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Geneva Area
Of Scottish origin and members of the group Pipes and Drums of Geneva, Ray and Kathryn have been playing the bagpipes for many years, and for some time they have been playing together more regularly for different festivities in the Geneva region, La Côte and in neighbouring France. For family and friends, sporting or corporate events, the sound of the bagpipes and traditional music recall and create unforgettable memories.
If you enjoy Scottish country dancing or would like to learn and practice these sociable dances with their lovely stimulating music for reels, strathspeys, and jigs, the GENEVA SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB welcomes you!
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The Bagpipe Place was born many years ago and has evolved into one of the most heavily trafficked and referenced sites on the Internet regarding The Great Highland Bagpipe. Hundreds of pages and thousands of pictures. The bagpipe-making industry spans hundreds of years and countless craftsmen.
The bagpipe goes by many names and takes many forms all over the world. But whether it's a dudelsack or a gaida, a cabrette, a musette or a veuze, all bagpipes have certain basic features.
Andrew Lenz's website. A Californian piper shares his personal itinerary in the piping world, his experience in competitions and his feelings as a pipe band member. He also gives us many useful tips about how to take care of our bagpipe, how to improve our playing. Finally, everything to avoid being a 'rotten piper'.
Compiled by Scott Williams & Alistair B. Fraser with a supporting cast of thousands of internet surfing pipers around the globe.
Piping events
If you would like to travel around the World playing pipes or drums you have clicked on to the right website. Pipefest.com looks forward to bringing you a series of world-class pipe band events to consider in your travel itinerary.
les Fêtes Franco-écossaises rappellent le passé historique de la Cité d'Aubigny au travers de spectacles, marché médiéval, campements, concerts, ripailles, feu d'artifice... Cornemuses, kilts et Pipe Bands envahissent Aubigny, le temps d'un week-end, pour célébrer l’Auld Alliance.
Pipe Bands and Pipe Bands lists
"Le Traditional Pipe Band de Lausanne a le plaisir de vous accueillir sur son site [...]"
McBoreStone est un pipe band, ou autrement-dit un groupe de joueurs de cornemuse dans le Bas-Vallon de Saint-Imier dans le Jura bernois (Suisse), au pied du Pierre-Pertuis.
D'ailleurs, le nom du pipe band en découle. Littéralement, McBoreStone se traduit: fils du Pierre-Pertuis. Il faut également savoir que Borestone est traditionnellement un lieu près de Stirling, en Ecosse, où le roi Robert the Bruce planta son étendard avant la bataille de Bannockburn en 1314.
FRI-pipes regroupe des sonneurs de cornemuse fribourgeois partageant la même passion pour la musique et cet instrument.
At the heart of the pipe band world.
Welkom op de website van de Beatrix Pipe Band uit Hilversum. Momenteel zijn alleen de Nederlands- en Engelstalige pagina's beschikbaar. De Duits- en Franstalige zijn nog niet kompleet.
Here you'll find the most comprehensive and the largest list of bagpiping sites on the web.