15th – 19th February 2010
In 2010 we have made some changes to our school to allow you more flexibility in the schedule.
As normal we have an option for piping and drumming students to be taught throughout the entire week in groups of similar ability where instruction is given on all aspects of piping and a variety of new music is covered. The all inclusive cost of this option is $600.
This year we have also introduced the options of two half week piping packages (each priced at $300) which are entirely workshop based. From Monday to Wednesday we offer a series of workshops suitable for Novice – Intermediate standard pipers and from Wednesday to Friday we offer a second workshop series for Intermediate to Advanced level pipers. The workshops offered can be viewed on the New York School page on our website – scroll down to find a PDF brochure. I am sure you will agree there is excellent coverage of a number of major topics on offer.
In order to be as flexible as possible we are also making the piping workshops available as a pick ‘n mix option for $40 per workshop so that students can come to as few or as many as they wish. All of these options are available to book online here
We are offering an “early bird special” which will run from now until the 1st January 2010 where students will receive 10% off the quoted price. In addition to this we are offering a family discount of 10% (two or more people from the same family) and a band discount of 10% (five members or more of the same band). This early bird special is available online via the booking form page.
The school is held during President’s week so we hope that having it during this vacation will make it easier for you to attend. Also, we link in with the Metro Cup piping competition which is to be held on February 20th at the Holiday Inn, Newark. This event showcases some of the worlds top pipers in competition including some of our instructors so we hope this might appeal to you as a great way to end a fantastic week of piping.
I really hope that you might consider coming to our New York school. For more information on the school and booking please visit www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/schools/new-york/ and for information on the Metro Cup please visit www.themetrocup.com/
I would be pleased if you would pass this on to your band members and anyone else you believe would be interested in our school.
Sincerely,
Roddy MacLeod MBE,
Principal
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With a sharp, well-written story, “Bagpipes” provides some great laughs while staying true to the characters. Marshall getting worked up by Barney’s ridiculous speech about what he’d do in the dishes situation, leading him to ineloquently attempt to present the same argument to Lily was both funny and exactly how you’d expect Marshall to act. Lily and Marshall’s mutated and multiplying arguments were well edited and well written, feeling like real fights they would have as a couple. Lily’s Shining impression very amusingly shut down all the multiplied arguments, and Marshall’s explanation about how Lily fights dirty like his brothers did with a captured badger, was great stuff.
While Ted is mostly a side-player this episode, his commentary and problems with the new upstairs neighbors always “playing the bagpipes” are key to the overall storyline. Unlike in “The Sexless Innkeeper” where Ted was part of a very small side-story of his own, Ted’s experiences with the bagpipe-playing neighbors not only gave us a great running gag throughout the episode and a very funny reveal of the elderly couple upstairs but also tied directly into the overall story, as Ted realized the downstairs neighbors always know exactly what’s going on with a couple.
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November 11 marks Remembrance Day and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #46 will host the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony.
The day commemorates the sacrifices of armed forces members and civilians in times of war.
It is observed at 11 a.m. Nov. 11, which is the date of the end of the First World War.
]]>Every journey starts somewhere and learning to play the pipes starts here with a 10 week course.
You will learn on the practice chanter to correctly play the scale, embellishments and a tune or two.
The weekly 6:30 to 7:30 pm class starts on Tuesday November 10th and runs for 10 weeks with Christmas and New Years off.
No experience is necessary. You don’t have to know how to read music. You don’t have to have huge lungs.
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We have it on good authority that there are 2 minibus loads of ‘highly elated’ supporters of World Champion Inveraray & District Pipe Band’s Pipe Major, Stuart Liddell, on their way home from Blair Castle in Perthshire as we write.
Stuart Liddell has just won The 2009 Glenfiddich Piping Championships, for the first time and from a field of ten top pipers in the contest recognised as the World Championships for solo pipers.
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This is a photo of a bagpiper, playing a Great Highland Bagpipe (A’ Phìob Mhòr in Gaelic), a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, which has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world.
The bagpipe is first attested in Scotland around 1400, having first appeared in European artwork in Spain in the 1200s. The earliest references to Scottish bagpipes are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland Bagpipe became established in the British military and achieved the widespread prominence it enjoys today, whereas other bagpipe traditions throughout Europe, ranging from Spain to Russia, almost universally went into decline by the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Follow this link to get the entire list of bagpipes worldwide.
The bagpipe featured on this month’s cover is a rather recent skill acquired by Joanne Glover. The 1969 graduate of the Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists was attending a memorial service in 2001. “As I listened and watched, the spirit of it moved me, so I spoke to the piper afterwards.”
She connected with a “teacher and supplier of all things bagpipes” and began a musical journey that led her to join a band called Creagan More.
“We perform in parades, graduations, and concerts,” she said.
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]]>I will lead “Ornamentation Boot Camp” — a workshop for tin whistle, low whistle and flute players — on Sunday, November 8 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at The Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Manhattan.
The class is for musicians who are comfortable playing Irish dance tunes at a moderate pace, but who are new to ornamentation or who would like to review the techniques. The workshop will start with instruction in cuts and strikes, and then move on to long rolls, short rolls, and crans. Each ornament will be presented in the context of a tune, so you will not only learn techniques, but you’ll also come away with a series of new pieces to add to your repertoire.
If you have attended a previous Ornamentation Boot Camp, please note that I will be teaching all new tunes in this one. So if you would like to review the techniques and learn some new tunes, please sign up. Players of Boehm-system flutes are welcome to attend as always.
The fee for the workshop is $45. Irish Arts Center members, children under sixteen and seniors receive a $5 discount.
Space is limited. To register, please call Rachael at The Irish Arts Center: 212-757-3318, ext. 209, 10 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday.
Best,
Bill Ochs
467 W. 46th St.
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-247-3231
E-mail: billochs@pennywhistle.com
Web: www.pennywhistle.com