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Piping & Drumming Live Aug 2024

The draft programme for the August Piping & Drumming Live at the Napier RSA on Sunday 25th is:

First half
– Swing of the Kilt
– Thomas Sanders, Flett from Flotta, Murdo’s Wedding, Heroes of September 11
– Morag of Dunvegan
– Teribus, Chorriechollies Welcome
– Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken Serenade
– Crags of Tumbledown Mountain, King Charles 111

Group items

Second Half
– Highland Cathedral
– The Green Hills of Tyrol, When the battle’s O’er
– Wings, The 1976 Police Tattoo, the Childrens’ Song
– The Dark Isle
– Chief Mike Metcalf, Raf 100
– Bells of Dunblane
– Scotland the Brave

Piping & Drumming Live May2024

The Band will be performing on at the Napier RSA on Sunday 19 May starting at 2.30pm. The tune list includes:
Scotland the Brave bracket
Loch Lomond bracket
Hector the Hero
Mike Metcalfe/RAF 100
On the Road to Passchendaelle/Land of My youth/My Home Town
Green Hills/When the Battle’s O’er
M’hairi’s Wedding & Heyken’s Serenade
Crags of Tumbledown Mountain/King Charles 111
Highland Cradle Song/My Lodgings on a Cold Ground/Skye Boat Song
Flower of Scotland
Amazing Grace
Highland Cathedral

November Music List

This is the list of tunes for the Taradale RSA event (Sunday 21 November):

First Half:

  • Green Hills/Battle is O’er
  • 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
  • On the Road to Passchendale/Land of My Youth
  • Morag of Dunvegan, Athol Highlanders
  • Diu Regnare

Guests

NPB Youngsters:

  • Nurse Edith Cavell
  • Hettie’s Waltz (with the music group)

Music Group:

  • Silver Threads Among the Gold
  • Setting a Course for Lewis
  • A Love Song for Deborah Anne
  • Penny Arcade

Second Half

  • Highland Cathedral
  • The Mists of Time
  • Hector the Hero
  • Flower of Scotland
  • Amazing Grace
  • Scotland the Brave

March 16 and 24 events

On Saturday 16 March we will be taking part in the Pipe Band Extravaganza on Napier’s Sound Shell.  Starting at 1.15 the programme is as follows
1:20pm                 Napier Pipe Band #1
1:30pm                 Hawke’s Bay Caledonian PB – Set
1:45pm                 Lindisfarne College PB – Set
1:50pm                 Napier Pipe Band #2
2:00pm                 Hawke’s Bay Caledonian PB – Medley
2:10pm                 Lindisfarne College PB – Medley
2:20pm                 Napier Pipe Band #3
2:30pm                 Napier Boys High School PB – Set
2:40pm                 Lindisfarne College PB – Juvenile Event
2:50pm                 Napier Boys High School PB – Juvenile Event
3:00pm                 Massed Bands (Green Hills&Battle is O’er and other tunes)

On Sunday 24 we will be staging our first Piping & Drumming Live event at the Napier RSA (start time 4pm).  The tunes we will play include (but this may change)
Part 1
On the Road to Passchendaele (3/4)
Swing of the Kilt
The Bathgate Highland Gathering, Heather Grant of Strathrye, The Battle of the Somme (9/8)
The Dawning of the Day; La Boum  (4/4)
The Leaving of Liverpool, Kelly The Boy From Killanne, No Awa Tae Bide Awa, Minstrel Boy, Will Ye No Come Back (4/4)
Jigs:  Paddy’s Leather Breeches, The Banjo Breakdown (6/8)
Items
Love Song for Deborah Anne
A Song for April
Part 2
Nurse Edith Cavell (with the learners)
Hundred Pipers, Bonnie Dundee (6/8)
Teribus, Chorriechollies
Mhari’s Wedding, Heyken’s Serenade
Amazing Grace
Drum Salute

Napier RSA 25 November

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On Sunday 25 November the Band will present the final Piping & Drumming Live event for 2018. These concerts at the Napier RSA have been very popular with our members and supporters. Commencing at 4pm the hour long concert features a variety of music and afterwards there is the opportunity to relax and talk with band members and friends. RSA meals are available from 5.30.

Napier RSA 23 September

The September Piping & Drumming Live event at the Napier RSA is on Sunday 23 September at 4pm.

The tune list is:
The Dawning of the Day & La Boum
Morag of Dunvegan
Erin Shore
Loch Maree
The Battle of the Somme
The Sands Of Kuwait
A Love Song for Deborah Anne
The Mists of Time
The Dark Isle
The Green Hills of Tyrol & When the Battle’s O’er
Nurse Edith Cavell (Learner group)
Angus McKinnon (Adult group)
The Bathgate Highland Gathering & Heather Grant of Strathrye (Youngsters)
Paddy’s Leather Breeches & The Banjo Breakdown (Youngsters)
Strathspey & Reel (Morgan & Heath)
Mhari’s Wedding & The High Road to Gairloch (All Stars)
Drum Salute

Napier RSA 22 July

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

Nov Piping & Drumming Live

Monday 6 November
Piping & Drumming Live, Taradale RSA
Come along to our pipe band night at the Taradale RSA on Monday 6  November for more of our traditional and new music.  Bar meals are available from 5.30pm with the Band playing from 7.15pm.  There’s no charge but we will have a raffle

Opening:

  • Flower of Scotland
  • Ellan Vannin
  • The Green Hills of Tyrol & When the Battle’s O’er
  • Maori Canoe Song
  • Mahri’s Wedding, The High Road to Gairloch, Teribus & Chorriechollies Welcome
  • The Rose of Allendale & Ailsa Craig

Items:

  • Hugh Harrison
  • Ken McLoughlin
  • Senior members – Richard Jason Ken Hugh
  • Morgan Awatere-Madden
  • Morgan, Liam, Heath and Conrad
  • Atholl & Breadalbane Gathering
  • PM JK Cairns, My Land and Colin’s Cattle

‘Senior’ Band Items:

  • Hector the Hero
  • My Home and The Skye Boat Song
  • Erin Shore
  • Hundred Pipers and Bonnie Dundee
  • A Love Song For Deborah Anne

Closing:

  • Highland Cathedral
  • The Dawning of The Day and La Boum
  • Swing of the Kilt
  • Amazing Grace
  • Scotland the Brave