Paul Roberts plays Lowland Pipes

Paul Roberts plays 'Malcolm Caird's Come Again' from George Skene's 1717 manuscript from the North Eastern Lowlands; currently the oldest known notated Scottish bagpipe music.

The border pipes are a type of bagpipe related to the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe. It is perhaps confusable with the Scottish smallpipe, although it is a quite different and much older instrument. Although most modern Border pipes are closely modelled on similar historic instruments, the modern Scottish smallpipes are a modern reinvention, inspired by historic instruments but largely based on Northumbrian smallpipes in their construction.

The name, which is modern, comes from Scotland's border country, where the instrument was once common, so much so that many towns there used to maintain a piper. The instrument was found much more widely than this, however; it was noted as far north as Aberdeenshire, south of the Border in Northumberland and elsewhere in the north of England. Other names have been used for the instrument: Lowland pipes and reel pipes in Scotland, and in Northumberland. However, the term reel pipes historically refers to instruments similar to Highland pipes, intended for indoor use. The term half-long pipes is now used to refer particularly to surviving examples from the 1920s when there was a partially successful attempt to revive the instrument.

http://lbps.net/lbps/

Blessed are They that Mourn

Lament For Kinlochmoidart

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. -Matthew 5:4

Pipe Band from The City of Thorold , Canada

Pipe and Drum band from Thorold , Canada

I thought this pipe band was particularly handsome and classy. The band came down from Canada to perform at the Jamestown Regional Celtic Festival on Saturday.

Piping Schedule

6th Annual Jamestown Regional Celtic Festival & Gathering of the Clans
Saturday, August 27, 2011



The sound of the Great Highland Pipes will be heard throughout the day


Pipe Band Schedule 2011


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM & 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM – 96th Highlanders Pipes & Drums

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM & 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM – Trinity Episcopal Pipes & Drums

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM & 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM – City of Thorold Pipe Band

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM & 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM – MacKenzie Highlanders Pipes & Drums

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM & 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM – Lochaber Pipe Bands

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM & 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM – Caledonian Pipes & Drums

11:40 AM – 12:00 AM & 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM – 87th Cleveland Pipe Band




Massed Bands Will Be:


12:30 PM – Opening Ceremony & 5:00 PM – Closing Ceremony

The Celtic Festival in Mayville was Grand

Celtic Festival Line Up on Sat. in Lakeside Park in Mayville, NY

Pipe Band Schedule 2010

09:30 AM – 10:00 AM – 96th Highlanders
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM – The Pipes & Drums of the Erepa Grotto
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM – MacKenzies
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM – Trinity Episcopal
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM – Caledonians
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM – City of Thorold
11:40 AM – 12:00 AM – 87th Cleveland

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM – Massed Bands & Clan Gathering Opening Ceremony

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM – 96th Highlanders
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM – The Pipes & Drums of the Erepa Grotto
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM – MacKenzies
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM – Trinity Episcopal
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM – Caledonians
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM – City of Thorold
4:30 PM – 4:50 PM – 87th Cleveland

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Massed Bands & Gathering of the Clans Closing Ceremony

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Ceilidh featuring the “Lochside Celtic Band“


Schedule of Celtic Music and Celtic Dance (Beer Tent Stage)

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Olean Area Irish Dancers
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Step-N-Time
12:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Massed Bands Opening Ceremony
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Olean Area Irish Dancers
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Celtic Creek
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Step-N-Time
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Celtic Hooligans

Dani Graduated May 8 from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

This is a video slide show with bagpipe music of Danielle Lynn Matthews' Graduation from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, May 8, 2010 . Photos were taken on campus and at the Riverside Inn in Cambridge Springs. PA. The Field House was packed with 949 graduates and their families for the commencement ceremony. Dani recieved her Bachelor of Science in Education-
Special Education/Elementary Education