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November Concert programme

On Sunday 20 November the Band’s concert programme will be as follows:

First part:
Scotland the Brave bracket
Loch Lomond bracket
Thomas Sander bracket
Lament/My Home/Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
Nurse Edith Cavell
Atholl Highlanders/Leaving Port Askaig/Diu Regnare

Music Group

Band Second Part
M’hairis Wedding/Heykens Serenade
Green Hill/Battle is O’er

Band and Music Group
Arrangement of Band & Music Group Items

Hector the Hero Solo piper plays first part once, all repeat first part then play second part twice through.
The Bells of Dunblane Solo piper plays first part then all play the tune
The Mists of Time Solo piper plays lament
Small group play first part
All play first part, second part, first part.
Highland Cathedral Drummer starts
Solo piper plays 1st and 2nd parts.
All play 1st part, 2nd part and back to first part with long E and D at end.
Flower of Scotland Solo piper
Vocals
All play tune once.
Amazing Grace Guitar, vocals, guitar
Solo piper
All play once through. Note play normal ending not extended E at end.

Probable encore – Scotland the Brave

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QE II Funeral Music

A number of people have asked what music was played by the pipe bands and the solo piper during the Queen’s funeral.

In the military procession taking the Queen’s coffin to Westminster Abbey for her state funeral the massed bands comprising pipes and drums of Scottish and Irish regiments played Mist Covered Mountains and Mull of the Mountains.

On the march to Windsor Castle and to St George’s Chapel in Windsor for the committal service they played Skye Boat Song, My Home, Loch Duich and Loch Etive finishing with Flowers of the Forrest.

The Queen’s Piper, Warrant Officer Class1 (Pipe Major) Paul Burns played Sleep Dearie Sleep at Westminster Abbey and Salute to Willie, The Royal Fendersmith at Windsor Castle.

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2022 Blossom Parade music

The Hastings Blossom parade is scheduled for Saturday 24 September. The music being played is:

Mhairi’s Wedding /Heyken’s Serenade
Teribus/Chorriechollies
Highland Laddie/Brown Haired Maiden/Barren Rocks
Green Hills/Battle’s O’er
Kilworth Hills/Castle Dangerous
Scotland the Brave/Rowan Tree/Bonnie Galloway
100 Pipers/Bonnie Dundee

Meet at the Hastings Central School Karamu Rd S, at 11.45am.

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Sept 17 Music

The following is a provisional list of the music for the Sports Park event on Saturday 17 Sept. The bands are playing at 11.50 so meet at 10.45.

  • Scotland the Brave, The Rowan Tree, Bonnie Galloway (4/4)
  • Highland Cathedral (drummer and solo piper plays parts 1&2, band plays 1,2 &1)
  • Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken’s Serenade (2/4)
  • The Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle’s O’er (3/4)
  • Drummers
  • Teribus, Chorriechollies Welcome (2/4)
  • Flower of Scotland (solo piper plays once through, band plays tune twice)
  • Highland Laddie, The Brown Haired Maiden, The Barren Rocks of Aden (2/4)
  • Amazing Grace (solo piper plays once through, band plays tune twice)
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Music July 2022

The following music will be played by the combined bands when they next parade.
Nurse Edith Cavell
Amazing Grace
Flower of Scotland
Skye Boat Song, Maori Canoe Song
Ellan Vannin
When The Pipers Play
Highland Cathedral
Teribus, Chorriechollies Welcome
Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken’s Serenade
Highland Laddie, The Brown Haired Maiden, The Barren Rocks of Aden
The Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle’s O’er
Kilworth Hills, Castle Dangerous
Scotland the Brave, The Rowan Tree, Bonnie Galloway
Thomas Sander, Flett from Flotta, Murdo’s Wedding, Heroes of September 11
Wings, The 1976 Police Tattoo, The Children’s Song
Hundred Pipers, Bonnie Dundee, Cock O’ the North
The Bathgate Highland Gathering, Heather Grant of Strathrye, The Battle of the Somme

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Music May 2022

On Friday 13 May at Summerset in the Bay the band will be performing these tunes:

  • Mhari’s Wedding & Heyken’s Serenade
  • Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
  • Leaving of Liverpool bracket
  • Morag of Dunvegan
  • Green Hills/Battle is O’er
  • Wings bracket
  • Loch Lomond bracket
  • Scotland the Brave bracket

Music Group:

  • The Wellerman
  • The Dark Isle
  • Silver Threads Among the Gold
  • The Londonderry Air
  • A Love Song for Deborah Anne

Band and music group

  • Flower of Scotland
  • The Mists of Time
  • Hector the Hero
  • Highland Cathedral
  • Amazing Grace
News, Photos

Anzac Day 2022

Band members have participated in four ANZAC Day commemorations this year.

On Tuesday 12 April, piper Chelsea Fisher played the lament at the schools Anzac commemoration at the Taradale cenotaph, an event organised by senior pupils from local high schools.

Anzac 2022 - Chelsea

On Anzac Day Nick Scannell and Waynne Valler played at the Taradale RSA’s Dawn Service at Lone Pine. Then the band lead the parade through Taradale for the 9am service. We were grateful to have the support of our colleagues from the HB Caledonian PB.
Anzac 2022 1

At Waipawa th4e band lead the march from the town’s theatre to the Cenotaph at the clock tower.
Anzac 2022 W4

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January Music

Here is the proposed list of tunes for the Art Deco concert which should all be familiar. Richard has attempted to add some variation from the tunes played in the previous concert. Whether the concert goes ahead will depend on the traffic light level that the country is in and whether Omicron is in the community.

March on- Scotland the Brave bracket. I would envisage that the drummers would already be at the front.
Wings/76 Police Tattoo/Children’s Song
Caller Herrin bracket with intro-piper playing first measure and band coming in for 2nd.
Swing of the Kilt with intro
Learner’s bracket-? Edith Cavell/Scots Wha Hae
? Dawning of the Day/La Boum with intro or ? Green Hills bracket.
Mike Metcalf/RAF 100
2nd Half-100 Pipers bracket with intro. Again with pipers marching in and drummers already at the front.
Bells of Dunblane
Love Song for Deborah Ann
Flower of Scotland
Highland Cathedral
Amazing Grace
Encore-Scotland the Brave-again

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December Music

The Summerset Palms event has been cancelled so we’re doing an impromptu concert at St Paul’s Church on Sunday 19th December starting at 2pm. Here’s the list of tunes:

First Half:
– Mhari’s Wedding/Heyken’s Serenade
– Skye Boat Song/Maori Canoe Song
– Leaving of Liverpool/Kelly the Boy from Killane/No Awa Tae Bide awa/The Minstrel Boy/Will Ye No Come Back Again
– Morag of Dunvegan, Athol Highlanders
– Green Hills/Battle is O’er
– Nurse Edith Cavell

Music Group:
– Hettie’s Waltz
– The Wellerman
– The Hills of Argyle
– Silver Threads Among the Gold
– A Love Song for Deborah Anne
– The Londonderry Air

Second Half
– Flower of Scotland
– The Mists of Time
– Hector the Hero
– Highland Cathedral
– Amazing Grace
– Scotland the Brave