18. Guestbook

House 'O Noise

It's Never Quite

This was my, "wee bairn," a few years ago at the Highland Games. Once you have a bagpiper, you could end up with a drummer too.
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Enjoy my Photography?

My photos can be purchased at my Zazzle store. If you're a model in the Central Florida area, my Model Mayhem number is 1640818. If you're not a model but want to look like one in your next portrait, drop me a line.

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Guestbook

  • MaxReily Jun 14, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Love Love Love this lens!I love bagpipes more than words can say! In fact, learning to play them myself has always been on my list of "must-do" things! My love, who lives in Australia and has Scottish heritage (Clan MacLaren) knows this. He's always sending me any bagpipe music he thinks I may not have heard.
  • wordstock May 27, 2011 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    I love this lens. I love bagpipes but are they supposed to make you cry when you hear them. Somehow they seem to reach my soul. Oboes do that too. Angel blessed.
  • nightcats Mar 12, 2011 @ 11:11 pm | delete
    Lucky, lucky you to have your own piper!
  • ---Chazz Mar 9, 2011 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens. I sure learned a lot I didn't know before.
  • puzzlemaker Feb 28, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    I love the sounds of bagpipes. The Sand Piper Card made me smile.
  • Ilona1 Feb 27, 2011 @ 2:00 am | delete
    love bagpipes- you lucky girl to have your own piper :) Loved the tongue in cheek tone of your lens ( it was,right?LOL!)
  • mypotlpeople Feb 24, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    I didn't know much of anything about bagpipes before I found you lens. Thanks for the introduction. I learned a lot.
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