| After an extremely successful International Bagpipe Conference at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, with speakers from France, Ukraine, Poland, England, Ireland, the USA, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria and of course Scotland, it is time to turn our thoughts to International Bagpipe Day 2016. A few communities have already announced their events and many more are to come. Don't forget to share it either by email or on the International Bagpipe Day Facebook page! Bagpipe Gatherings and music around the world Britain An unusual event: music at the Stonehenge with the Southern Jacobites Pipe Band Filming will be starting for The Bagpipe Maker's Baby. Bagpipe session organised by the Northumbrian Pipers' Society in Morpeth. Canada THE Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay in Canada are once again celebrating IBD! Crete Bagpipe gathering in Heraklion France Open mic session in Lorient Iran Iranian pipers are supporting International Bagpipe Day this year again with a photo contest. Iranian bagpiper Mohsen Sharifian is in Europe these days. Check out his Facebook page for videos and to know where he will be next! Nigeria Pipe Major Chukwu Oba Kalu coordinator and founder of bagpipe music society of Nigeria, and Scottishpower pipe band Nigeria has told us that they will be celebrating in style in Abuja. Their goal is to 'revive bagpipe music in Nigeria Palestine/Lebanon The bagpipe group Guirab, formed by twenty young Palestine musicians based in a refugee camp in Tyr, Lebanon, has now been active for 20 years and will be celebrating International Bagpipe Day this year. USA Talks and music at Texas Tech University  Jon Swayne and Andy Letcher from the Bagpipe Society playing at the International Bagpipe Conference 2016 |  IBD in Heraklion, Crete  Bagpipe Day design from Iran (Busher)  Bagpipe Day 2016 at Thunder Bay in Canada  Bourdon Collectief at the International Bagpipe Conference, featured on BBC1 Reporting Scotland |
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6/29/2018 07:31:15 am
I guess, I know the reason why International Bagpipe Day 2016 was a huge success. It's because the organizers indeed worked hard for it. Getting speakers who came from different countries just to let them share their knowledge about this stuff was already a hard task. It was a great thing they've got all these speakers! On the other hand, I realized why this still one matters up to these days? It's because a lot of people are still musically-inclined and they love to learn more if it! 2/4/2025 03:35:29 am
Thanks for sharing this wonderful news! The International Bagpipe Conference sounds like it was a fantastic event with such diverse representation. 3/17/2025 04:49:53 am
Appreciate this update! The International Bagpipe Conference sounds like a fantastic way to honor this unique musical tradition Leave a Reply. |
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