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- Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:25 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Pipe Major Helen Dilks, Bendigo
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Pipe Major Helen Dilks, Bendigo
Pipe Major Helen Dilks of the Golden City Pipe Band, Bendigo, Victoria in Australia. Helen guested a few seasons with the City of Newcastle Pipe Band under Bryan Robinson where both my wife, Michele and I were players...
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:03 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Whisky Monster
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The Whisky Monster
Written for Stevie Black, Geneva Scottish Football Club for organizing yet another Burns Supper this coming Friday, 30 January!
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:02 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Champion
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The Champion
Written to commemorate Andy Murray's winning Wimbledon!
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:40 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: James Houston-Macmillan Senior
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James Houston-Macmillan Senior
One of the first tunes I wrote back in 1994 was for James Houston-Macmillan junior who was a piper with me I the Durban Caledonian Pipes and Drums in South Africa. James' dad, also James, passed away in 2014.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Inchdrewer
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Inchdrewer
Written for my friend, Pipe Major Paul Selwood, Scots Guards (ret'd) who was also, for a time, Pipe Major of the Army School of Piping Music and Highland Drumming based at Inchdrewer House.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:25 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Debbie's Dance
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Debbie's Dance
A wee tune for a friend suffering cancer...
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:19 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Ashes on The Brora
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Ashes on The Brora
In memory of Pieter Stoop who loved Sutherland and had his ashes scattered in his favourite fishing river!
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Major David Sutherland Henderson, 1 SCOTS
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Major David Sutherland Henderson, 1 SCOTS
Major Henderson is currently the Castle Manager at Castle Menzies nr. Aberfeldy, Scotland.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:12 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: MacArthur's Farewell to The Cape Town Highlanders
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MacArthur's Farewell to The Cape Town Highlanders
In memory of Piper and Tutor Ralph MacArthur.
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:13 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: April's Air (A Song for April)
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April's Air (A Song for April)
An arrangement of this tune can be found on my YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/7af_PKPVf98 Last week I was saddened to read about the family of 5 year old April Jones (who disappeared from her home in Machynlleth, Wales on 1 October 2012 and has never been seen since) facing up to Christmas and the...
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:36 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Red Lion of Culross
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The Red Lion of Culross
We were in Airth Castle last weekend for my dad-in-law's 70th birthday party and on Monday we visited Culross, across the Forth from Grangemouth. What a beautiful village! The Red Lion Pub has a fantastic rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" with illustrations on the ceiling and the sto...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:27 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: James Houston-Macmillan
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James Houston-Macmillan
James is an accomplished piper I played with many years ago in Durban Caledonian PIpe Band. He was a schoolboy then with wicked fingers. He still plays a mean tune and lives with his wife and daughter near Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:06 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Hap's Jig
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Hap's Jig
Written for Hap's Pub on Erie Avenue, Cincinnnati
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:04 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Matt Kelley's Jig
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Matt Kelley's Jig
Matt took over as Pipe Major from me in the Cininnati Caledonian Pipe Band.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:00 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Alexander Watt
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Alexander Watt
Wrote this for Alex - ex-Pipe Major of Cincinnati Caledonians and Hamilton Sheriff's Department.