Playing bagpipes isn’t for the weak. Imagine toting a newborn in a parade on a blazing summer day dressed in woolen clothing, blowing into a pipe the whole time. This hard-to-fathom scenario is ...
The pipes, the pipes are calling from a parking lot. But soon they’ll be calling all the way from Glasgow, Scotland, where 20 pipers and 10 drummers from the Pikes Peak Highlanders Pipes and Drums ...
LANDER — A few years ago, 11-year-old Cormac Susanka found himself seeking to learn “a weird instrument.” Tottering between bagpipes and accordion, he chose the former – partly because several of his ...
I’m inclined to believe that when Irish/Scottish families immigrated to America, both brought with them Celtic traditions that spanned over both cultures – which have been further blurred over time in ...