Our next Piping and Drumming Live event will be at the Napier RSA on SUnday 22nd July at 4pm. The tune list will be:
Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree; Bonnie Galloway
Flower of Scotland
Caller Herrin’; Highland Laddie; The Brown Haired Maid; Barren Rocks of Aden
Morag of Dunvegan
The Leaving of Liverpool; Kelly The Boy From Killanne; No Awa Tae Bide Awa; Minstrel Boy; Will Ye No Come Back
Loch Lomond; The Blue Bells of Scotland; Bonnie Lass of Fyvie O’
100 Pipers; Bonnie Dundee
The Skye Boat Song; The Maori Canoe Song
Mhari’s Wedding; High Road to Gairloch; Teribus; Choriehollies Welcome
The Bells of Dunblane
Hector the Hero
Amazing Grace
The Green Hills of Tyrol & When the Battle’s O’er
Tag Archives: July
July Workshop
July Keeping Warm Workshop
Over the three days 11-13 July we enjoyed a workshop involving many of our members.
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We covered the fundamentals and learnt some new music and refined other tunes. Young Ben even got on to the pipes, playing them for the first time with the group. We also went over the music to be played in the Recital on Sunday 16 July. After a busy week everyone is looking forward to having some time off next week!
Keeping Warm Workshop
When? 11-13 July 2017
WhatTime? 9am to 12noon each day
Where? at the Band Rooms, Nelson Park
What will you get from the workshop?
Instruction on your instrument – pipes or drums – with tutoring from the Band’s senior members. The contest group will have the opportunity to work on their music and practice together. There will also be preparation for the Recital (Sunday 16 July).
The programme
This workshop is for everyone, whether just starting or more advanced, with individual and group sessions. Each day will run from 9am to 12noon with warmup, learning new tunes and revising old ones, group and individual sessions, working on chanters and pads, and pipes and drums.
What tunes are we working on?
The basic repertoire includes those learnt at previous workshops. We will be spending time on the 3/4 bracket PM JK Cairns, My Land and Colin’s Cattle.
New Tunes: The group will again learn new tunes the music for which will be loaded on the Band’s website ahead of the workshop.