Donated set of pipes

Last night Joyce donated a set of pipes to the band. They are a set the she bought when learning the pipes about 20 years ago but haven't been played for a long time. The pipes are made by Christies of Sydney and are in quite good condition.

Sorting through the pipe case was a real trip down memory lane for me with:

leather bag, DRM chanter reeds, cane drone reeds, PB bag seasoning, tartan bag cover, wool cords, beeswax and tie in string.

Thanks for that Joyce!

- Peter W

Welcome to our newest member - Adrian Barrie

Adrian has been with us almost 12 months now and is coming on well.

Adrian's first outing with the band will be at the Elizabeth Anzac day march.

Welcome to the band Adrian!

- Peter W

Tenor Steve

Steve, you can not hide anywhere in this day and age mate!
I saw it in Kates Australia Post mag, i thought i know this bloke, he brings the beers each practice night, good work Steve!

Andy T

MT Barker Contest

The band achieved a good result at Mt. Barker yesterday:

1st in the Mini Bands

2nd in the Full Band comp with Scotch 1st.

I don't have the master sheet yet so I don't have the full picture, but WELL DONE everybody.

Thanks Janice for taking the photos!

-Peter W

Recording from last nights practice

I was playing with the recorder this evening and grabbed a few sets of the band playing. Here is the Bonnie Galloway set. Hmmm... high A, don't remember it sounding like that. Also blowing issues but it was the end of the night..

I've removed the video as it only seems to be available for a few hours and then becomes unavailable. A quick google search shows that this seems to be a long term problem.

If interested let me know and I'll get a copy to you.

-Peter W

February Band Practice

Well it's been a hot start to the year, with more than a few practices at over 39C. Here are some photos from this year. It's great to see strong practices early in the year. I'll place more photos on the bands Picassa site for Liz to link into the website.

- Peter W

Back to Work!

I hope you all had a good break and are refreshed and eager to get back to the band.

Practices commence on Tue, Jan 12 .

Competition Players - Please be at the Harry Bowie reserve at 7PM sharp for a non playing run through of the drill required, we will move on to the hall at 8PM.

Non comp players who have been taking tuition from Jim can go straight to the hall.

For other learners practice will commence on Thu, Jan 28th (26th is Australia Day).

See you all there!

- Peter W

Another Tune From the Pen of Bill Gall

This should be a familiar melody to some of our pipers:

Thanks Bill.

- Peter W

Bagpipe Raffle

From City of Adelaide Pipe Band

Hi to all,

I'm hoping you can forward this email to your respective pipe corps. It's an opportunity to win a fantastic set of hand made bagpipes.

The City of Adelaide Pipe Band is holding a "Bagpipe Raffle" with proceeds going towards defending their Australian Championships title at the 2010 Australian Pipe Band Championships and to assist in their youth development project.

The Prize: A magnificent set of hand engraved sterling silver and imitation ivory African Blackwood bagpipes supplied by Colin Kyo Bagpipes including Bag, Bag Cover, Reeds & Moisture Control System (as per City of Adelaide Pipe Band championship winning setup) (Prize Value $5000AU approx.)

An audio file of the pipes and chanter can be heard on the School of Piping Website, performed by City of Adelaide Pipe Band Pipe Major Brett Tidswell at:
http://www.schoolofpiping.com/mp3/big-spree-kyolaminate.mp3

The raffle will be drawn at the 2010 R.U Brown Piobaireachd society Gold Medal Solo competition May 2nd 2010 by Murray Huggins the maker of Colin Kyo Bagpipes himself.

Tickets:
1 Ticket for $15
3 Tickets for $40
5 Tickets for $50

and can be purchased over the internet by heading to http://www.adelaidepipeband.com and following the links.
or by contacting the band secretary (secretary@adelaidepipeband.com).. All major credit cards are accepted, as well as direct deposit.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me.

Cheers

Ryan Post

Secretary

City of Adelaide Pipe Band

- Peter W

A couple of wedding pics ....

Hi all,

After being hassled by numerous people from the band I've finally relented and put a few of our wedding photos up on the blog. The day went very well and was definitely less stressful than I thought it might be. Thanks again for all you best wishes.

Liz and Ben