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National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland joins Diamond Jubilee Parade

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Pipefest

One of Scotland’s most talented musical groups, The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, will join the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Perth on 2nd June 2012. The group, a growing force in the pipe world will join 1,000 pipers and drummers from around the World.

The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is a non-competing cutting edge performance pipe band for 10-25 year olds in Scotland. Launched in 2002 by The National Piping Centre, the National Youth Pipe Band is the first and only organisation of its kind to bring together Scotland’s most talented young musicians at a national level. Membership is drawn from across Scotland’s 32 councils, and young pipers and drummers come from an array of different competing pipe bands and musical backgrounds, brought together as a collection of the very best chosen to play for their country. The National Youth Pipe Band provides unique development opportunities for its young members and an exceptional musical experience for its audiences. The NYPB is a dynamic, exciting, and modern spin on the traditional pipe band experience, and performs both at home and abroad. Continue reading →

Perth in bid for city status

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Pipefest

Bookmakers (William Hill) have placed Perth in the top two in the race for winning city status. Perth is one of 26 entrants in the Diamond Jubilee City Status Competition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s ascension to the throne.

A determined effort has been led by Provost John Hulbert of Perth and Kinross Council to officially regain the grandeur lost in government reorganisation over quarter of a century ago. With the announcement expected next month, the efforts appear to be paying off, with bookmaker William Hill placing Perth as second favourite.

Perth Diamond Jubilee Parade – save the date!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Pipefest

Event: Perth Diamond Jubilee Parade
Date: 2 June, 2012
Online Registration Form
Registered Players List

Pipe bands are invited to join the carnival atmosphere at the Perth Diamond Jubilee Parade to be held in Perth on 2 June, 2012. This will be a fantastic day for all the family with a number of large free events throughout the day. Perth will certainly be the place to be with the Diamond Jubilee Parade, The Big Jubilee Lunch, an 8km Kilted Run, live music and a carnival atmosphere.

Bands and individual players can register can register to take part by using the online registration form.

The Diamond Jubilee Parade will march through Perth and end with a Grand Finale on the North Inch. Where a host of events are planned. The Kilted Run is a World Record attempt to beat the current record officially achieved by 1,089 participants in Perth, Ontario, on 26 June 2010. They then smashed their own record in 2011 when 1,276 people participated in the run. Kilted friends and family members are invited to take-up the challenge.

New Bagpipe App – About Time 2!

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Pipefest

The second collection of pipe tunes has recently been launched on iTunes and features 100 great pipe tunes. All sheet music is embedded within the app – so only one download is required and the tunes can be instantly displayed. The app works on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

Pipefest 1: iTunes link
Pipefest 2: iTunes link

The World’s First Bagpipe Sheet Music App!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Pipefest

Pipefest 1 is the World’s first bagpipe sheet music app! With sheet music for one hundred pipe tunes in a searchable index all in one place – the app is a great resource for pipers.

Features:

A collection of one hundred traditional and popular pipe tunes.
All tunes embedded within app – no further downloading.
Tunes indexed within time signature categories.
Search function to help quickly find tunes.

Benefits:

An app relevant to pipers
Convenient way to store and index tunes
Provides useful reference resource for pipers
Easy to use when out and about

Available via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pipefest-1

Pipefest Poznan Programme for Saturday 3rd September, 2011 at 11.a.m.

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Anna Misztak

We meet on Saturday (3 September at 11:00), on the square at the entrance to the Stary Browar (point 1 on the attached map and photo 1) there will be approximately one hour to tune and shape the blocks. Volunteers will await you ready to help. They will also show you the way to the room in which you can safely leave your cases and/or other belongings.

At 12:00 you may expect a couple of words by the representatives of organisers, city government and by some invited guests. As soon as speaches are over the first block starts, led by ScotPipe. The route is shown in addition. After a few meters ScotPipe band leaves the column and enters the interior of the Stary Browar (point 2 and photo 2) – the rest of the column continues the march till Dziedziniec Sztuki (The Art Yard).

1st Group: Scotpipe with a group of approximately 20 will lead.

2nd Group: will be pipers from Poland lead by CK Zamek band.

3rd Group: Forfar Pipe Band, Gdansk Pipe Band plus with the remainder of the Pipers from all over the world.

4th Group: the rest of Pipers from 3rd Gathering of European Piperes.

When the first Block reaches the Art Yard (point and photo 3), the next Block begins to go.

As soon as the last block reaches the Art Yard (around 12:50pm), the following two pieces are going to be played together by all the blocks:
1) Lelija
2) Poznan Pipefest
Music for both of them can be found at www.pipefest.com.

Having played these two songs, the Block standing nearest to the park will leave Stary Browar (without playing) and go toward Półwiejska Street (point 4). And so will do the other blocks one by one. The band standing on the picturesque bridge between two buildings of the Stary Browar (photo 4) will be playing farewell to all Pipers.

At 16:00 any participant of Pipefest is welcome to join the 3rd Gathering of European Piperes. Those who want to play on the Old Market, please, gather on the side of Wrocławska Street at 16:00 – the route leads around the Old Market.

At 17:00 on the City Hall outer stairs there is an auction with very interesting items on behalf of Barka Foundation.

Stary Browar Map: