PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Stephen Creighton leads the St Laurence O’Toole drum corps at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on May 21, 2011. The band placed first in drumming and second overall.
Tag: 2011
Salute to the old-school time shifters
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #55, 2011. I’ve always thought John D. Burgess came as close as anyone to the title of ‘maestro’. Burgess was surely a true artist of consummate skill and not without a hint of charm and eccentric personal colour thrown in for good measure. […]
Give (new) music a chance
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #54, 2011. When a brand gets to be used as a verb you know the product is a popular, if not powerful, thing: “Facebook me when you’re done practicing your birls” and “Great idea about twice-through pipe band MSR contests, I’m gonna Twitter […]
What Motown can teach pipers
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #53, 2011. It seems like the more stuff there is on TV and the more channels there are available, the less there is to watch. This way of things has made me an impatient channel-clicker: two seconds on that show, nine on the […]
Wandering pipers
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #51, 2011. A couch that converts to a bed is a good thing to have. A spare bed is right up there with common household conveniences like, say, a toaster, a fridge or a bottle opener. A spare room may be best and […]
Superstitious Minds
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #50, 2011. I’m not a hugely superstitious person. But then again, I’m not not a superstitious person. You won’t see me walk under a ladder. That’s just crazy. What harm’s a little salt over the shoulder when I’m in a spilling way, and, […]
Pasadena Scottish
Pasadena Scottish Pipes & Drums in George Square at Piping Live! 2011
Red Hot Kyle!
Kyle Warren playing with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers at Celtic Connections 2011
