Ticket orders and donations are really pouring in now for the Northwest Junior Pipe Band 2nd Annual Spring Concert! Mark your calendars for our 1 hour Matinee at 3:00 pm or our full concert and Silent Auction April 14th. The thought of helping send 30 kids to Scotland to compete with and learn from...
Northwest Junior Pipe Band members started posting black and white fliers around the greater Seattle area last week, and this week has a very attractive new advertisement you’ll start seeing around town. A sample added here. The concert is really picking up momentum, ticket orders are coming in and we’ll be posting a silent...
The first major fundraiser on our path toward Scotland is almost a month away still, and already we’ve managed to put more than $2000.00 in our Scotland Savings account, with generous donations from members of the Caledonian/St. Andrews Society of Seattle topping the cash donation list. We have a new member of the band...
McCallum bagpipes are very popular and several members of NWJPB either have or want a set. They’re very consistent, sound great and have beautiful details. This is a great background story on McCallum bagpipes, but the most interesting quote to me was their statement about the demand being really great for pipes in the...
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Deal or No Deal. Dave Atherton, a piper, a Master Bagpipe Maker, a professional guitarist, a body builder, a Bob Dunsire forum member, a New Yorker. Now the holder of the title ”highest paid piper for a single performance”? Probably. I had heard about his appearance on the show last week on the Bob Dunsire...
I’ve heard people suggest that kids shouldn’t start with a pipe band until they’re 10 or 12. We’ve removed the 8 year old minimum requirement from our recruiting statement because we’ve seen some very talented kids joining the band, or starting starting lessons younger and younger. Techniques for teaching kids at younger ages are...
NWJPB had another big turnout at the March 3rd WPA mini competition. NWJPB has been asked to perform at the next WPA event March 31st. Pictures are now posted on www.washingtonpipers.org/photos from Saturday’s competition. Alumni Instructor Kendra MacLeod teaching winning “Beginning Snare” student Amber S. how to hold the tenor mallet Results: Grade 5 Piping:...
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